944 better cake recipes

Jewish-Catholic apple cake with cinnamon-sugar apples layered through an oil-based batter with walnuts and orange juice. A dairy-free tube pan cake that freezes beautifully.

Cherry cake loaf with glace cherries suspended throughout a buttery, nutmeg-scented batter with whipped egg whites for lift. A classic British-style fruit cake that slices beautifully.

Old-fashioned lemon-nut coffee cake with a buttery crumb topping, walnuts, and lemon zest in a buttermilk batter. A quick one-pan breakfast cake best served warm.

Chocolate mousse cake with semisweet chocolate, orange liqueur, and whipped egg whites folded into a rich batter. Part one covers the cake layers with a thin, flaky crust.

Chocolate raspberry bundt cake folds raspberry puree and sour cream into a deep chocolate batter for a moist, rich loaf cake. Serve with raspberry sauce or fresh berries.

Peach sour cream coffee cake layers a tender sour cream batter with sliced fresh peaches and a brown sugar streusel top. Tangy, fruit-studded breakfast cake for summer.

Southern blackberry jam cake with allspice, cinnamon, raisins, and chopped nuts in a buttermilk batter, frosted with cooked caramel icing and pecan halves. A three-layer heritage cake.

Ann's chiffon cake: a tall, light tube cake with the richness of butter cake and the lift of angel food. Whipped egg whites fold into an oil-based batter and bake into a tender, springy crumb.

Apple cinnamon cake built on a buttermilk and whole wheat batter, topped with thinly sliced apples and cinnamon sugar. Lighter than a butter-heavy cake, with a tender crumb and warm spice.

Fresh apple bundt cake packed with three cups of chopped apples and pecans in a thick, oil-based batter. More fruit than cake, with a dense, moist crumb that stays soft for days.

Pennsylvania Dutch cake-and-custard pie: a soft cake batter and a spiced applesauce-molasses custard poured into one crust bake into two distinct layers, finished with a coffee glaze. A clever heritage dessert.

Hot fudge pudding cake that bakes into chocolate cake on top with a gooey fudge sauce on the bottom. Pour hot water over the batter before baking and the oven does the magic of separating cake from sauce.

Microwave blueberry buckle with a cinnamon-butter crumb topping and two cups of blueberries folded into a tender cake batter. Done in 12 minutes flat.

A wild ribbon cake with melted Snickers bars swirled through box cake batter, orange zest in the other half, and a Snickers glaze drizzle on top. Fun, easy, unforgettable.

Classic chocolate sheet cake with cinnamon and vinegar in the batter, topped with warm cocoa icing poured over the hot cake so it soaks into every prick-marked inch.

Hawaiian pineapple cake with coconut and walnuts topped with cream cheese frosting. A dense, fruity sheet cake baked low and slow with no oil or butter in the batter.