5,096 butter cake recipes

Funnel cake batter is poured through a funnel into hot fat in a swirling spiral, fried until golden, then dusted with confectioners sugar. The state-fair classic, made at home.

Overnight sourdough cornmeal cakes griddled to crispy-edged breakfast glory. Mix the batter before bed, let it rise, and cook on a hot griddle come morning. Six ingredients, zero fuss.

Marble squares swirl cream cheese filling through a tender chocolate sheet cake batter, topped with chocolate chips. Makes a big jelly-roll pan for a crowd, baked in 30 minutes.

The iconic Silver Palate apple cake loaded with chunky apples, walnuts, and apple brandy in a moist oil-based batter spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and mace. Finished with a warm glaze.

Off-The-Wall Chocolate Cake starts with devil's food mix, then gets a cream cheese swirl loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts dropped right into the batter. Done in 1 hour.

Coconut pecan brownies built on a boxed fudge brownie mix doctored with sour cream and a can of coconut pecan frosting stirred right into the batter. German chocolate cake meets brownie.

Mother's fruit cake is a brandy-soaked holiday classic with cherries, apricots, pineapple, peel, raisins, and currants bound in a spiced chocolate-scented batter. Baked slow and aged for two months.

Orange Kiss-Me Cake: a vintage Pillsbury bake-off winner with a whole ground orange (peel, pulp, and pith) folded into the batter. Topped with a warm orange juice drizzle and cinnamon-sugar walnuts.

Almond marble cake with swirls of cocoa through a light, airy batter made with real almond paste and whipped egg whites. Topped with sliced almonds and baked golden in a loaf pan.

Grandma's apple cake loaded with 4 cups of chopped apples and nuts in a moist, cinnamon-spiced oil batter. No mixer needed, baked in a tube pan and dusted with powdered sugar.

A self-saucing chocolate cake that creates its own gooey pudding layer as it bakes. Pour the cocoa-brown sugar topping right over the batter and let the oven work its magic. One pan, zero fuss.

Easy citrus cranberry cake spoons alternating light yellow and deep red batters into a loaf pan, using cranberry juice, orange zest, and cranberry-orange relish for marbled holiday color. A festive boxed-mix shortcut perfect for tea or gifting.

Black bottom cupcakes drop a sweet cream cheese filling studded with chocolate chips into chocolate cake mix batter, baking into a self-frosting cupcake. Travel-friendly picnic dessert with no icing to melt.

Classic county fair funnel cakes fried golden and dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon. A simple egg, milk, and flour batter swirled into hot oil for crisp lacy edges and a tender middle.

Andagi are Okinawan doughnut balls, crisp and golden outside with a dense, cake-like center. This deep-fried treat is a Hawaiian festival favorite made from a simple sweet batter dropped straight into hot oil.

Spiced pound cake with mace, vanilla, and almond extract baked in a Bundt pan until golden and dense. Powdered sugar in the batter creates an ultra-fine, velvety crumb that melts on your tongue.