5,226 butter cake recipes

British-style Christmas tree biscuits made with golden syrup, mixed spice, and brown sugar, baked with a hole at the top so they can be threaded with gold string and hung as edible ornaments. A traditional Christmas cookie.

Crustless crab quiche with snow crab, crispy bacon, and melted Swiss cheese in a Bisquick egg custard. A rich, savory brunch or dinner that skips the pastry entirely.

Crispy Danish flatbread made with ground oats and buttermilk. Skillet-fried or oven-baked until spotted and golden. High fiber, no yeast, and ready to spread with butter, jam, or honey.

Peanut butter and chocolate sandwich cookies built from one clever dough split two ways, baked, then sandwiched around a soft marshmallow. A fun two-tone treat with the classic chocolate-PB combo.

Fudge sweetarts are miniature tarts with buttery pastry shells filled with rich semi-sweet chocolate fudge and topped with a pecan half. Bite-sized, elegant, and irresistible.

Mandarin orange muffins spiced with allspice and nutmeg, dipped warm in melted butter and cinnamon sugar. Tender and citrusy with bursts of orange in every bite.

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.

A three-layer Christmas cream cake with coconut and walnuts in a buttermilk batter, frosted with cream cheese icing studded with chopped maraschino cherries. Southern holiday baking at its prettiest.

Walnut-stuffed dates wrapped in buttery sour cream cookie dough and brushed with a vanilla glaze. These retro blind date cookies are chewy, nutty, and irresistible.

The shredded zucchini makes this cake very moist, and the topping adds a nice crunch. Whenever zucchini is in season I freeze some, shredded, in 2 cup amounts so I can make this favorite anytime of the year.

Tender sliced pears baked beneath a rich cocoa batter with dark brown sugar and golden syrup. This British-style chocolate pear pudding serves 8 and comes together in about an hour.

A basic, delicious cookie that will satisfy the tastes of butterscotch-lovers everywhere.

Chocolate sweetheart sandwich cookies with cocoa dough puffed and crackled, filled with vanilla buttercream. Homemade Oreo-style cookies with a rich, creamy center.

Iowa applesauce cake, a moist spiced sheet cake with raisins and walnuts, crowned with tangy cream cheese frosting and dusted through a paper doily. Heartland baking at its cozy best.

Mom's pineapple nut loaf with crushed pineapple, golden raisins, and chopped nuts in a simple quick bread batter. A moist, fruity loaf where the pineapple juice activates the baking soda for a tender crumb.

Slice-and-bake almond cookies with toasted almonds in a buttery brown sugar dough. Four freezer-ready logs yield 80 thin, crispy cookies baked in 10 minutes.