8,568 gold cake recipes

Pineapple pound cake uses frozen pineapple juice concentrate as the main sweetener for a no-added-sugar loaf with tropical citrus flavor. Seven-ingredient pantry cake.

Jam cake with caramel icing, a three-layer Southern spice cake built around blackberry jam, cinnamon, and allspice, blanketed with soft-ball-stage caramel icing made from brown sugar, butter, and cream.

Wacky cake (Depression-era chocolate cake) made with no eggs, no milk, no butter. Vinegar and baking soda lift it to fluffy chocolate perfection in one pan.

Chocolate malt layer cake with malted milk powder in both the batter and the whipped cream frosting. Tastes like a fudgy malted milkshake in cake form.

Mom's red velvet cake with old-fashioned ermine frosting (the original red velvet topping). Buttermilk, cocoa, and vinegar give the cake its signature tang and tender crumb.

Easy chocolate angel food cake combines boxed angel food mix with cocoa powder and water for a fat-free, low-calorie loaf with a tender, cloud-like crumb. Three ingredients and one bowl, no whipping required.

Finnish curd cake (rahkakakku) built on a buttered breadcrumb crust with sieved cottage cheese, cardamom, ginger, and citrus zest folded through a tender flour batter.

Homemade pound cake with butter, powdered sugar, eggs, and a hint of lemon extract. Five-ingredient classic for tea, dessert, or strawberry shortcake base.

Crazy cake (also called wacky cake or depression cake) needs no eggs, no milk, no butter. Mixed straight in the pan with vinegar for chemistry-class lift. A Depression-era favorite.

Easy citrus cranberry cake spoons alternating light yellow and deep red batters into a loaf pan, using cranberry juice, orange zest, and cranberry-orange relish for marbled holiday color. A festive boxed-mix shortcut perfect for tea or gifting.

Funnel cake batter is poured through a funnel into hot fat in a swirling spiral, fried until golden, then dusted with confectioners sugar. The state-fair classic, made at home.

Gooey butter cake layers a tender shortbread crust beneath a buttery, corn-syrup-rich filling that bakes into the iconic St. Louis dessert with crisp edges and a soft, almost custardy center. Dust with powdered sugar and slice into squares.

Sunshine cake is a tall, lemon-kissed cousin of angel food and sponge cake, leavened entirely by whipped egg whites and yolks with bright lemon zest and juice.

Two-layer fudge cake built on a cooked cocoa-milk paste with brown sugar for depth. Old-fashioned chocolate layer cake from-scratch and a perfect blank canvas for any frosting.

Favourite icebox cake: no-bake layers of graham crackers, instant pudding, and Cool Whip, finished with a warmed icing glaze. A retro fridge dessert with zero oven time.

Butterscotch layer cake built on brown sugar for deep caramel flavor, finished with a browned-butter frosting that's nutty and toffee-rich. A tender, old-fashioned two-layer cake with real butterscotch character.