10,000 cake cake recipes

Spice walnut cake marries toasted walnuts with whole-wheat pastry and barley flours, warm cinnamon and clove, then soaks in a fresh orange syrup after baking. A healthier Greek-inspired karydopita.

Peanut refrigerator cake layers coffee-dipped tea biscuits with peanut butter frosting and cocoa, then chills overnight. No baking required. The biscuits soften into moist, cake-like layers.

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.

Fudgy sourdough chocolate cake mixed in one bowl with cocoa, cold coffee, and sourdough starter. Rich, dense, and scratch-made with a tang you can't get from a box mix.

Vintage white cake layered with toasted pecans and grated semi-sweet chocolate, finished with a glossy chocolate fudge frosting. A 1960s-era bake-off showstopper.

Apple pound cake loaded with chopped apples, pecans, and raisins spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. A moist oil-based tube cake baked low and slow until golden.

Chocolate pan cake pours hot cocoa-butter liquid into a buttermilk batter, bakes in a 13x9 pan, and gets a warm cocoa glaze poured over while still hot. Southern Texas sheet cake classic.

Tender fried doughnuts packed with melted unsweetened chocolate and buttermilk tang, drizzled with vanilla icing. Deep-fry to golden perfection in just 3 minutes per doughnut.

Almond poppy seed loaf cake made with amaretto liqueur, sour cream, and butter for a rich, dense crumb studded with crunchy poppy seeds. Dusted with powdered sugar.

Old-fashioned pound cake with shortening, six eggs, and no leavening. Vanilla and almond extract give this dense, tender tube cake its signature flavor.

Fig fruit cake with dried figs, candied cherries, pineapple, walnuts, brandy, and unsweetened chocolate. A spiced holiday loaf baked low and slow for dense, sliceable richness.

Elegant two-layer white chocolate cake with white chocolate ganache frosting, chopped macadamias between the layers, and fresh berries on top. A showpiece celebration cake that's rich, creamy, and unforgettable.

Ann's chiffon cake: a tall, light tube cake with the richness of butter cake and the lift of angel food. Whipped egg whites fold into an oil-based batter and bake into a tender, springy crumb.

Krumkaker are Norwegian curled cookies pressed thin in a special iron, then rolled into cones around a wooden spoon handle while still hot. Traditional Scandinavian holiday treat.

Chocolate-coconut layer cake with tender buttermilk chocolate layers, flaked coconut folded through, and a rich walnut-chocolate filling between whipped cream layers.

Moist prune cake made with baby food prunes, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A one-bowl spiced cake that beats everything for 3 minutes and bakes hands-off.