81 dandy cake recipes

Super chunky cookies pack four kinds of chocolate plus pecans and English toffee bits into a brown sugar dough. Bakery-style chocolate chip cookies with crispy edges and chewy centers.

Rich West Indian Christmas cake soaked in rum and sherry with dried fruits, warm spices, and browning for deep color. Start the fruit a month ahead for a dense, boozy holiday cake worth the wait.

Layers of homemade sponge roll with raspberry jam, sherry-soaked custard, crunchy amaretti, and piped whipped cream make this Scottish trifle a showstopper British dessert.

Caramel surprise cake, individual molten chocolate cakes hiding frozen caramel candies that ooze when cut. Served over pooled caramel and feathered chocolate sauce.

Mounds candy bar cake with chocolate cake layers filled with gooey marshmallow-coconut filling and covered in chocolate frosting. A semi-homemade showstopper.

Lane cake filling with egg yolk custard, brandy, candied cherries, raisins, pecans, and coconut. The classic Southern frosting for a traditional Lane cake.

Quick Valentine's Day cake using a boxed cake mix, white frosting, and chocolate candy hearts. A simple, festive dessert anyone can make with just 3 items.

Holiday ice cream cake: a triple-layer freezer cake with three flavors of ice cream stacked between chopped candy bars, Oreo cookies, and homemade chocolate ganache.

No-bake chocolate cake with melted chocolate, butter, crushed cookies, candied fruit, cherries, and almonds. Refrigerate overnight for a dense, fudgy slice.

Halloween chocolate blood cake with red-dyed white chocolate sponge, strawberry ice cream center, and a creepy dripping red icing topped with vampire teeth candies. Spooky party showstopper.

Traditional German Lebkuchen honey cakes spiced with cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg, studded with candied citron and brushed with a clear sugar glaze.

Home-candied angelica turns young spring stalks into emerald-green confectionery jewels using just sugar and patience. A traditional British technique for decorating cakes, trifles and Christmas puddings.

Trinidadian sugar cakes are chewy Caribbean coconut candies cooked in sugar syrup and tinted pink. A traditional street-fair sweet from Trinidad and Tobago.

A frozen chocolate mousse loaf made with melted Milky Way candy bars, semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate, Italian meringue, and whipped cream. A make-ahead dessert that slices like ice cream cake.

No-egg fruit cake loaded with candied cherries, pineapple, dates, toasted coconut, and nuts, bound with sweetened condensed milk and glazed with orange juice and honey.

Bath buns: lemon-scented English tea buns dotted with raisins and candied citron, brushed with sugared cream for a sweet, glossy crust. A traditional cousin to the rock cake.