919 cake light recipes

These are always a big hit. Sweet and spicy with crunchy edges and soft chewy center. Mmmm...

A savory Swiss onion and Gruyère tart in a quick Bisquick crust. Buttery golden onions and nutty melted cheese baked into a simple egg custard. Serve it as an appetizer or a light meal.

Gingerbread bear cookies bake molasses-spiced rolled cookies with ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. Painted with royal icing for a holiday tradition kids adore.

Hot fudge pudding cake that creates its own chocolate sauce as it bakes. Cocoa batter topped with sugar and hot water, the oven transforms it into cake over fudge sauce.

Aran Spiosrai is a traditional Irish spice bread with raisins, candied fruit, golden syrup, and mixed spice baked low and slow in a loaf pan. It actually gets better after a day or two as the flavors deepen.

An Irish-style spice bread loaded with raisins, candied peel, and golden syrup, spiced with ginger and mixed spice. Pop the ingredients in your bread machine and let it do the work for a warmly fragrant loaf.

Apple coffee cake with a sour cream batter layered with sliced apples and a cinnamon-brown sugar-nut streusel. A buttery brunch cake with a hidden ribbon of fruit inside.

Corn pancakes studded with whole kernel corn and sweetened with light corn syrup cook up golden on a griddle. A simple breakfast with pops of sweet corn in every bite.

Apple sour cream coffee cake layers buttery batter with sliced apples and a cinnamon-sugar-nut streusel ribbon, topped with more streusel for a tender, bakery-style brunch cake.

Traditional Italian fig cookies (cucidati) with a sweet filling of dried figs, raisins, walnuts, and cinnamon wrapped in a buttery dough. A classic holiday cookie from Italian-American bakeries.

Whole wheat carrot spice bread with oats, dates, and warm cinnamon-ginger spice. A hearty, low-fat quick bread made with applesauce and egg whites instead of butter or oil.

German cheese kuchen with a cottage cheese and cinnamon custard filling in a buttery biscuit-style crust. A traditional Kaeskuchen that chills for 4 hours before serving.

Old-fashioned molasses cookies with candied citron, chopped nuts, cloves, and cinnamon. Rolled thin, cut out, and baked crisp. A heritage holiday cookie.

Saucy chocolate cake that creates its own hot fudge sauce as it bakes. Cocoa batter topped with brown sugar and boiling water transforms into cake over a pool of warm chocolate pudding.

Old-fashioned peach shortcake with tender butter biscuits split and filled with sugared peaches and fresh whipped cream. Served warm for a classic summer dessert.

Basic holiday butter cookies with a tender, melt-in-your-mouth crumb from cornstarch in the dough. This versatile base recipe can be rolled, cut, or shaped into any holiday cookie you want.