38 swirl cake recipes

Cinnamon swirl bread with a brown sugar and cinnamon ribbon marbled through a tender, sour milk quick bread batter. No yeast needed for this coffee cake-style loaf.

A buttery tube cake swirled with coffee liqueur, instant coffee, and cocoa. Marbled layers of rich coffee batter and chocolate make this cafe au lait cake an elegant, aromatic showstopper.

A layered coffee cake built on a yellow cake mix and sour cream batter, swirled with a crunchy brown sugar streusel packed with chocolate chips, walnuts, and cinnamon. Easy enough for a weekday morning, fancy enough for brunch guests.

Malted coconut marble cake baked in a tube pan with swirled vanilla and chocolate malt batters, topped with coconut frosting browned under the broiler. A retro bakery-style cake with a toasty malt flavor.

Sour cream coffee cake with a cinnamon-pecan ribbon and a chocolate glaze swirled through the middle. A holiday brunch standout with tender crumb and fudgy chocolate veins.

A layered tube cake with banana sour cream batter and a crunchy coconut-oat-pecan streusel swirled through every layer. Semi-homemade with yellow cake mix. Serves 12.

Maple nut bundt cake with swirled layers of cinnamon-sugar nuts baked into a pudding-enriched batter, then drizzled with maple-vanilla glaze. Starts with a cake mix but tastes from scratch.

German marble kuchen swirls vanilla butter cake with chocolate syrup batter for a tender bundt with bold dark and light bands. A traditional German tea cake baked in a tube pan.

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.

Buttery sour cream pound cake with ribbons of cinnamon-pecan swirl baked in a Bundt pan. Tender, rich, and utterly irresistible.

Pet milk coffee cake baked in a bundt pan with layers of brown sugar, cinnamon, and nut crumb topping swirled through a rich evaporated milk batter.

Microwave bundt cake spiked with creme de cocoa and orange juice, swirled with chocolate syrup. Rich, boozy, and ready in 25 minutes flat.

A fat-free chocolate cake made with cocoa, instant coffee, and egg whites, topped with vanilla glaze and swirled raspberry jam. Rich chocolate flavor without the guilt, baked in a springform pan.

Microwave creme de menthe bundt cake, a boxed mix cake laced with mint liqueur and a chocolate syrup swirl, cooked entirely in the microwave in just ten minutes. A retro shortcut dessert with mint-chocolate magic.

Ice cream cone cupcakes: chocolate cake batter baked right inside flat-bottom ice cream cones, then swirled with sweet almond buttercream and showered in sprinkles. The kid party showstopper.

Lemon curd coffee cake made from a buttery yeast dough rolled with tangy lemon curd filling, sliced into swirls, and baked with a walnut topping. A stunning brunch centerpiece.