Cake recipe collection

Bavarian apple cheesecake with a buttery shortbread crust, creamy vanilla filling, warm cinnamon apple slices, and sliced almonds. A stunning fall dessert that combines two classics into one showstopping cake.

This chocolate fudge cake hides two secret ingredients: beer for depth and sauerkraut for moisture. Rich, dark, and unbelievably tender with optional raisins and nuts.

Beet cake with orange cream cheese frosting uses grated fresh beets for a deeply moist, spiced layer cake with a rosy hue. Topped with toasted walnuts, it's a lighter twist on carrot cake.

Moist, chocolaty and creamy cake is always a popular dessert at any occasion.

Apple harvest cake baked in a fluted bundt pan with a half-whole-wheat batter, two cups of chopped apples, and toasted walnuts. Brown sugar and cinnamon drive the flavor, finished with a thin powdered sugar glaze.

From the McCalls Great American recipe collection, a classic American carrot cake for the microwave.

Low-fat s'mores cake bakes all the campfire flavor into a light graham-cracker crumb cake. Applesauce stands in for the butter, with broiled marshmallows and chocolate chips melting over the top.

Mango mousse cake with airy sponge base, raspberry jam ribbon, fresh mango cream mousse, and a crown of toasted almond slices and whipped cream rosettes. A patisserie-worthy showstopper.

Tropical coconut poke cake soaked with cream of coconut and warm crushed pineapple, then piled high with whipped topping and shredded coconut. A potluck showstopper that starts with a box mix.

Six layers of indulgence: buttery shortbread crust, from-scratch vanilla pudding, cream cheese mousse, crushed pineapple, caramel drizzle, whipped cream, and a chocolate glaze zigzag on top.

Ladies will enjoy this decadent chocolate cake made with cream cheese and chopped pecans.

Tropical poke cake soaked in warm pineapple, layered with cream cheese pudding, sliced bananas, Cool Whip, cherries, pecans, and coconut. The ultimate no-bake-topping dessert.

Better Than Sex Cake #3, the poke cake version: German chocolate cake riddled with sweetened condensed milk and butterscotch sauce, then topped with crushed Heath bars and whipped cream.

German chocolate poke cake drenched in sweetened condensed milk and butterscotch, then scattered with crushed Heath bars and whipped cream. Five ingredients. Zero restraint.

Better than sex cake is a four-layer chocolate-pecan icebox dessert: a buttery pecan shortbread crust, sweet cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and whipped topping. A make-ahead potluck legend.

Fudgy chocolate tube cake studded with chocolate chips, walnuts, and fresh raspberries, finished with a glossy cocoa glaze. Chocolate and raspberry in every dense, moist bite.