233 butter cake recipes

Crisp, lightly sweet banana crackers made with mashed banana, honey, butter, and flour. Thin, crunchy, and naturally flavored, these homemade crackers double as a fruit cobbler crust when crumbled.

A quick and easy snack that can be served plain or with a bit of jelly to give it a fruity taste.

DIY pancake batter from scratch with flour, eggs, milk, butter, and baking powder. The seven-ingredient pantry recipe that beats any boxed mix for fluffy weekend pancakes.

An old family recipe, from Josephine Bowles Shepard, 1894-1966.

Raisin orange polenta cookies fold Cointreau-soaked raisins, bright orange zest, and a scoop of cornmeal into a buttery Italian-style drop cookie. Golden, subtly crunchy, and citrus-bright.

Soft sour cream cookies loaded with fresh orange juice and zest, topped with a bright orange icing. Drop cookie simplicity with bakery-level citrus flavor.

Pfeffernuesse German pepper cookies with molasses, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and black pepper, rolled in powdered sugar. Small, spicy, and deeply aromatic holiday cookies from the old country.

Classic ginger snap cookies with molasses, cinnamon, and cloves. Crispy edges with signature crinkled tops. Big batch recipe makes about 10 dozen small cookies.

Sourdough pancakes with applesauce folded into the batter for fruity sweetness and extra moisture. Tangy from the starter with a fluffy lift from baking soda.

Maple syrup muffins sweetened entirely with real maple syrup instead of sugar. Seven simple ingredients and a specific mixing method that keeps them light and tender.

Pillowy soft buttermilk drop cookies baked until pale golden get frosted with sweet buttercream and sprinkled with colored sugar for nostalgic treats.

Deep-fried fruit fritters made with apples, pears, and bananas in a light vanilla batter, served with a warm lemon-bourbon sauce. A Creole-inspired dessert.

I made this recipe yesterday so I could get rid of a bunch of leftover strawberry yogurt. I was kind of worried about how it would taste, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was really good and my husband enjoyed it as well.

Vanilla pecan slice-and-bake cookies from a make-ahead dough that chills into logs and freezes for up to 3 months. Crisp, buttery icebox cookies baked from frozen in 12 minutes.

Old-fashioned strawberry shortcake biscuits made with shortening, folded with melted butter, and cut into diamonds. Flaky, tender, and baked at high heat.

Buttery rolled sugar cookies with a hint of sour cream and fresh lemon zest, cut into any shape you like and sprinkled with crunchy granulated sugar. A chilled dough that rolls out beautifully every time.