10,000 cake recipes

This sugarless banana walnut cake uses only bananas to lightly sweeten the batter.

Brandy-soaked apples baked into a moist sheet cake with walnuts, raisins, and warm spices. Simple mixing, no mixer needed.

Dense one-bowl apple cake with orange juice, almonds, and apple pie spice for a simple everyday dessert that's moist and tender from chopped whole apples.

A lemon cake mix gets a serious upgrade with orange juice and fresh blueberries, then frosted with a homemade citrus cream cheese whipped frosting loaded with fresh orange and lemon zest. Semi-homemade but nobody will know.

Sawmill cake with no eggs and no dairy, just cocoa, vinegar, and margarine for a moist, dark chocolate sheet cake. The Depression-era one-bowl dessert born from pantry shortages.

Spiced pear cake with oats, brown sugar, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon. Soaked oats add moisture and a hearty, rustic texture to every slice.

Old-fashioned griddle cakes that turn day-old bread crumbs into thick, custardy pancakes. A frugal pre-Depression breakfast that earned its keep on hungry mornings.

Angel food sheet cake topped with fresh peaches, strawberries, blueberries, and oranges, brushed with a citrus-orange glaze. A light, pretty summer dessert using a boxed cake mix shortcut.

Touchdown football cake: a round yellow cake mix transformed into a football shape with milk chocolate frosting and piped vanilla laces. The Super Bowl party showpiece kids and adults both love.

Party cake upgrades a boxed cake mix with extra eggs, sugar, and oil for a bakery-style cake that bakes in bundt, sheet, or layer pans. Popular doctored cake mix hack.

Classic spice cake with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg gets a vinegar-milk tang that creates moist, tender crumb perfect for fall baking or cozy weekend desserts.

Sour cream coffee cake with a buttery cinnamon crumb topping and optional blueberries or walnuts. Tender, moist, and perfect with morning coffee.

Bløtkake, the Norwegian cream cake layered with whipped cream and crushed strawberries. The traditional Scandinavian birthday cake with a tender sponge base.

Lemon pound cake using cake mix and a full cup of lemon curd for intense citrus flavor, studded with walnuts and topped with fresh lemon glaze. Just 5 ingredients.

Rich spiced cake with cookie-crisp edges and a moist, chewy center loaded with apples, nuts, and brandy. Stiff dough bakes into bars with crunchy tops and brownie-soft middles.

Old-fashioned cinnamon breakfast cake with brown sugar, raisins, and a buttery cinnamon-sugar crust. Ready in 30 minutes with simple pantry staples.