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Moist banana loaf cake studded with grated bittersweet chocolate, dusted with powdered sugar. Uses ripe bananas, half-and-half, and real butter for a rich, tender crumb.

Hot fudge sundae cake that bakes its own chocolate sauce underneath the cake layer. Pour hot water over the batter before baking, and the oven creates a fudgy pudding sauce beneath a light chocolate cake.

Chocolate bar nut cake melts ten ounces of chocolate bars into a buttermilk batter loaded with two and a half cups of chopped nuts and chocolate syrup. Baked low and slow in a tube pan for 90 minutes. A dense, fudgy Bundt-style chocolate cake.

Apple dabble cake baked in a tube pan with chopped apples, cinnamon, and nuts, then drenched in a hot brown sugar-butter glaze that soaks in as it cools. A dense, moist apple cake.

Santa Fe black bean cakes made from scratch with dried black beans, bacon, serrano chiles, ancho powder, and cumin. Pan-fried until crisp and served with sour cream and salsa.

Potato devil's food cake uses mashed potatoes for an incredibly moist crumb. With unsweetened chocolate squares and chopped nuts, this vintage layer cake stays tender for days.

Layered baked ziti with creamy ricotta, marinara, and Parmesan baked under a golden bubbling crust. Crowd-feeding Italian-American casserole that yields 12 hearty servings from one dish.

Old-fashioned chocolate pudding cake bakes with a cocoa batter on top and a brown sugar water layer that transforms into hot fudge sauce underneath. Drizzled with raspberry jam.

This brown sugar angel food cake swaps plain white sugar for molasses-rich brown sugar, giving each cloud-soft slice a deep caramel flavor. Light, fat-free, and whipped to tall, airy perfection from a dozen egg whites.

French chocolate cake from a 1953 recipe contest, made with cocoa powder, sour cream, and folded egg whites for a tender, tall crumb. Finished with a soft-ball brown sugar chocolate frosting that sets glossy and rich.

Raspberry chocolate coffee cake with layers of fresh berries, chocolate chips, and almond streusel. A tender vanilla batter baked with two layers of fruit and crumbly nut topping.

Apple cranberry upside-down cake baked in a cast iron skillet with brown sugar and butter. A fall harvest dessert with caramelized fruit topping, best served warm.

Best of class senior contest--1950 Pillsbury Cookoff. This is a simple cake that looks fancy.

This chocolate cake includes bananas both in the cake and creamy sauce.

Sugar-free raisin Bundt cake made with sweetener and warm spices, boiled with raisins for moisture, perfect for diabetic-friendly desserts.

Butter, chocolate and peanut butter together make this cake super moist, chocolaty, buttery, fluffy and delicious.