637 roll cake recipes

French doughnut muffins taste like cake doughnuts without the deep fryer: nutmeg-spiced batter baked, then dipped in butter and rolled in cinnamon-sugar while still warm.

Buche de Noel: the iconic French Christmas yule log cake. Light sponge rolled around fruit jam, frosted with chocolate buttercream, and decorated to look like a snowy birch log. The classic holiday showstopper.

Cherry cheese coffee cake built from crescent roll dough, sweet cream cheese filling, and ruby cherry pie filling, woven into a sunburst pattern and baked golden. A bakery-style brunch centerpiece without the work.

Passover-friendly sponge cake roll made with potato starch instead of flour, filled with a bright orange curd. A light, flourless citrus dessert perfect for the Seder table.

Lamingtons made the Aussie way: light sponge cake sandwiched with hot strawberry jam, then rolled in desiccated coconut. A classic afternoon-tea treat with a jammy center and a snowy coconut coat.

Yeast tea ring filled with apricots, pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon, rolled and shaped into a glazed coffee cake. The classic slit-and-turn technique shows off the swirled interior.

Berkshire apple pie with a dump-and-bake cake batter topping over cinnamon apples. No rolling pin needed for this rustic New England-style dessert.

Feather light cinnamon sugar muffins made with cake flour and nutmeg, rolled warm in melted butter and cinnamon sugar. Like a donut in muffin form.

Brown sugar filling with chopped nuts and cinnamon for cinnamon rolls, coffee cakes, and sweet breads. A 3-ingredient streusel-style filling ready in minutes.

Old-fashioned peanut squares with a light sponge cake base, iced and rolled in ground peanuts for a crunchy, nutty finish. A classic vintage church-supper treat.

Mandel rolls (mandelbrot) made with cake meal, matzo meal, potato starch, and chopped nuts. Twice-baked Jewish biscotti that are crisp, cinnamon-spiced, and Passover-friendly.

Butter pecan snowball cookies (Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes) with finely chopped pecans, rolled in powdered sugar while warm. Christmas cookie tin staple, freezes beautifully.

Old-fashioned icebox cake with ground marshmallows, dates, graham crackers, and walnuts rolled into a log with cream. A no-bake vintage dessert sliced and served cold.

Mince-meat cookies made with a tender cake flour dough rolled thin, filled with cooked mincemeat, and sandwiched together. A vintage holiday filled cookie that makes 36.

Little fruit cake squares packed with chopped dates, candied cherries, and pecans, baked in a 9-inch pan and rolled in powdered sugar. Bite-sized holiday treats.

Onion cake with bacon, sour cream, and eggs baked on a crescent roll crust. A savory German-inspired appetizer cut into bite-sized squares and served warm.