1,864 gold cake recipes

Chocolate phyllo crisps: three sheets of phyllo brushed with cocoa-clarified butter, sugared between layers, and baked flat under a weight. Elegant chocolate wafer garnish for plated desserts.

Apricot pineapple pie fills a double crust with sweet-tart cooked dried apricots and crushed pineapple in a clear cornstarch glaze. A vintage diner-style fruit pie with intense jam-like flavor.

Cherry turnovers made with frozen puff pastry and canned cherry pie filling, drizzled with a simple powdered sugar glaze. Just 4 ingredients for a flaky, bakery-style pastry.

Aunt Catherine's Italian Cookies: a heirloom cookie with almond extract, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, finished in pastel-colored powdered sugar icing. Stores for months in tins.

Spice cookies with pumpkin dip: molasses-and-ginger cookies rolled in sugar, served with a creamy cream cheese and pumpkin pie dip. A holiday cookie plate with a dunking twist.

Deep-fried apple fritters with diced apples in a simple egg batter, served with a homemade maple-brown sugar syrup. Crispy outside, tender and fruity inside.

Copycat Red Lobster cheddar biscuits made with Bisquick, shredded cheddar cheese, and cold water, brushed with garlic-herb butter. Just 20 minutes from bowl to table.

Homemade flour tortillas with just four ingredients: flour, shortening, salt, and warm water. Soft, pliable, and ready to wrap around tacos, burritos, or quesadillas straight off the griddle.

Savory pumpkin fritters with canned pumpkin, eggs, and a hint of pepper, deep-fried golden. Serve with ham or bacon for a heritage brunch classic.

Pecan angel pie folds toasty pecans and graham cracker crumbs into stiff meringue, then bakes into a chewy-crisp dessert topped with whipped cream or ice cream. No flour, no fat in the base, just nuts and crumbs holding sweet meringue together.

No-bake brownies with chocolate chips melted in evaporated milk, mixed with vanilla wafer crumbs, marshmallows, and cinnamon. Press into a pan, chill, and slice. No oven needed.

Nectarines and raspberries tossed with sugar and crumbled almond biscotti for a no-cook summer fruit dessert. Simple, elegant, and ready in minutes.

Lemon fritters: puffy, golden drop fritters fried until crisp and showered with a bright lemon sugar sauce. An old-fashioned skillet dessert done in 30 minutes.

Persimmon chocolate chip cookies: ripe Hachiya persimmon pulp folded into a spiced cookie dough with chocolate chips, walnuts, and dates. Soft, cake-like cookies with autumn-spice warmth in every bite.

Mexican mocha balls: shortbread-style chocolate-coffee cookies with chopped walnuts and maraschino cherries, rolled in extra-fine sugar. Perfect for the holiday cookie tray.

Pressure cooker buttermilk bread steams a tangy quickbread batter into a moist tender loaf. No oven needed for this old-fashioned steamed bread.