10 microwave cake recipes

From the McCalls Great American recipe collection, a classic American carrot cake for the microwave.

Microwave rum cake with devil's food layers soaked in rum, apricot preserves in the middle, and fluffy Italian-style meringue frosting. Retro dessert, updated speed.

Chocolate oat snack cake made in the microwave with brown sugar, walnuts, and a melted chocolate chip topping. Dense, chewy, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Tender, fall-off-the-bone BBQ turkey thighs baked in a sweet and tangy chili sauce glaze with brown sugar and Worcestershire. Just 7 ingredients and one hour for sticky, smoky, finger-licking poultry.

Best Apple Cheesecake with Graham Pecan Crust recipe

Microwave crumble coffee cake with a cinnamon-brown sugar streusel topping and melted butter finish. Soft, tender cake ready in under 10 minutes of cook time.

Microwave creme de menthe bundt cake, a boxed mix cake laced with mint liqueur and a chocolate syrup swirl, cooked entirely in the microwave in just ten minutes. A retro shortcut dessert with mint-chocolate magic.

Microwave bundt cake spiked with creme de cocoa and orange juice, swirled with chocolate syrup. Rich, boozy, and ready in 25 minutes flat.

Microwave chocolate mocha cake baked in a ring mold in under 20 minutes. Espresso deepens the cocoa flavor in this quick, from-scratch one-bowl dessert.

Microwave baked apples stuffed with dried apricot, walnuts, brown sugar, and butter, cooked in orange juice. Ready in under 15 minutes with a rich, fruity filling worth trying.