8,317 gold cake recipes

Old fashioned apple pie with a from-scratch butter crust made flaky with apple cider vinegar. Granny Smith apples get tossed in reduced cider, cinnamon, and nutmeg for deep, concentrated apple flavor.

A three-layer chocolate cake with cocoa and walnut extract, blanketed in fluffy marshmallow icing and showered with chopped black walnuts. All the joy of an ice cream sundae, no melting required.

White chocolate macadamia cookies with chunky white chocolate pieces and coarsely chopped unsalted macadamias in a brown sugar butter dough. Rolled, flattened, and baked golden.

Deep-dish peach pie: a baking dish heaped with juicy peaches and brown sugar under a single flaky, golden top crust. A fruit-forward summer pie that lets the peaches shine.

Applique cookies stack contrasting chocolate-pepper and sugar cookie doughs, cut in different shapes and glued with egg white before baking, then drizzled with chocolate. A striking two-tone decorating technique.

Chocolate Cheesecake with Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting recipe

Crispy, golden Puerto Rican corn sticks stuffed with melted cheese. Just cornmeal, grated Edam or Gouda, and a hint of cayenne, fried until crackly outside and gooey within. A beloved Caribbean street snack ready in 40 minutes.

Friendship bread, the simple yeast loaf made with bread flour, water, sugar, and oil. Tall, golden, soft-crumbed, and big enough to bake into two loaves to share.

Sata andagi, Okinawan deep-fried doughnuts with a crispy cracked exterior and tender cake-like center. A simple drop doughnut made with eggs, flour, sugar, and milk.

Microwave brownies made from scratch with cocoa powder, ready in about 25 minutes total. Fudgy, chocolatey, and no oven required. Top with nuts or chocolate chips before cooking.

Festive lebkuchen cookies made with honey, brown sugar, allspice, and lemon. A traditional German Christmas cookie decorated with white icing.

Zucchini Oatmeal Pecan Muffins: bakery-tall muffins with buttery pecans, quick oats, and shredded zucchini for moisture. Cinnamon-spiced and ready in 45 minutes.

Chocolate mint chip brownies made with real fresh mint pulverized into sugar for intense natural flavor. Fudgy, dense, and loaded with mint chocolate chips.

Buttery pecan shortbread balls rolled in snowy powdered sugar for these melt-in-your-mouth Mexican wedding cookies. A holiday favorite that's actually simple enough for weeknight baking.

This scrumptious bread can be filled with fruit, meat or even cheese! The variety makes it a perfect dinner for a large family.

No-knead batter bread studded with diced pepperoni, oregano, and garlic. This easy yeast bread requires no shaping, just mix, rise, and bake for a savory loaf with a soft, chewy crumb.