5,096 butter cake recipes

Moist chocolate cake with hot coffee, cocoa, and vegetable oil for an extra-tender crumb. Topped with the old-fashioned cooked-flour buttercream that tastes like whipped cream.

Buttermilk chocolate bar nut cake: a dense, fudgy tube cake made with melted milk chocolate bars, chocolate syrup, buttermilk, and chopped nuts. A vintage Southern dessert showstopper.

Fruit cake cookies loaded with candied cherries, candied pineapple, white raisins, and pecans with brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Holiday baking in cookie form.

Coffee cake muffins with a cinnamon-pecan brown sugar streusel baked inside and on top. All the flavor of coffee cake in individual portions, ready in 30 minutes.

Boston banana cream pie, a soft vanilla cake split and stuffed with fresh banana slices and homemade vanilla custard, then topped with a glossy chocolate-almond glaze.

Browned veal pieces simmered in a creamy chicken soup gravy, topped with poppy seed dumplings rolled in buttered breadcrumbs and baked golden. A sour cream sauce on the side makes this old-fashioned casserole pure stick-to-your-ribs comfort.

Orange blossom cake, a three-layer white cake filled with orange marmalade and crowned with fluffy seven-minute orange frosting. Classic Southern tea-table dessert.

A densely spiced cake loaded with chopped dates, walnuts, and hot applesauce, finished with a brown sugar base that bakes into moist perfection.

Butterscotch marshmallow brownies loaded with chocolate chips, mini marshmallows, and walnuts. A chewy blonde brownie base with melted butterscotch chips and brown sugar.

Soft drop cookies bursting with chopped cranberries, fresh apples, cinnamon, and orange zest. This big-batch recipe makes 4 dozen fruit-studded cookies with a cakey, tender crumb.

Soft, buttery, creamy and sweet cookies that are popular all the time at our St. Patrick's Day!

Old-fashioned apple-blueberry cake with chopped Granny Smith apples and blueberries baked in a buttery cream cake batter. Serve warm with sweetened whipped cream.

Chocolate chip orange scones with bright citrus zest, mini chocolate chips, and a tender Nantucket-style crumb. Orange juice in the dough brightens every bite while pockets of chocolate soften in the warm scone.

Dark chocolate sea salt cookies, intensely cocoa-rich slice-and-bake sables studded with bittersweet chocolate and flecked with fleur de sel. Slightly underbaked for a soft, fudgy center and a salty-sweet finish.

Double chocolate chunk cookies with cocoa powder in the dough and 18 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chunks. Fudgy, rich, and loaded with melty chocolate in every bite.

Patty's cake: a cornmeal-and-lemon tea cake with yogurt tang and fresh berries. Rustic, gently sweet, and built for an afternoon with a cup of tea.