Dessert Recipes

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.

Patriotic Fourth of July chocolate sheet cake decorated as an American flag with vanilla and blue frosting and fresh strawberry stripes. A buttermilk-rich chocolate cake the kids can help decorate.

Buttermilk chocolate hazelnut cake bakes whole wheat pastry flour with cocoa, brown sugar, and a layer of toasted hazelnuts. Lighter, healthier chocolate cake with no butter and no whole eggs.

White chocolate frosted white cake folds melted white chocolate into a tender buttermilk cake, then crowns it with a fluffy whipped white chocolate frosting. A double-white-chocolate layer cake for celebrations.

Coffee-spiked red devil's food cake with cocoa, hot coffee, buttermilk, and a hit of red food coloring. Deep chocolate flavor with a striking red-tinted crumb.

A slow cooker johnny cake loaded with shredded carrots and crushed pineapple. Made with cornmeal, buttermilk, and baking soda for a moist, tender crumb. No oven required.

Norwegian kringla are soft pretzel-shaped buttermilk cookies twisted into figure-eights. A traditional Scandinavian coffee-time treat that needs an overnight chill for flavor.

From-scratch chocolate cake with melted unsweetened chocolate and buttermilk, topped with a boiled fudge frosting beaten over ice. Deep, dark, and intensely chocolatey.

Chocolate Bundt cake hides a cream cheese, coconut, and chocolate chip tunnel inside. Hot coffee in the batter deepens the cocoa, and buttermilk keeps the crumb tender under a glossy glaze.

Port wine blueberry cake reduces ruby port into a syrupy concentrate, then folds it into a low-fat buttermilk cake studded with fresh berries. A sophisticated grown-up dessert.

Banana Cake Aloha Oe is a vintage Hawaiian-style layer cake with a soft, banana-rich crumb finished with real banana frosting. Tender cake flour layers, mashed banana in every bite.

Rich chocolate cake: single 8-inch buttermilk cocoa layer cake finished with bittersweet chocolate glaze. Can be split for a filled two-layer version.

Easy bundt cake made with cake mix, apricot nectar, and fluffy egg whites, soaked with a warm buttermilk glaze for tender sweetness.

German sweet chocolate cake built on a chocolate cake mix base enriched with extra butter, buttermilk, and folded egg whites for a tender, tall three-layer cake. Designed for the classic coconut-pecan frosting on the tops only.

This layer cake brings together the sweet and tender flavors of bananas with the rich and nutty taste of toasted walnuts, all layered together in a moist and delicious cake. This heavenly creation is perfect for those who love the combination of fruit and nuts, and it's a great way to use up those overripe bananas sitting on your counter.

Banana walnut snack cake starts with a cake mix and adds mashed banana, buttermilk, and chopped walnuts. A quick semi-homemade cake that tastes like banana bread.