2,070 gold cake recipes

Nantucket donuts: classic New England cake donuts with cinnamon and nutmeg in the batter, fried golden and tumbled in a bag of cinnamon sugar. Old-fashioned donut shop nostalgia.

Irish soda bread with raisins, caraway seeds, buttermilk, and sour cream baked in a round pan. A tender, slightly sweet no-yeast loaf with a buttery crumb.

Fat-free pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving with a no-butter bread crumb crust, egg-white-only filling, and skim evaporated milk. A lighter holiday classic with all the warm spice.

Old-fashioned Grape Nuts cereal quick bread with milk, eggs, and a hint of sweetness. Tender crumb with toasty cereal crunch, no yeast required, ready in about an hour.

Southern buttermilk hushpuppies with self-rising cornmeal, onion, and egg, deep fried until crispy and golden. A simple six-ingredient recipe that floats to the top when they're done.

Iowa brownies made with chocolate syrup instead of cocoa or melted chocolate, producing fudgy, dense squares with minimal rise. A simple Midwest pantry recipe with just six basic ingredients.

Maple pecan scones cut cold butter into a flour-pecan dough, then bind with maple syrup and heavy cream for a tender, sweet biscuit. Brushed with extra maple before baking.

A yeasted chocolate cake with an overnight rise, three layers, and a cooked white icing drizzled with melted chocolate and toasted coconut. Truly unlike any chocolate cake you've tried.

Fruitcake biscotti studded with dried cranberries, tart cherries, candied orange rind, and almonds. Twice-baked for that signature crunch with lemon and almond extract.

Crockpot applesauce walnut cake baked individually in canning jars. Warmly spiced single-serve dessert with cinnamon, clove, and toasted walnuts, slow-cooker style.

Buttery brown sugar cookies with a hint of cinnamon, sliced from a chilled dough log and baked until golden. Topped with a simple powdered sugar frosting that makes every bite melt on your tongue.

Caramel chocolate chip cheesecake with an oat-walnut crust, dark brown sugar and corn syrup filling, and chocolate chips scattered on top. Rich, dense, and deeply caramelized.

Sour cream rugelach rolled with cinnamon-sugar and chopped nuts. The tangy dough chills into a tender, flaky crescent that rolls easily without tearing.

Maryland beaten biscuits, the old Chesapeake tradition: a stiff flour-and-lard dough beaten with a mallet until it blisters, then baked into hard, crisp, cracker-like biscuits. No leavening, just elbow grease.

Apple & Honey Scones with Sweet Cinnamon Topping recipe

Lemon refrigerator cookies with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and chopped nuts. A slice-and-bake icebox cookie with bright citrus flavor that makes 6 dozen from one batch of dough.