Dessert, Cake Recipes

Pumpkin tunnel cake bakes a brown sugar buttermilk-bran bundt with a hidden ring of spiced pumpkin filling running through the center. Lower-fat with egg whites and oil.

Raspberry ribbon cheesecake on a chocolate wafer crust with a layer of homemade raspberry sauce baked inside and fresh berries on top. A showstopper dessert.

Three-layer red velvet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and vinegar topped with a cooked flour white icing. Old-fashioned Southern style with an ermine frosting that's not too sweet.

No-bake Reese's-style peanut butter bars with a buttery graham cracker crumb base and a melted chocolate chip top. Tastes like a giant peanut butter cup. Cuts into 48 squares for a crowd.

Warm cinnamon and nutmeg spice this tender carrot cake studded with toasted pecans. Orange cream cheese frosting crowns the bundt for a citrusy finish.

Upside-down strawberry shortcake with marshmallows, frozen strawberries mixed with Jello, and white cake mix. Flip it over for a gooey pink topping that wows every time.

Moist apple cake with warm vanilla cream sauce, shredded Granny Smith apples, cinnamon, and walnuts. Easy 8-inch square cake topped with homemade buttery sauce, perfect for fall dessert or cozy brunch.

Sauerkraut apple cake with walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg topped with orange-cinnamon cream cheese frosting. A secret ingredient cake nobody can guess.

Old-fashioned seed cake with caraway, sesame, and coconut baked into a buttery vanilla sponge. A traditional British tea-time treat that comes together with pantry staples.

Buttermilk snack cake with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips folded into the batter, topped with a brown sugar walnut crumble. A one-pan crowd-pleaser.

Easy apple bundt cake with cinnamon-layered fresh apples, orange juice, and no eggs or butter. A one-bowl brunch cake that looks impressive with minimal fuss.

Sour cream sugar cakes, soft tender drop cookies made with sour cream and half butter, half shortening. Lightly sugared tops, cake-like crumb, a forgotten heartland classic.

Jalapeno chocolate cream cake with semi-sweet chocolate, Kahlua, ground almonds, and cinnamon. A rich, fudgy, intentionally underbaked cake with a slow jalapeno heat finish.

Spice beer cake loaded with raisins and walnuts, made with brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. Beer adds moisture and malty depth to this old-fashioned tube pan cake.

Spiced applesauce chocolate cake topped with fluffy meringue-style chocolate frosting. Cinnamon, cocoa and applesauce make a moist, vintage 13x9 sheet cake.

Spiced pound cake with mace, vanilla, and almond extract baked in a Bundt pan until golden and dense. Powdered sugar in the batter creates an ultra-fine, velvety crumb that melts on your tongue.