174 simple cake recipes

Simple tiramisu with sponge cake soaked in coffee and brandy, layered with sweetened mascarpone or cream cheese, dusted with cocoa. No-bake Italian dessert for 6.

Dense one-bowl apple cake with orange juice, almonds, and apple pie spice for a simple everyday dessert that's moist and tender from chopped whole apples.

Three fluffy vanilla layers meet brown-sugar caramel frosting that's silky, not fussy: simple counting-cake proportions topped with butter-toffee sweetness that'll make you swoon.

Tender chocolate cake using buttermilk and minimal butter for moist crumb without excess fat. Deep cocoa flavor in simple one-bowl recipe ready in 45 minutes.

Simple Irish soda-style bread with butter, raisins, and no yeast. Creamed butter and sugar give it a tender, cake-like crumb. Just mix and bake.

A buttery bundt pound cake with a tight, tender crumb, crowned with sweetened whipped cream and fresh sliced strawberries. Simple from-scratch baking at its finest.

Instead of going through the hassle of baking a cake, try this simple and tasty snack that's easy to make and perfect for a quick dessert.

Simple orange glaze made with powdered sugar, fresh orange juice, and orange zest. Tinted with food coloring for a bright finish on cakes, cookies, and pastries.

Cinnamon flop is an old-fashioned coffee cake made from a simple no-egg batter topped with brown sugar, cinnamon, and chunks of butter that melt into gooey pockets as it bakes.

Old-fashioned boiled fruitcake with raisins and warm spices. Simple one-bowl method where you boil fruit first then fold into spiced flour for incredibly moist cake.

Moist pumpkin cake rolled up with sweet cream cheese frosting and dusted with powdered sugar. This impressive fall dessert looks fancy but follows a simple jellyroll technique.

Emeril-inspired masa corn cakes with chili powder, topped with white wine chive cream and caviar. An elegant appetizer that turns simple corn into something show-stopping.

Homemade funnel cake with a simple batter of flour, egg, and milk fried golden in swirling patterns and dusted with powdered sugar. County fair flavor at home.

Easy Bake Oven chocolate cake made from scratch with just six pantry ingredients. A simple homemade mix replacement so kids can bake without the store-bought packets.

Buttery colonial poppy seed cake soaked in milk for a tender, nutty crumb. Dusted with powdered sugar, this heritage recipe is simple to bake and hard to resist.

Depression-era eggless, milkless, butterless cake with brown sugar, raisins, ginger, and cinnamon. A simple wartime recipe that bakes into a spiced, dense loaf with minimal pantry staples.