8,317 gold cake recipes

Browned butter cookies with a nutty, toasted flavor baked into every bite. Simple thumbprint-style cookies made with just five ingredients and ready in under an hour.

Raspberry streusel muffins with a pecan-brown sugar crumb topping and berries layered through the batter. Buttery, tender muffins with a crunchy sweet crust on every bite.

Whoopie pies sandwich two soft chocolate cake-cookies around a fluffy vanilla cream filling. Maine and Pennsylvania Dutch dessert with a cult following.

Crisp, lacy brandy wafers spiced with ginger and rolled into elegant tubes while still warm. Golden syrup gives them a buttery toffee crunch that shatters with every bite.

Buttery shortbread crust for cheesecakes and tarts, hand-mixed with unsalted butter, egg yolk, flour, and sugar. Bake the base, line the sides, then seal with egg white to prevent sogginess.

Lemon meringue kisses baked low and slow until crisp and dry. Light-as-air cookies with lemon zest and vanilla from just five ingredients.

Crisp butter wafers pressed paper-thin and baked until barely golden. A simple six-ingredient cookie with a delicate snap and pure butter flavor.

Scots shortbread with just three ingredients: flour, butter, and powdered sugar. Kneaded, patted thin, and baked low and slow until golden and crumbly.

Tangy lemon drops are tender shortbread slice-and-bake cookies made with butter, cake flour, lemon zest, and a snowy dusting of powdered sugar. Four ingredients, melt-in-your-mouth crumb.

Poppy seed tea bread with a dense, buttery crumb and a gentle crunch from whole poppy seeds. Makes two loaves that store well and slice beautifully.

Deliciously moist cupcakes packed with tempting flavors. These go splendidly with a cream cheese frosting!

Scotland's version of the scone, sometimes known as Scot's Pancake. Looks more like a crumpet, though the texture resembles a pancake.

Double orange scones loaded with fresh orange zest and tender mandarin segments, served with whipped orange-marmalade butter. A bright citrus brunch bake with crackly sugar tops.

Tender buttermilk scones with wholesome bran flakes, lightly sweetened and golden-baked. From mixing bowl to breakfast table in 30 minutes.

No-bake vinegar pie, the simplest pioneer pantry pie with a sweet-tart filling of cider vinegar and lemon extract. No eggs, no oven, just five ingredients and a pre-baked crust.

Tyler pie, the classic Virginia heritage custard pie with brown sugar, vanilla, fresh nutmeg, and folded egg whites. Old-fashioned Southern dessert with simple pantry staples.