8,317 gold cake recipes

Slice and bake sugar cookies: a make-ahead dough rolled in wax paper and chilled, then sliced and baked into tender cookies. Yields nearly eight dozen.

Italian pizzelles with butter, sugar, eggs, and a hint of anise pressed in a hot pizzelle iron into delicate snowflake-patterned wafer cookies. Traditional Italian holiday cookie.

Decadent chocolate brownies spiked with coffee, Godiva liqueur, and crunchy walnuts. These fudgy brownies with a ribbony texture are pure indulgence for chocolate lovers.

Chocolate chip pan cookies bake the classic Toll House dough as one giant sheet, then cut into 24 squares. All the flavor of a chocolate chip cookie with none of the scooping, rotating or batch-baking.

Sesame seed cookies are an Italian-American holiday classic with a tender shortbread-like dough rolled in toasted sesame seeds before baking. Massive batch (240 cookies) for cookie tins.

Nut refrigerator cookies (icebox cookies) with brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and chopped nuts. Slice-and-bake dough that chills overnight and yields crisp, buttery cookies with caramel notes.

Maine potato donuts use cold mashed potatoes for an extra-tender, never-greasy fried doughnut. Traditional New England recipe spiced with ginger and vanilla. Makes 2 dozen old-fashioned donuts.

Praline brownies layer a buttery brown sugar-pecan topping in the bottom of the pan, then bake right under a tender vanilla brown-sugar batter. Flip the pan and the praline crown sits on top, glossy and crackling.

Classic walnut-crusted thumbprint cookies with tender shortbread base and jewel-toned jelly centers perfect for cookie swaps and holiday gift boxes.

Layered mocha chocolate torte with bloomed cocoa cake, espresso-spiked ermine filling, pecans, and creamy white frosting. Four-layer celebration cake.

Glazed ribbon cookies with buttery shortbread dough rolled into strips, filled with raspberry jam, and drizzled with vanilla glaze. Holiday cookie tray classic.

Buttery shortbread-style nut fingers with toasted walnuts and cornstarch for a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Rolled into ropes, baked golden, and dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Maple pecan crisps with brown sugar, vanilla, and maple extract baked thin until golden and snappy. An egg white wash and minced pecans give each cookie a glossy, nutty crunch.

Finnish pecan balls (Finnish snowballs) made with butter, cake flour, and toasted pecans, rolled twice in powdered sugar for a melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie.

Soft honey carrot cookies with shredded carrots, nutmeg, and real honey for natural sweetness. Shaped into 1-inch balls for a tender, cake-like bite.

It is an excellent choice for February parties or for any occasion where a deluxe cake is desired.