5,226 butter cake recipes

Chocolate heart sandwich cookies with almond extract, pink buttercream frosting, and a peek-through cutout center. A Valentine's Day baking project with show-stopping results.

Nate's mulligan stew: browned chicken simmered with rutabaga, potato, carrots, peas, and parsnips, topped with unexpected buttermilk dumplings studded with wild blueberries. Frontier comfort food.

Any fruit coffee cake layers a tender butter cake with cooked fresh fruit (apples, peaches, apricots or blueberries) and a walnut crumb top. Endlessly adaptable bakery-style coffee cake.

Mrs Fields apple cobbler cookies loaded with chopped Granny Smith apples, apple butter, raisins, and pecans, rolled in a cinnamon-oat crumb coating. Fall baking at its finest.

Traditional Irish oatcakes with rolled oats, brown sugar, and butter cut into triangles. A buttery, slightly sweet biscuit-cracker hybrid for tea time, breakfast, or alongside cheese.

Savory Gouda cheese muffins made with yogurt, butter, and a full cup and a half of shredded Gouda. Tender and rich with a subtle tang from the yogurt in every bite.

Savory potato muffins with mashed potatoes, potato starch, Swiss cheese, and thyme. A fluffy, herb-scented savory muffin that uses leftover mashed potatoes in the batter.

Raisin pineapple drop cookies with brown sugar, crushed pineapple, and seedless raisins in a soft, cake-like dough. A fruity, old-fashioned cookie that stays moist for days.

Old-fashioned sour cream cookies with nutmeg, rolled and cut into rounds with a sugar-sprinkled top. Soft, tender, and lightly spiced with a big-batch yield of 60 cookies.

Kaleidoscope slice-and-bake cookies with red, green, and plain dough rolled together for a colorful Christmas pattern. Freezer-friendly holiday cookies that store up to 6 months.

Surprise devil's food cake with hidden beets: a deeply rich, moist chocolate cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and grated beets stirred in for extra tenderness. Kids will never guess.

Tender buttermilk yeast sticky buns rolled with cinnamon sugar and baked over a pan of melted butter, brown sugar, and toasted pecans. Inverted to reveal a glossy, gooey caramel top.

Streusel coffee cake with a hidden layer of stretched caramel candy ribbons baked inside and a cinnamon-brown sugar walnut crumble on top. Best served warm.

Apple raisin walnut quick bread: diced apples, plump raisins and toasted walnuts in a buttermilk batter, topped with cinnamon sugar streusel. Makes two loaves perfect for fall gifting.

Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies made extra tender with sour cream. Brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts, and plump raisins in every bite. Makes about 4 and a half dozen.

Whole wheat quick bread sweetened with prune butter and brightened with fresh orange juice and zest, studded with chopped pecans. A no-added-fat, no-added-sugar loaf with deep moisture.