Cakes

This purple-stained cake—er, what’s left of it—calls for just old-fashioned goodness and the season’s most compelling fruits. Got milk?

• (2)
• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 11

Pretty much guaranteed to be one of those desserts that makes people do face-plants onto their dessert plates. A David Leite original recipe.

• (6)
• 1 H
• 3 H
• 18

Skillet cake is moist and tender and sweet (not too sweet, though) and sorta like upside-down cake except it’s right-side up.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 6

This far-from-fussy dessert is gonna satisfy your desire for a subtle red, white, and blue presence this coming weekend. Actually, it’s gonna satisfy in a lot more ways than just that.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 30 M
• 9

One of the best darned chocolate cakes we’ve ever experienced. (Seriously. Would we tease about something as dramatically life-altering as this?!)

• (2)
• 20 M
• 50 M
• 12

Dubbed Company’s Comin’ Coconut Cake, this beauty of a pound cake will have you dreaming up excuses to bake dessert. Even if for no other reason than you want it.

• (7)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 33

This rich, buttery, unabashedly sweet Southern tradition is a twist on a classic and becomes even more indulgent with a heavy-handed drizzle of caramel glaze.

• (3)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 8

A Southern staple, this ooey, gooey chocolate cake wears a proper topper of melted marshmallowy goodness. Takes us back to the good old days of 50s era cakes.

• Quick Glance
• 40 M
• 1 H
• 2

This cake, a nod not just to Queen Victoria but British sensibility, defines the very notion of simple yet sophisticated.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 1 H
• 31

Light, airy, lofty, tender, and lovely, this chiffon cake from the Joy of Cooking is an American classic that deserves a comeback.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 7