944 better cake recipes

Homemade lady fingers piped from a light egg white and cake flour batter with vanilla and orange flavoring. Delicate sponge cookies for tiramisu, trifle, or eating on their own.

Lamingtons, the classic Australian treat, squares of tender almond butter cake dipped in chocolate icing and rolled in shredded coconut. Pillowy, chocolatey, and snowy with coconut in every bite.

Blueberry crumb cake squares from a jelly roll pan with a rich butter batter, a full quart of blueberries, and a cinnamon-nutmeg brown sugar crumb topping. Makes 24 generous squares.

Light bundt cake with layers of cinnamon apples swirled through applesauce batter. Orange juice and nutmeg brighten the crumb, while a cinnamon sugar crust bakes on top.

Cranberry pecan pound cake studs a buttery sour cream batter with toasted pecans, fresh cranberries, and ¼ cup of orange liqueur. Make ahead for the holidays, dust with powdered sugar.

Favorite carrot cake loads a moist buttermilk batter with shredded carrots, crushed pineapple, coconut, and walnuts, finished with a hot buttermilk glaze and classic cream cheese frosting.

Cocoa bundt cake with chocolate glaze: a one-bowl buttermilk batter that turns out tall, tender, and deeply chocolatey thanks to a half cup of cocoa and a quick double-speed beat.

Soft, springy steamed cake made without an oven, a brown sugar and honey batter poured into cups and steamed into fluffy little sponges. A simple no-bake-style treat from Sri Lanka.

Sweetish Hill bakery-style blueberry muffins: a tender cake-flour-and-AP-blend batter loaded with three full cups of fresh blueberries. Tall, golden-domed, bakery-quality muffins from a beloved Austin bakery.

Homemade pancakes from scratch with no boxed mix needed. The trick is a lumpy batter stirred just enough, so the cakes cook up tall, fluffy, and golden on a buttered griddle.

Homemade easy hot cakes from a handful of pantry staples, flour, milk, eggs, and butter, whisked into a smooth batter and griddled golden. Soft, lightly sweet pancakes ready for jam or your favorite topping.

Cranberry cake wreath bakes a tart-sweet cranberry and orange batter in a ring mold for a festive holiday centerpiece. Fresh cranberries pop against an orange-scented crumb, with walnuts for crunch.

Libby's pumpkin pound cake is a dense, buttery loaf with canned pumpkin folded into a classic creamed-butter batter. No spice rack required, just clean pumpkin flavor in a tender crumb that holds up to a sugar glaze.

Sorghum griddle cakes are fluffy gluten-free and dairy-free pancakes made with nutty sorghum flour and a starch for lift. No milk needed, and the batter thins to any consistency you like.

Old-fashioned rhubarb cake with a sour cream batter, brown sugar sweetness, and a crackly mace-sugar topping. Tender, tangy, and a much-loved way to use spring rhubarb in a single 8-inch square pan.

Pumpkin spice pound cake bakes a Bundt full of cinnamon, mace, and nutmeg-spiced pumpkin batter over a layer of toasted pecans, then drinks in a dark rum butter glaze poured through poke holes on both sides.