9 meat cake recipes

Scandinavian-style meatball cakes made from ground veal and pork with cream and eggs, served alongside beer rice cooked in French onion soup. A hearty, pub-inspired dinner.

Seared filet mignon steaks served on a crispy layered potato cake with a brandy, mushroom, sour cream, and green olive sauce. A French-inspired steakhouse dinner at home.

Pumpkin mincemeat bread with sourdough starter, pumpkin pie spice, walnuts, and brown sugar. A spiced quick bread that makes multiple loaves, perfect for holiday gifting and freezing.

Viennese chocolate torte for Passover uses ground walnuts, cake meal, and potato starch in place of flour. A flourless-style torte split and filled with apricot-orange preserves and finished with a chocolate-orange glaze.

A flourless-style cocoa sponge cake made with cake meal, potato starch, and ground almonds. Split into three layers with strawberry preserves and topped with whipped cocoa cream. Passover-friendly.

Chocolate cherry cake from a doctored devils food box mix with cherry pie filling and almond extract. Topped with a poured chocolate icing for a moist sheet cake that beats homemade.

Vintage 1930s special cocoa cake: a tender chocolate layer cake made with bloomed cocoa, brown sugar, and cake flour. Old-fashioned recipe that beats most modern boxed mixes.

5 alarm chili for serious heat-seekers: layered with jalapeno, serrano, scotch bonnet, chipotle, and pasilla chiles over slow-simmered beans and meat. A deep, smoky, blistering bowl of fire.

Moist bundt cake spiked with apple schnapps, applesauce, and warm spices. Raisins and nuts add texture. Beat for 4 minutes total for ultra-tender crumb. Great for fall gatherings or holiday gifting.