10,000 cake recipes

No-fail pound cake with butter, sugar, eggs, and flour, baked low and slow in a tube pan. Six ingredients, dense moist crumb, the kind of cake that makes you look like a pro.

Old-fashioned currant pound cake with mace, lemon extract, and 9 eggs folded in as stiffly beaten whites. No leavening needed. Dense, buttery, and studded with dried currants.

Lemon curd coffee cake made from a buttery yeast dough rolled with tangy lemon curd filling, sliced into swirls, and baked with a walnut topping. A stunning brunch centerpiece.

European mocha fudge cake with a dense cocoa-pecan base and creamy coffee whipped cream filling. A flourless-style chocolate cake that's rich, fudgy, and made without leavening.

Flourless chocolate cake with bittersweet chocolate, ground almonds, espresso and brandy. A naturally gluten-free torte that's dense, fudgy, and dinner-party ready.

Mardi Gras king cake made from a rich buttery brioche-style yeast dough, shaped into a traditional oval ring, and topped with corn syrup and colored sugar. Hide the baby and let the good times roll.

Flourless chocolate cake with crushed amaretti cookies, cocoa, and cream baked in a water bath. A dense, Italian-style loaf cake with almond flavor and a fudgy, custard-like center.

Yeast-risen chocolate chip coffee cake baked in a tube pan with a crunchy coffee-walnut-chocolate streusel topping. A rich, bakery-style breakfast cake with real coffee flavor in the crumble.

Flourless chocolate mint truffle cake with only 6 ingredients. Dense, fudgy, and melt-in-your-mouth rich, served over bourbon creme anglaise.

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.

A rustic pie-cake hybrid loaded with diced apples and pecans, baked in a pie plate and served warm with rum butter sauce and whipped cream.

No-bake cherry icebox cake layered with graham crackers, instant pudding, and whipped topping, finished with cherry pie filling. Chills in 3 hours, no oven needed.

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A silky cooked vanilla sauce to spoon over plain cake, made from sugar, milk, butter, and a touch of flour to thicken. This old-fashioned dessert topping turns a simple slice into something special.

A light, airy cheesecake lifted with whipped egg whites over a cookie-crumb crust, then slow-cooled in a turned-off oven for a crack-free top. Serve plain or with fruit, chocolate, or caramel.

Blueberry Graham Layer Cake recipe