95 cake ball recipes

Chocolate applesauce cake baked in canning jars and sealed while hot. A moist, fudgy cake with almond extract that makes a unique homemade gift.

Maple apple spice cake with pure maple syrup, chopped apples, and cinnamon topped with cream cheese frosting. A moist, nutty fall cake baked in a 9-inch square pan.

Crockpot applesauce walnut cake baked individually in canning jars. Warmly spiced single-serve dessert with cinnamon, clove, and toasted walnuts, slow-cooker style.

Upside-Down Pineapple-Raisin-Carrot Cake bakes a spiced carrot batter over caramelized pineapple rings and raisins in a cast iron skillet. Two classics in one.

Pet milk coffee cake baked in a bundt pan with layers of brown sugar, cinnamon, and nut crumb topping swirled through a rich evaporated milk batter.

Cinnamon coffee yeast cake baked in a ring mold with butter-dipped dough rounds coated in cinnamon sugar. A pull-apart monkey bread style breakfast with soft, enriched yeast dough.

Old fashioned pineapple upside down cake baked in a cast iron skillet with a caramelized brown sugar and butter base, pineapple rings, and pecan halves. Served warm with whipped cream.

Orange carrot cake baked in a tube pan with grated carrots, cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange zest, finished with a tangy orange glaze. A bright twist on classic carrot cake.

Old-fashioned date and pecan cake baked low and slow in a tube pan. More fruit and nuts than batter, with a dense, rich texture similar to fruitcake.

Microwave chocolate mocha cake baked in a ring mold in under 20 minutes. Espresso deepens the cocoa flavor in this quick, from-scratch one-bowl dessert.

Cranapple cake baked in a tube pan with cranberries, shredded apple, and applesauce for moisture. A lower-fat fall cake with a vanilla confectioners sugar drizzle.

Praline ice cream cake bakes softened vanilla ice cream right into a graham-cracker crumb batter, then finishes with sour cream caramel topping and chopped pecans.

Blueberry batter cake bakes its own sauce as boiling water poured over a sugar-cornstarch topping creates a syrupy blueberry layer beneath the risen cake. A self-saucing pudding cake.

Lighter banana walnut cake made with egg whites instead of whole eggs, studded with walnuts and raisins. A cinnamon-spiced sheet cake baked in a 9x13 pan.

Old-fashioned buttermilk chocolate cake baked low and slow with cocoa powder and boiling water for an incredibly moist, dense crumb. A single-layer 9x13 sheet cake.

Southern fig preserve cake baked in a tube pan with warm spices, buttermilk, chopped pecans, and a generous swirl of fig jam, finished with a buttermilk glaze.