1,635 sugar cake recipes

A fruit-packed quick bread loaded with dates, raisins, candied cherries, and walnuts, moistened with applesauce and oats for bakery-style loaves.

Festive holiday fruitcake loaded with pecans, candied pineapple, dates, golden raisins, and candied citrus peel. Laced with orange liqueur and aged up to three weeks.

Honey spice ball cookies rolled in oats with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and a tablespoon of honey. Crackle-topped holiday cookies ready in 30 minutes.

Pineapple oatmeal cookies with crushed pineapple, rolled oats, toasted almonds, and raisins. Soft, fruity drop cookies with a cinnamon-spiced chew.

Cowboy cookies (hundred cookies) loaded with crisp rice cereal, oats, coconut, and nuts in a chewy brown sugar dough. The classic everything-cookie that bakes 100 to a batch for cookie tin gifting.

Potato fudge cake is an heirloom chocolate-spice cake made moist and tender with grated raw potato, warm spices and almonds, crowned with gooey marshmallow icing and a bittersweet chocolate drizzle.

Chocolate apricot upside-down cake with a caramelized brown sugar base, tender apricot halves, and pecans beneath a cocoa-rich batter. Served with cinnamon whipped cream.

Maple-apple oatmeal cookies with real maple syrup, fresh apples, applesauce, currants, and a crunchy oat-brown sugar topping. Soft, cakey fall cookies baked low and slow.

Harvest pumpkin cake loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. A thick, buttery loaf that stays moist for days thanks to the pumpkin puree.

Banana bread with honey, orange zest, chopped walnuts, and dates. A family-style loaf with layers of sweetness and warm citrus fragrance beyond basic banana bread.

Harvest pumpkin torte layers a fluffy chocolate sponge with spiced pumpkin filling four times over, then finishes with a glossy chocolate glaze. Fall baking that looks like a bakery-case showpiece.

Hummingbird cake stacks three layers of banana-pineapple-pecan cake under tangy cream cheese frosting. Southern church-supper royalty, no mixer required, just stir and pour. The crumb stays moist for days thanks to fruit and oil.

Chewy hermit bars with molasses, brown sugar, raisins, and warm spices baked in a single pan and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic New England spiced cookie bar that makes 32 pieces.

Coca-Cola marshmallow cake with hot nut icing: a Southern sheet cake made with cola in the batter, mini marshmallows folded through, and a warm fudge-pecan glaze poured over while still hot.

Dense, moist apple cake packed with dates, walnuts, and golden raisins. Oil-based batter loaded with fruit and spice bakes into a pudding-like texture in a 13x9 pan.

Dense chocolate tube cake loaded with melted chocolate bars plus chocolate syrup for double the flavor. Crunchy pecans throughout, no icing needed for this fudgy beauty.