4,504 la king recipes

Baked bananas with brown sugar, butter, and lemon zest — a 30-minute side dish that pairs beautifully with roasted meats or doubles as a warm dessert with ice cream.

Famous Brown Derby red velvet cake with buttermilk-cocoa cake layers, vinegar reaction, and the original cooked-flour ermine frosting. Hollywood diner classic from the 1940s Wilshire icon.

Holiday pasta bake layers penne with eggplant tomato sauce, creamy ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan. A make-ahead crowd-feeder that bakes into a bubbling, cheesy, eggplant-rich casserole. Serves eight from one dish.

No-bake pineapple cheesecake: a lightened version using nonfat cream cheese, cottage cheese, and Greek yogurt folded with crushed pineapple, set with gelatin on a graham and Grape-Nuts crust. Creamy tropical dessert without the oven.

It was my first time making a carrot cake. I loved it, and so did my boyfriend. I frosted the cake with a mixture of butter and cream cheese, so yummy. This is a great way to eat carrots :)

Lots of apples and nuts make a filling rich snacking cake.

Chocolate zucchini tube cake using a cake mix hack with shredded zucchini folded in for extra moisture. Topped with cream cheese frosting and chopped nuts.

Fruit cocktail cake with a moist sour cream batter spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove, studded with canned fruit cocktail. The retro pantry-staple cake from a 1960s Sunday-supper card.

Hawaiian pineapple cake with coconut and walnuts topped with cream cheese frosting. A dense, fruity sheet cake baked low and slow with no oil or butter in the batter.

Old-fashioned chocolate potato cake with riced potatoes folded into the batter for incredible moisture. Layered with whipped cream and smothered in chocolate frosting.

Red Velvet Cocoa Cake made with buttermilk, cocoa powder, and vinegar for a tender, tangy crumb with that classic crimson color. A Southern layer cake staple.

Peach upside-down cake with a spiced gingerbread batter over brown sugar-glazed peach halves and cherries. A warmly spiced twist on the classic upside-down cake.

Maple pecan upside-down cake with pure maple syrup, brown sugar, currants, yogurt, and a hint of mace. Inverted to reveal a sticky, caramelized pecan topping served warm.

Easy banana cake using a white cake mix, sour cream, and mashed bananas with chopped nuts. A semi-homemade shortcut that bakes up extra moist in two round layers.

Old-fashioned chocolate buttermilk cake made with lard for an impossibly tender crumb, topped with glossy fudge frosting. A vintage recipe your great-grandma would recognize.

A dense, buttery coconut pound cake baked in a bundt or tube pan with almond extract and shredded coconut. No frosting needed, freezer-friendly, and only 7 ingredients from bowl to oven.