What Is Cake and How Can I Use It?
If cake has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 23 recipes to try it in.
| In Chinese: | 蛋糕 | |
| British (UK) term: | Cake | |
| en français: | gâteau | |
| en español: | pastel |
Recipes using cake
There are 23 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Homemade Kid Friendly Dessert
One of the most delicious desserts. Easy to make and wonderfully sweet. Try this recipe.
Frozen Chocolate Cappuccino Crunch Cake
"Cappuccino Crunch Cake combines coffee ice cream, pound cake and NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Milk Chocolate Morsels for a rich and creamy frozen dessert!
Chocolate Cake with Lucifer's Nuts
Sugar-crusted pecans spiked with habanero chile powder, folded into chocolate cake batter for a sweet-heat surprise in every bite. Five ingredients, ten minutes, and your chocolate cake will never be boring again.
Glittery Gift Cake
Christmas gift-box cake decorated with homemade red ribbon and holly leaves made from melted vanilla chips and corn syrup, dusted with edible glitter. A centerpiece-worthy holiday showstopper.
Sweet Heart's Cake
A show-stopping heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day made from one square and one round cake, frosted in pink vanilla buttercream and covered in tinted coconut. Decorated with gumdrop hearts and fruit roll bows.
Sweet Heart's Cake
A show-stopping heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day made from one square and one round cake, frosted in pink vanilla buttercream and covered in tinted coconut. Decorated with gumdrop hearts and fruit roll bows.
Boomerang Trifle with Lemon Ironwood Syrup, Wild Fruit Jelly & Fruit Spice
Trifle shaped into a boomerang and made with lemon ironwood syrup, and served with a side of fruit spice cream.
Savannah Ice Cream Cake
Savannah ice cream cake stacks coconut cake layers with strawberry, chocolate, and orange ice creams, finished with whipped cream and chocolate glaze. A Southern showpiece dessert for special occasions.
Rhubarb Pudding
Old-fashioned rhubarb pudding with a stale cake or bread base, sweetened stewed rhubarb filling, and golden meringue topping. A Pennsylvania Dutch-style baked dessert that uses up leftover bread.
Toll House Layercake
Toll House layer cake with chocolate chip cookie-style layers frosted with rich chocolate buttercream. A four-layer sheet cake made from classic Toll House cookie dough baked flat and stacked.
Krispie Crunch Candy
No-bake peanut butter Rice Krispie balls dipped in chocolate. Crunchy, sweet, and loaded with chunky peanut butter, then coated in a glossy chocolate shell.
Pop Cake (Jello Cake)
Pop cake (Jello cake) made by soaking a baked cake with strawberry soda and Jello, then frosted with Cool Whip and vanilla pudding. A retro no-bake dessert.
Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cherry
Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cherry recipe
Christmas Tree Coffee Cake
Festive yeast coffee cake shaped like Christmas trees, studded with candied fruit and rolled oats. Pull apart the golden buttery balls for a stunning holiday brunch centerpiece.
Scandinavian Apple Cake
Scandinavian apple cake layered with toasted cake crumbs, currant jelly, macaroons, and ground nuts, topped with whipped cream and sugar-toasted almonds.
Flag Poke Cake
A poke a hole in the cake cake that features red, white and blue. Strawberries, blueberries and whipped cream, how can you go wrong?
Key Lime Shamrock Torte
Vegan key lime torte with a silken tofu filling, carob cake base, kiwi slices, and a mint-brown rice syrup glaze. Dairy-free, egg-free, and set with agar-agar.
Tipsy Cake
A classic British boozy dessert with stale cake soaked in sherry and whisky, layered with fruit jam, warm custard, and billowy whipped cream. No baking, all indulgence.
Easy Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake
Chocolate buttermilk sheet cake with rich cocoa icing poured on while still hot. A classic potluck crowd-pleaser that bakes in under 25 minutes and feeds a big group.
Moist Boston Cream Pie
Easy Boston cream pie made the no-bake way: a split yellow cake layer sandwiched with silky vanilla pudding, then crowned with a glossy chocolate-cream topping spiked with almond extract.
Grand Marnier Flan Cake
Grand Marnier flan cake with a caramel-lined custard layer beneath an airy chiffon cake, baked in a water bath and inverted for a stunning two-layer dessert.
Strawberry Pop Cake
This easy strawberry poke cake gets its fizzy twist from strawberry soda and jello soaked into tender cake, topped with a creamy vanilla pudding whipped frosting. A crowd-pleasing potluck favorite!
