5,226 butter cake recipes

Poppy seed pound cake muffins made with butter, yogurt, and vanilla for a dense, tender crumb. Bakery-style muffins with a subtle crunch from poppy seeds.

Lemon icebox cookies made with fresh lemon juice and zest, shaped into logs and chilled overnight before slicing and baking. A crisp, buttery slice-and-bake cookie with bright citrus flavor.

Barbara Bush's signature chocolate chip cookies with a quirky splash of hot water in the dough that yields a crisp-edged, soft-centered cookie. A small-batch White House classic.

Soft maple raisin cookies with applesauce, pumpkin pie spice, walnuts, and a fluffy maple buttercream frosting. A spiced drop cookie that tastes like autumn in every bite.

Greek honey cake (revani) with walnuts, cinnamon, and orange zest, cut into diamonds and drenched in a warm honey-lemon syrup. A sticky, fragrant Mediterranean dessert soaked until every bite drips.

High-fiber bran muffins made with whole wheat flour, orange juice, prune butter, and raisins. No oil, no egg yolks, and packed with fiber from bran cereal and wheat germ. Healthy grab-and-go breakfast in 45 minutes.

This makes a cake like cookie just exploding with orange flavor.

A warm-spiced apple loaf cake with mini chocolate chips baked in, a buttery streusel crumb topping, and a drizzle of melted chocolate. Fall baking at its coziest.

Nothing beats a tasty stew and savory dumplings that warm you up during the winter season.

Moist date cake with a bubbly brown sugar and coconut topping baked right on. Dates simmered in water create natural sweetness, while the toasted coconut layer adds caramel crunch.

Black chocolate cake made with a boiled chocolate-milk-sugar syrup folded into a simple butter batter. Dense, fudgy, and baked in a single 9x13 pan.

Old-fashioned chocolate coconut tea cakes with a sour cream crumb and a cinnamon-scented chocolate glaze spread while warm. Twelve dainty cupcakes for afternoon tea or coffee with a friend.

Alice's chocolate cake bakes a moist two-layer cocoa cake using boiling water for extra-deep chocolate flavor, then frosts with a from-scratch buttery cocoa-powdered sugar icing. The reliable birthday cake home bakers swear by.

Kiwi muffins folded with fresh chopped kiwi, lemon zest, and crunchy walnuts. Moist, fruity, and bakery-style with a bright tropical twist on the classic breakfast muffin.

Grand Marnier pound cake studded with mini chocolate chips and brushed with a warm orange-liqueur syrup. A buttery bundt with a tender crumb and a citrus-soaked crust that keeps the cake moist for days.

Rich sour cream quick bread loaded with cranberries, pecans, golden raisins, and dried apricots, topped with pecan halves and a powdered sugar drizzle. Makes 2 gorgeous gift-worthy loaves.