211 cake bread recipes

Cranberry orange ring arranges crescent roll dough filled with cranberry-orange relish and cinnamon into a festive wreath shape, baked golden and drizzled with powdered sugar glaze.

Easy apple coffee cake using a cake mix shortcut with a cinnamon-brown sugar crumble, diced apples, and raisins. Top it or flip it for two different textures.

Swedish tea ring with cinnamon-sugar yeast dough rolled into a ring and snipped into pull-apart sections. Traditional Scandinavian breakfast bread for special occasions.

Golden bubble ring (monkey bread) made from homemade yeast dough balls rolled in butter, cinnamon sugar, and optional nuts, baked in a tube pan until golden and pull-apart tender.

Orange raisin bubble ring, a pull-apart yeast bread with buttered dough balls rolled in orange-zest sugar and layered in a tube pan with raisins. Served warm for breakfast or brunch.

Whole wheat apple coffee cake with currants, toasted walnuts, apple butter, and warm spices. Made lighter with egg whites and canola oil, topped with a sugar crust.

Spiced pumpkin muffin cakes studded with raisins or dried apricots and finished with a sweet powdered sugar drizzle. Warm cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange zest in every bite. Makes 20.

My version of easy cinnamon rolls that used a box of cake mix.

German yeast cake with rows of sliced apples topped with buttery streusel and slivered almonds for a not-too-sweet coffee cake perfect for brunch or afternoon tea.

Nutty buckwheat crepes stuffed with spinach, Stilton blue cheese, and toasted walnuts, baked in a gratin dish and topped with a creamy Parmesan-mustard sauce. A proper British dinner party showstopper.

Basic naan made from just four pantry ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, and water. The two-stage cook (griddle then broiler) gives you those signature blistered, charred spots without a tandoor.

Homemade white bread made from a 4-ingredient pantry bread mix plus yeast, oil, water, and an egg. Bread machine ready, with optional onion soup, brown sugar, and wheat germ variations.

This is easy to make and everyone loved it when I brought it for Thanksgiving dinner. Had several requests so I made it again for Christmas dinner.

Whole wheat croissants: shortcut laminated dough with butter folded into whole wheat pastry flour, then rolled into 24 flaky crescents. Simplified version of the classic French viennoiserie.

Soft, slightly sweet white bread with sesame seeds baked right in. Traditional Amish yeast bread that's perfect for sandwiches or toast.

Rob's focaccia: pillowy overnight-risen bread crowned with peeled Roma tomatoes, roasted eggplant, fresh basil, anchovy, and parmesan. A rustic Italian flatbread baked golden and fragrant.