142 better cake recipes

Blue cornmeal breakfast cake topped with fresh blueberries and baked golden at high heat. Light and fluffy with whipped egg whites folded into the batter.

Irish tea cake with cream cheese and buttermilk batter studded with dried currants, finished with a bright lemon glaze. Tender crumb that keeps for days.

Sour cream coffee cake loaded with mini chocolate chips in the batter and a brown sugar streusel topping. Tender, rich crumb that stays moist for days.

Apple filling cake baked in a tube pan with layers of grated cinnamon apples swirled through a moist oil-based batter. Dense, fruity, and warmly spiced.

Cinnamon flop is an old-fashioned coffee cake made from a simple no-egg batter topped with brown sugar, cinnamon, and chunks of butter that melt into gooey pockets as it bakes.

Small-batch date cake with cocoa in the batter and a chocolate chip, nut, and sugar topping pressed on before cooking. Ready in 7 minutes in the microwave. A quick, nostalgic treat when you want homemade cake without heating up the oven.

Streusel plum cake with a light, fluffy batter topped with halved plums, cinnamon-brown sugar crumble, and a vanilla glaze drizzle. Works with peaches, apples, or pears too.

Pineapple upside-down cake with a surprising twist of fresh rosemary in the batter plus walnuts and sour cream. A savory-sweet spin on the retro classic.

Apple topped cake with whole wheat flour, honey, egg whites, and yogurt in the batter, crowned with sliced apples and a cinnamon-sugar drizzle. A lighter bake.

Tangy lemon drops are tender shortbread slice-and-bake cookies made with butter, cake flour, lemon zest, and a snowy dusting of powdered sugar. Four ingredients, melt-in-your-mouth crumb.

Self-saucing chocolate puddle pudding: a cocoa cake batter with boiling chocolate sauce poured over before baking. Vegan-friendly, egg-free, and magically creates its own gooey sauce.

Wheaties cereal pancakes made with crushed Wheaties, eggs, milk, and just enough flour for a thin batter. A crispy-edged, nutty breakfast griddle cake ready in 20 minutes.

Fruit cocktail bars with coconut, maraschino cherries, and a soft cake-like crumb. A vintage pantry-friendly bar cookie made with canned fruit cocktail syrup in the batter.

Triple layer chocolate cake with cocoa, unsweetened chocolate, and coffee in the batter, topped with a fluffy Italian meringue chocolate frosting. Lower in fat than classic recipes thanks to yogurt and egg whites.

Moist coffee cake made with graham cracker crumbs instead of flour, layered with cinnamon-sugar streusel packed with chocolate chips and walnuts. Sour cream batter bakes rich and tender.

Key Largo cake made with tropical liqueur and fruit Jello baked into the batter, soaked with a boozy powdered sugar glaze, and topped with whipped cream and tropical fruit.