8,566 gold cake recipes

Pineapple dream cake made with pineapple juice in the batter and topped with a whipped shortening frosting folded with cooked pineapple. A fluffy, tropical two-layer cake.

Carrot snack cake made with cake mix, grated carrots, orange juice, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, topped with a homemade cream cheese frosting. Easy one-pan baking.

Black Russian Bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, chocolate pudding, vodka, and Kahlua, topped with a coffee liqueur glaze. A boozy, dense chocolate cocktail cake.

Tender lemon bundt cake with poppy seed crunch, drenched in a warm citrus glaze that turns each slice into a melt-in-your-mouth experience.

Old-fashioned single-layer butter cake topped with sweetened whipped cream frosting. Simple vintage recipe using cream of tartar and baking soda for tender crumb.

Savannah ice cream cake stacks coconut cake layers with strawberry, chocolate, and orange ice creams, finished with whipped cream and chocolate glaze. A Southern showpiece dessert for special occasions.

Two-layer spice cake with cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and plumped raisins, frosted with Swiss meringue mocha buttercream. A showstopper dessert for serious bakers.

Saucy chocolate cake that creates its own hot fudge sauce as it bakes. Cocoa batter topped with brown sugar and boiling water transforms into cake over a pool of warm chocolate pudding.

The laziest, most crowd-pleasing dessert you'll ever make. Cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, melted butter, coconut, and pecans. Just layer, dump, and bake.

Light, airy cheesecake made with pressed cottage cheese and whipped cream in spiced rusk crust, topped with strawberry glaze studded with whole berries.

German sweet chocolate cake built on a chocolate cake mix base enriched with extra butter, buttermilk, and folded egg whites for a tender, tall three-layer cake. Designed for the classic coconut-pecan frosting on the tops only.

Chocolate lover's cake with four thin layers of sour cream chocolate cake sandwiched with fudge frosting and topped with chopped pecans. Bare sides show off the dramatic layered interior.

Light orange sponge cake rolled with orange marmalade filling, dusted with confectioners sugar. No butter or oil, just eggs, cake flour, and orange zest.

State fair zucchini cake: a spiced sheet cake with shredded zucchini, walnuts, and golden raisins, topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting. Blue-ribbon classic.

Festive peppermint cheesecake with crushed candy canes swirled into cream cheese filling on a graham cracker crust, garnished with chocolate leaves.

Milky Way layer cake melts eight candy bars with butter into a chocolate-caramel-nougat batter for a moist Southern celebration cake. Tender crumb, rich frosting-friendly base, layered or sheet style.