5,226 butter cake recipes

Tender banana sheet cake rolled around sweetened whipped cream, topped with glazed raspberries. An elegant dessert that looks impressive but uses simple ingredients.

A lemon cake mix gets a serious upgrade with orange juice and fresh blueberries, then frosted with a homemade citrus cream cheese whipped frosting loaded with fresh orange and lemon zest. Semi-homemade but nobody will know.

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.

A three-layer white chocolate torte with melted candy bars folded into buttermilk cake, raspberry jam between layers, and vanilla whipped cream. Elegant enough for any celebration.

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

Strawberry lemon trifle with homemade genoise cake, lemon curd cream filling, kirsch-strawberry syrup, toasted almonds, and piped whipped cream. A showpiece French-style layered dessert.

Strawberry lemon trifle layered with homemade genoise cake, lemon curd filling, kirsch-soaked strawberries, toasted almonds, and whipped cream.

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.

They are best chocolate chip cookies for sure. These cookies were so easy to make, and they turned out buttery and crunchy, the melting chocolate chips gave some extra bites and delicious flavor. Nobody will refuse to try these small sweet treats.

Crispy, sweet and delicious small treats. Is there no match better than peanut butter and chocolate?

Orange dream cake with fresh orange and lemon juice baked into a tender crumb, topped with a coconut whipped cream frosting spiked with citrus zest. Chilled and refreshing.

Three-layer Southern coconut cake with a tangy crushed-pineapple filling and billowy seven-minute frosting. An almond-scented butter cake stacked with grated coconut between every layer.

Deep dish brownies baked thick in an 8-inch square pan with cocoa powder, three eggs, and a full 1½ cups of sugar. Fudgy, dense, and tall enough to satisfy a serious chocolate craving.

Love anything with peanut butter! These pretty looking peanut butter blossoms were also delicious, they were just melting in my mouth.

Vintage ribbon cake: plain vanilla and spiced molasses batters layered in stripes with a tart lemon-raisin filling between. An old-fashioned American cake worth reviving.