10 plain butter cake recipes

Marble pound cake with browned butter, vanilla-almond batter, and cocoa swirl. Uses yogurt and egg whites for a lighter texture in a classic tube pan shape.

Triple layer chocolate cake made with both melted chocolate and cocoa, plus yogurt and coffee for a moist, tender crumb. A lighter approach to a towering celebration cake.

Mile-high blueberry muffins built on tangy plain yogurt and butter cut into the dry ingredients (biscuit-style). Bursting with fresh blueberries and finished with a crackly sugar top, ready in 40 minutes.

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Rhubarb upside down cake with tightly arranged rhubarb stalks caramelized in butter and sugar, topped with an orange-scented yogurt cake. Best served warm from a springform pan.

Greek yogurt cake with raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves layered through a tender butter batter. A traditional tourta cut into diamond shapes for a spiced afternoon sweet.

Mustikkapiiras is a traditional Finnish blueberry pie with a tender press-in crust and tangy yogurt-custard filling. Simple Nordic dessert with fresh berries and bright lemon.

Finnish blueberry yogurt pie (mustikkapiirakka) with a press-in butter shortbread crust and a tangy lemon-vanilla custard. Fresh blueberries bake right into the filling for the iconic dessert of every Finnish summer.

Maple pecan upside-down cake with pure maple syrup, brown sugar, currants, yogurt, and a hint of mace. Inverted to reveal a sticky, caramelized pecan topping served warm.

Chocolate cake layered with peanut butter chip mousse and dripping chocolate ganache glaze, topped with mini peanut butter cups. A three-component showstopper.