42 sandcake recipes

One-bowl devil's food cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, buttermilk, and cake flour. Dark, moist, and mixed entirely in one bowl.

Halvah shortbread made with tahini and butter creamed together with brown sugar and cake flour, studded with toasted pecans and cut into wedges.

Passover sponge cake with pineapple juice concentrate, almonds, lemon and orange zest, made with potato starch and cake meal. Light, airy, and flour-free.

Basic chocolate cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, buttermilk, and cake flour for a moist, tender two-layer cake. A reliable foundation for any frosting.

Bakery-style soft cookies loaded with chopped milk chocolate, shredded coconut, and walnuts. A blend of butter, shortening, and cake flour creates an irresistibly tender crumb.

Dense chocolate pound cake with cocoa and cake flour, topped with silky boiled fudge frosting. Butter and shortening combo creates tender crumb that bakes for 90 minutes.

Chocolate melting moments made with cocoa and cake flour, filled with a mocha chocolate center. Tender, melt-in-your-mouth thumbprint cookies that shatter with each bite.

Old-fashioned sour cream cookies with raisins, nuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Soft, cake-like drop cookies made with brown sugar and cake flour for an extra tender crumb.

Slow cooker chocolate fondue made with almond chocolate bars, marshmallows, and whipping cream. Set it, stir occasionally, and keep it warm for hours of dipping fruit and cake.

Chocolate madeleines: classic French shell-shaped tea cakes made with semi-sweet chocolate, butter, and cake flour. Delicate, buttery, and with a tender crumb under a crisp edge.

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.

Chocolate angel food layer cake baked in heart-shape pans. Fat-free, cloud-light, cocoa-scented sponge made with egg whites and cake flour. No butter, no yolks.

Light angel food cake made with whipped egg whites and cake flour, frosted with a rich mocha buttercream of coffee, cocoa, and butter. A classic pairing of airy cake and intensely flavored frosting.

Melt-in-your-mouth butter cookies made with cornstarch and cake flour for an ultra-tender crumb. Just 4 ingredients, baked low and slow. Makes 100 bite-sized cookies.

Butter-rich nutmeg sugar cookies made with a blend of all-purpose and cake flour, rolled thin, and topped with a sparkling sugar crust. Crisp, fragrant, and deeply buttery.

Sliced apples layered with cinnamon sugar get topped with a simple cake batter that bakes into a tender crust for an effortless dessert that's halfway between apple crisp and cake.