5,226 butter cake recipes

Orange pecan slice-and-bake cookies with fresh orange zest, orange juice, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. A buttery icebox cookie with bright citrus flavor. Makes 4 dozen.

Low-calorie marble chocolate brownies made with applesauce instead of oil and sugar-free sweetener. A swirled vanilla-and-chocolate treat that satisfies the craving without the guilt.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania nut cookies with walnuts, raisins, and currants in a buttery cinnamon drop cookie dough. A heritage recipe with warm spice and chewy dried fruit in every bite.

Bran molasses muffins made with All-Bran cereal, dark molasses, and plump raisins. A hearty, old-fashioned breakfast muffin with a dense, moist crumb and rich caramel sweetness.

Fudgy Southern chocolate cake with melted unsweetened chocolate, pecans, and a two-temperature baking method. Dense, rich, and brownie-like with a cocoa-dusted pan for extra chocolate flavor.

Vanilla brownies (blondies) made with butter, brown sugar, and vanilla extract with optional chocolate chips. Chewy, buttery bars baked in a sheet pan for easy slicing.

Georgia pecan biscotti with toasted pecans and orange zest, twice-baked until shatteringly crisp. A Southern twist on the Italian classic, perfect for dunking.

Raspberry chocolate chip pancakes with melted butter in the batter for extra richness. A from-scratch weekend breakfast with fresh berries and semi-sweet chocolate in every bite.

Honey queen kisses drop cookies with a full cup of honey, butterscotch chips, flaked coconut, and crisp rice cereal for crunch. A chewy, crunchy, golden cookie with no refined sugar.

Alphabet cookies shaped by hand from a simple butter cookie dough rolled into ropes. A fun baking project for kids that doubles as a tasty learning activity.

Rolled oat icebox cookies. Slice-and-bake dough with butter, brown sugar and quick oats for crisp, lightly caramelized cookies made from a log you can keep in the fridge.

Lemon cayenne cookie press cookies with bright lemon zest and a spicy kick from cayenne pepper. Buttery, crisp, and sweet-heat in every bite.

Old-world poppy seed cake with a buttery egg yolk dough topped with ground poppy seeds mixed in cream and orange zest. A traditional Eastern European pastry rolled and baked.

Steamed brown bread with whole wheat flour, cornmeal, buttermilk, molasses, and raisins. A classic New England bread steamed in a coffee can, made to pair with baked beans.

Easy chocolate sheet cake is a Texas-style one-bowl 9x13 cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and a hint of cinnamon. No mixer needed, ready in 40 minutes. Moist, rich, bake sale-ready.

Stack cake is an Appalachian multi-layer molasses cake with applesauce filling spread between thin layers, topped with whipped cream and chopped nuts. A pioneer wedding-table classic.