1,172 butter cake recipes

Brown sugar berry scones with caramel-sweet brown sugar, juicy blueberries, and a tender, big-batch crumb. A no-egg scone that bakes up soft in the middle with lightly crisp edges.

Two-tone sheet cake with a vanilla cream cheese batter and Hershey's chocolate syrup topping baked together for a marbled, fudgy finish using egg whites only.

Rich chocolate bundt cake studded with nuts and crowned with a velvety mocha cream cheese frosting. Inspired by the legendary Waldorf Astoria, this showstopper is pure old-school elegance.

Waldorf red cake is the original 1920s Waldorf-Astoria red velvet cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and vinegar, finished with the classic ermine (cooked flour) frosting that ages out a true red velvet from cream cheese cake.

Pumpkin-shaped Halloween cake bakes two fluted bundts, fills them with a pecan cream filling, and stacks them into a sphere iced in orange buttercream with a green ice cream cone stem. A novelty cake kids love.

Daddy's peanut butter cookies: classic crisscross-pressed peanut butter cookies sweetened with both brown and white sugar for chewy edges and tender centers. The everyday cookie kids ask for.

Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies built on all brown sugar (no white) for caramel depth, plus shortening for a tender, almost crumbly texture. Classic crisscross fork press on top.

From-scratch banana cream pie with tea-infused pastry cream, a flaky pate brisee crust, and billowy whipped cream. A bakery-level banana pie that's worth every minute of the effort.

Three-layer chocolate cake filled with Swiss meringue buttercream, covered in whipped cream frosting, and decorated with chocolate rosettes and handmade chocolate squares. A true celebration cake.

Peanut butter banana cookies bake mashed banana into a classic peanut butter dough for a softer chewy texture. Uses an egg white only for a lighter cookie.

[Note: Bobby Flay, chef of NYC's Mesa Grill, prepared this dessert for a Meals on Wheels benefit meal at the Frontera Grill in Chicago

Great chocolate cake built from cocoa bloomed in boiling water, cake flour, and butter for a deep, moist crumb. Topped with whipped cream, strawberries, and chocolate drizzle for shortcake.

Rich chocolate cake made with a full cup of cocoa bloomed in boiling water, plus a strawberry shortcake variation with whipped cream and drizzled melted chocolate.

Three-layer chocolate souffle cake filled and frosted with homemade chocolate pudding made from scratch. Light, airy layers meet thick, velvety custard.

Great Chocolate Cake (and Strawberry Shortcake) recipe

Gypsy John is a layered chocolate cake with rum-spiked whipped chocolate filling and a glossy ganache frosting. A rich, elegant dessert cut into squares for easy serving.