10,000 cake recipes

Æbleskiver: Danish pancake balls with cardamom-spiced sour cream batter and folded egg whites for cloudlike puffs. Cook in the traditional pan, dust with powdered sugar, dip in tart jam.

Crisp Italian pizzelle cookies with cocoa and cinnamon pressed into lacy, wafer-thin rounds. A chocolate twist on the classic holiday wafer cookie.

Salmon oysters are crispy pan-fried fritters made from canned salmon, eggs, flour, and baking powder. Shaped like oysters and fried golden. Serve with fries, coleslaw, and tartar sauce.

Bisquick gingerbread bakes a small-batch spiced molasses cake from biscuit mix in 40 minutes. Cinnamon, cloves, and ginger plus dark molasses give it classic gingerbread flavor with pantry-shortcut ease.

Giant Texas-sized cookies loaded with oats, cereal, chocolate chips, coconut, and pecans. Scooped with an ice cream scoop for massive, chewy, everything-in-it cookies.

I made this recipe yesterday so I could get rid of a bunch of leftover strawberry yogurt. I was kind of worried about how it would taste, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was really good and my husband enjoyed it as well.

Raisin orange polenta cookies fold Cointreau-soaked raisins, bright orange zest, and a scoop of cornmeal into a buttery Italian-style drop cookie. Golden, subtly crunchy, and citrus-bright.

Pumpkin orange raisin muffins spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, made with canned pumpkin puree, fresh orange juice, and orange zest. A moist, warmly spiced fall muffin packed with raisins.

Savory potato muffins with mashed potatoes, potato starch, Swiss cheese, and thyme. A fluffy, herb-scented savory muffin that uses leftover mashed potatoes in the batter.

Classic lemon squares with a shortbread base and a tart-sweet lemon curd topping baked on a pre-baked crust. Powdered sugar dusted. Twelve squares per batch.

Ale Bread: a no-yeast quick bread leavened with a bottle of ale and baking powder, optional green onions and sharp cheese baked in. Hollow-tap-test crust, ready in under an hour.

Chewy butterscotch brownies made with Bisquick, brown sugar, pecans, and coconut. Everything gets mixed in one bowl and baked until golden. The laziest route to a pan of seriously good blondies.

German cottage cheese and oil pastry dough (Quark-Öl-Teig): a tender, no-butter base for fruit tarts, sweet rolls, and stollen made without yeast. Quick to mix and ready to roll in 20 minutes.

Whole wheat muffins made with leftover brown rice and a hint of almond extract. A clever way to use up cooked rice, turning yesterday's side dish into a hearty breakfast muffin.

Lemon walnut scones with toasty whole wheat, bran, crunchy walnuts, and bright lemon zest. A heartier, fiber-rich scone with sweet raisins and a glossy egg-yolk-washed top.

Cinnamon flop: a simple old-fashioned breakfast cake with a pancake-like batter topped with cinnamon sugar and melted butter. Quick, sweet, and nostalgic.