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A custardy lemon pudding cake baked in a water bath, served warm with a Grand Marnier blackberry sauce. Two textures in one dish: spongy cake on top, silky pudding below.

Prune whip spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, topped with homemade prune butter frosting studded with chopped prunes and nuts. A vintage classic.

Overnight apple-orange coffee cake: a yeast-raised cake topped with juicy apples, raisins, and orange zest, then drizzled with orange glaze. Mix the night before, bake fresh in the morning.

Peanut butter king cake cookies shaped in a ring with a hidden chocolate kiss surprise inside one ball. Frosted with purple, green, and gold icing for Mardi Gras.

Spiced pepper cake with pumpkin, prunes, crystallized ginger, and walnuts. Black pepper adds a warm, unexpected bite to this deeply flavored autumn loaf cake.

Kitty Wells' 7-Up pound cake uses lemon-lime soda for a light, tender crumb with subtle citrus flavor. A Southern classic baked in a tube pan with just seven ingredients.

Famous Brown Derby red velvet cake with buttermilk-cocoa cake layers, vinegar reaction, and the original cooked-flour ermine frosting. Hollywood diner classic from the 1940s Wilshire icon.

Cloud-light chocolate angel food cake that's fat-free and cholesterol-free, leavened entirely by whipped egg whites and flavored with cocoa. An airy, guilt-light dessert with deep chocolate flavor.

Old-fashioned three-layer milk chocolate cake with buttermilk, melted unsweetened chocolate, and brown sugar, topped with milk chocolate frosting. A towering, bakery-worthy celebration cake.

Hearty loaded baked potato soup with seared round steak, Dijon mustard, Monterey Jack cheese, and cumin-spiced broth. A stick-to-your-ribs bowl that simmers low and slow until the beef is fork-tender.

First prize chocolate fudge cake, a flourless-style dense chocolate cake with semisweet chocolate, coffee, and folded egg whites. An award-winning showstopper with deep fudgy texture.

Peanut butter swirl ice cream cake with a crushed Oreo crust, chocolate wafer cookies, and hot fudge topping. No-bake, freezer-set, and ridiculously impressive for parties.

Coconut pecan upside-down cake with chocolate chips, dark brown sugar, and a tender vanilla butter cake. Like a German chocolate cake meets a skillet dessert.

Fat-free apple cake made with applesauce instead of butter or oil, loaded with diced Granny Smith apples, raisins, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Freezer-friendly.

Duchess spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves topped with maple buttercream frosting. A warmly spiced buttermilk layer cake with old-fashioned charm.