365 vegetable cake recipes

This recipe was given to me by a former co-worker. It is much lighter and healthier than regular lasagna.

Coconut pound cake baked from cold-oven start to a tall, golden tube cake. Built on cake flour and shortening for ultra-tender crumb, with shredded coconut and coconut flavouring throughout. Drizzle with sugar glaze if desired.

A simple, one-bowl cocoa layer cake that comes together in minutes and bakes into two tender 9-inch layers. Rich chocolate flavor without fuss—perfect for beginners.

Chocolate Twinkie cake with a fluffy homemade cream filling sandwiched between layers of chocolate pudding cake. Uses a box mix for easy baking but the from-scratch filling is where the magic happens.

Irish parsnip cakes mashed with butter and a pinch of mace, breaded and fried golden. Crisp outside, sweet and creamy inside. A traditional cool-weather side or vegetarian main.

Carrot cake bread: a tender carrot quickbread baked in two 9-inch pans, made with olive oil, cinnamon, grated carrots, and chopped pecans. Better the next day, optional orange-butter icing.

Chocolate pumpkin layer cake with a warm brown-sugar frosting that sets to a fudgy crust. Cocoa and pumpkin pie spice make this two-layer cake rich, moist, and irresistible for fall baking.

Reduced-fat carrot cake swaps most of the oil for prune purée, then layers three moist spiced cakes with light cream cheese frosting. Toasted walnuts, grated carrots, and crushed pineapple build full carrot cake flavor with less fat.

Black-eyed pea cakes with smoky adobo cream and melty Monterey Jack. An 18-minute vegetarian main that fries up crisp on the outside with a tender, cumin-spiced center.

Cornmeal and corn kernel cakes spiced with cumin, green chilies, and hot sauce, pan-fried in butter and topped with a fresh sweet pepper and lime-cilantro relish.

Vegetarian moo shu with bok choy, bean sprouts, mushrooms, and crumbled tofu stir-fried in sesame oil, rolled in Chinese pancakes with hoisin sauce.

Four-ingredient peanut butter cookies using yellow cake mix as a shortcut. Just blend, roll, fork-press, and bake for golden cookies in 30 minutes flat.

City school red devil's food cake made with cocoa, hot coffee, buttermilk, cake flour, and a touch of red food coloring. The nostalgic cafeteria chocolate cake from scratch.

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

Peach dessert cake with fresh peaches baked into a lemon-scented batter, topped with cinnamon sugar and chopped nuts. Serve warm with whipped cream for a summer treat.

Mother's Oh and Ah! cake is a vintage red velvet-style chocolate sour cream cake with deep cocoa flavor and a tender crumb. Cake flour and sour cream make it pillow-soft. A drop of red food coloring gives it that signature reddish hue.