Dessert, Cake Recipes

Three layers of genoise sponge brushed with espresso-rum syrup, filled and frosted with silky mascarpone cream, dusted with cocoa, and wrapped in chocolate shavings.

A creamy tofu-based cheesecake loaded with almond flavor from almond meal, almond extract, and a crown of slivered almonds on a graham cracker crust. Blend, pour, bake. No dairy, no eggs, no stress.

A bundt cake made with real cubed watermelon and fruity gelatin for a pink-hued summer dessert. Topped with luscious cream cheese watermelon icing that tastes like a backyard party.

A delicious,moist cake with a very unusual icing and a pleasant texture!

Coconut pound cake baked from cold-oven start to a tall, golden tube cake. Built on cake flour and shortening for ultra-tender crumb, with shredded coconut and coconut flavouring throughout. Drizzle with sugar glaze if desired.

Fudge filled cupcakes with a dense brownie-style chocolate batter wrapped around a sweet cream cheese center studded with chocolate chips. Two desserts in one cupcake wrapper.

Cappuccino cupcakes blend espresso into a moist chocolate batter lightened with prune puree as a butter substitute. Topped with whipped cream and cocoa for that cafe-style finish.

Flourless chocolate decadence cake with melted chocolate, cocoa, and a glossy ganache glaze. Dense, fudgy, and naturally gluten-free with a truffle-like center.

Pineapple upside-down cake made in the slow cooker with pineapple rings, maraschino cherries, and brown sugar caramel base. No-oven retro dessert for warm-weather entertaining.

Flourless chocolate cake with bittersweet chocolate, ten eggs, butter, and orange liqueur. Dense, fudgy, and gluten-free with a brittle, crackly top.

A rich, moist double-chocolate layer cake with sour cream, cocoa powder, and a full bag of chocolate chips folded into the batter. Dom DeLuise's famous recipe that lives up to its outrageous name.

Spicy banana cake baked in a tube pan with cinnamon, cloves, raisins, and pecans. A warmly spiced, dense crumb that turns overripe bananas into something worth slicing thick.

Cherry and almond Christmas cake: maraschino cherries, apricots, ginger, and almonds macerated in amaretto and brandy, baked into a lighter apple-puree batter, then soaked in more amaretto. A boozy, fruit-packed festive cake that keeps for a month.

Fuzzy navel cake captures the classic peach-and-orange cocktail in a moist bundt: yellow cake mix doctored with peach schnapps, orange juice, and a poke-and-pour boozy glaze. The party-cake answer to a fuzzy navel.

Pineapple butterscotch cake doctored from pound cake mix and instant butterscotch pudding, topped with crushed pineapple and butterscotch chips. The shortcut potluck cake that always disappears.

President Roosevelt's birthday cake bakes a deep mocha chocolate cake spiked with cold black coffee and a splash of vinegar for a tender, old-fashioned crumb. A historical White House recipe.