5,096 butter cake recipes

Classic spice cake made with hot applesauce, raisins, and chopped nuts. Warm spices like cinnamon and cloves perfume every slice. Triple-sifted cake flour creates an impossibly tender crumb.

Golden orange bundt cake made with cake mix, buttermilk, orange zest, golden raisins, and walnuts, topped with a fresh orange glaze. A semi-homemade cake with bright citrus flavor.

A two-layer cake with one vanilla and one spiced layer (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice) topped with fluffy brown sugar seafoam icing. This vintage-style cake is a showstopper for holidays and special occasions.

Old-fashioned currant cake with lemon zest, folded egg whites, and cream of tartar leavening. A light, tender butter cake studded with dried currants. Makes 2 cakes in about an hour.

Cherry pie with a tapioca-thickened tart cherry filling, brightened with almond extract, lemon, and a whisper of cinnamon and clove, all tucked under a flaky shortening double crust.

A spiced chocolate apple bundt cake with diced green apples, currants, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, finished with a brandy-cinnamon glaze. Moist, warmly spiced, and perfect for fall baking.

Airy chocolate cake made with 7 beaten egg whites and rich cocoa, topped with glossy chocolate chip glaze. Classic chiffon texture bakes in a tube pan for 65 minutes.

Upside-down chocolate cake baked over a brown-sugar caramel with apricot halves and maraschino cherries. Cocoa-rich cake flipped onto the platter for a glossy fruit top.

Italian pound cake split into three layers and filled with sweetened ricotta and strawberries or grated chocolate, then iced with a coffee-spiked chocolate ganache.

Old-fashioned three-layer milk chocolate cake with buttermilk, melted unsweetened chocolate, and brown sugar, topped with milk chocolate frosting. A towering, bakery-worthy celebration cake.

A delicious variation on the traditional pound cake! As noted in the recipe, the main ingredient measurements are by weight NOT volume. You'll notice that they are all one pound each. THAT'S what makes a TRUE pound cake.

Eggnog cake with rum, orange and nutmeg, layered with eggnog cream filling and chocolate frosting. Festive holiday layer cake for Christmas dessert tables.

Red velvet cake with buttermilk and vinegar baked in three layers, topped with cream cheese pecan frosting. An oil-based cake with a tender crumb and classic tangy finish.

Buttery and chocolaty. These cookies are soft in the inside and crunchy at the outside. Nobody can resist these yummy bites.

Rich chocolate cake: single 8-inch buttermilk cocoa layer cake finished with bittersweet chocolate glaze. Can be split for a filled two-layer version.

Chocolate cupcakes with a caramelized brown sugar and walnut bottom, flipped to reveal a sticky-sweet topping. Finished with a warm chocolate ganache on the sides.