10,000 cake recipes

Three-layer red velvet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and vinegar topped with a cooked flour white icing. Old-fashioned Southern style with an ermine frosting that's not too sweet.

Buttermilk chocolate hazelnut cake bakes whole wheat pastry flour with cocoa, brown sugar, and a layer of toasted hazelnuts. Lighter, healthier chocolate cake with no butter and no whole eggs.

Easy one-layer chocolate cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, applesauce, and pecans. Dense, fudgy, and finished with a simple dusting of powdered sugar.

Patriotic Fourth of July chocolate sheet cake decorated as an American flag with vanilla and blue frosting and fresh strawberry stripes. A buttermilk-rich chocolate cake the kids can help decorate.

Jewish apple pecan cake layers cinnamon-spiced Granny Smith apples through a moist tube cake batter brightened with orange juice. Pareve, dairy-free, and a Rosh Hashanah favorite.

Brown sugar coffee cake with a buttery crumb base, sour cream batter, nutmeg, and chopped nuts on top. A tender, crumbly breakfast cake with deep caramel sweetness.

Applesauce spice cake baked in canning jars and sealed hot for shelf-stable storage. A spiced cake with cinnamon, cloves, and nuts that makes a unique homemade gift.

Three-layer pumpkin cake with cinnamon and cloves, topped with billowy seafoam frosting made from brown sugar and egg whites. Layered with chopped walnuts between each tier.

Buttermilk coffee cake with almond extract, swirled with a cinnamon-sugar-nut filling and baked in a tube pan. Tender crumb, crunchy topping, serves 16.

Chocolate banana split cake with cocoa-banana layers, fresh sliced bananas, homemade chocolate sauce, whipped topping, and a cherry on top. No butter, no egg yolks.

Chocolate cinnamon cake roll filled with Kahlua-spiked cinnamon whipped cream. A light cocoa sponge rolled around a spiced, boozy filling for an elegant dessert.

Orange Kiss-Me Cake: a vintage Pillsbury bake-off winner with a whole ground orange (peel, pulp, and pith) folded into the batter. Topped with a warm orange juice drizzle and cinnamon-sugar walnuts.

Tiny cheesecakes built on a single vanilla wafer crust and finished with a candied cherry. Four-ingredient mini cheesecakes that bake in muffin liners for instant holiday party trays.

Norwegian kringla are soft pretzel-shaped buttermilk cookies twisted into figure-eights. A traditional Scandinavian coffee-time treat that needs an overnight chill for flavor.

Overnight blueberry coffee cake: mix the batter the night before, chill in the pan, and bake straight from the fridge in the morning. Tender crumb, juicy berries, sugary crackled top.

Buttered rum pound cake: a tall, tender sour cream pound cake with vanilla and lemon notes, lightened by whipped egg whites folded in at the end. A Southern holiday classic for slicing and sharing.