Far Breton ~ French Custard Cake

Far Breton is a custardy cake similar to a clafouti gilded with rum-soaked prunes and a specialty of Brittany, France. And you know any dessert lovely enough for the French is gonna be something really quite special.

1 hr

Lemon Buttermilk Pudding Cake

Sweet-tart lemon infuses this soft pudding cake. On top is a sweet vanilla whipped cream. Lovely any time of year.

1 hr

Apple Coffee Cake

Elegant enough for company, simple enough for every day, and versatile enough for breakfast and midnight snack and pretty much every moment in between.

2 hrs

Passover Apple Cake

This Passover classic is so memorable you may just find yourself making it all year round. Talk about a godsend.

1 hr 40 mins

Pumpkin Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

An impressive dessert, created by David himself, gets an autumnal lilt from pumpkin purée in the batter and maple syrup in the frosting. One of our most popular cakes.

1 hr 15 mins

Flourless Almond Cake

A French classic that's crisp and crunchy on the outside, dense and chewy on the inside, and flourless through and through.

1 hr

Hummingbird Cake

This Southern classic is an oh so sweet and charming stack of pineapple, coconut, bananas, and pecans slathered with cream cheese frosting.

1 hr

Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake

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

2 hrs 30 mins

Vegan Chocolate Cake

No one will ever know it's vegan...unless you tell them. All you'll experience is chocolate through and through.

2 hrs 20 mins

Orange Chocolate Chunk Cake

The combination of tart, citrusy orange with not-too-dark chocolate was a smashing success at the Barefoot Contessa. It's just as much a hit at home.

1 hr 30 mins

Our 6 Best Snacking Cake Recipes

These snacking cakes are the perfect match for your afternoon cup of tea or coffee, though we have been known to sneak a slice (or two!) for breakfast.

Summer Squash and Banana Cake

Never again be tempted to anonymously leave summer squash or zucchini from your garden on your neighbor's front porch.

4 hrs

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Stunning enough for special occasions. Easy enough for weekday breakfasts. Marvelous enough to make you want it every damn day.

1 hr 30 mins

Hungarian Coffee Cake

"Moist and rich and not too sweet and airy." "Delicious, indulgent, adult- and kid-pleasing." "Perfect." That's what folks are saying about this.

4 hrs

Basic Chocolate Cake

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

50 mins

Brown Sugar Pound Cake

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.

1 hr 40 mins

Chocolate Meringue Mousse Cake

A chocolate lover's dream come true, in the form of a lightly textured, dark chocolate mousse. Not too sweet, not too rich—just right.

1 hr