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Home | Recipes | Desserts | Cakes | Page 8

Cakes

This page features a collection of irresistible cake recipes that are sure to impress. From classic favorites like Lemon Pound Cake to unique combinations like Pumpkin Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting and Coconut Cake, our recipes are perfect for any occasion. Our step-by-step instructions and tips will guide you through the baking process, helping you create moist and delicious cakes that are as beautiful as they are flavorful.

A pumpkin cake with maple-cream cheese frosting on a cake stand.
A slice of cheesecake topped with cranberries on a silver cake lifter.

Cranberry-Orange Cheesecake

1 hr 15 mins

Three slices of pear bread on a white plate with a cut loaf in the background.

Pear Bread

1 hr 30 mins

A slice of classic carrot cake--two carrot cake layers filled and frosted with cream cheese frosting; on top are crushed walnuts.

Carrot Cake

1 hr 30 mins

Dried fruit and nut cake in slices on a wooden cutting board with parchment paper, beside a red and white dish towel.

Dried Fruit and Nut Cake

1 hr 20 mins

A sliced kugelhopf in a round metal platter

Kugelhopf

7 hrs 35 mins

A lemon buttermilk pudding cake in a white bowl on a white plate, topped with whipped cream with a bowl of cream and basket of lemons on the side.

Lemon Buttermilk Pudding Cake

1 hr

Pumpkin cheesecakes with gingersnap pecan crust on 2 sheet pans, topped with whipped cream and nuts.

Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Pecan Crust

2 hrs 35 mins

Thankful butterscotch cake in close-up with a large piece cut out and a slice in the foreground.

Thankful Butterscotch Cake

2 hrs

A glass cake stand with four slices of chocolate marquise with brandied cherries on the side.

Ultimate Chocolate Marquise

6 hrs 25 mins

Black Bottom Cupcakes stacked on cooling rack.

Black Bottom Cupcakes

45 mins

A Barefoot Contessa baba au rhum on a white plate, topped with whipped cream.

Barefoot Contessa Baba au Rhum

3 hrs 45 mins

A slice of frosted pumpkin cake on a plate with the remaining cake on a stand in the background.

Pumpkin Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

1 hr 15 mins

Super moist apple cake on a jadeite cake stand.

Super Moist Apple Cake

1 hr 30 mins

A gray plate with a slice of honey walnut cake, raspberries, blackberries, whipped cream, and a spoon, all sprinkled with icing sugar.

Honey Walnut Cake

1 hr 10 mins

Espresso Cupcakes, Ganache, White Chocolate Frosting

Espresso Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting

1 hr 30 mins

Ina Garten's lemon cake, a pound cake, on a cutting board, drizzled with a lemon glaze

Ina Garten’s Lemon Cake

2 hrs

A red pot filled with sonhos dusted with cinnamon sugar and one cut Portuguese doughnut resting beside the bowl.

Sonhos ~ Portuguese Doughnuts

1 hr

A molten chocolate cake on a plate with the filling oozing out and a few pieces of dark chocolate on the side.

Classic Molten Chocolate Cakes

40 mins

A chiffon cake with lemon icing on a white decorative plate with a few slices cut from it.

Chiffon Cake

3 hrs

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