1,990 cake recipes

Jewelled fruitcake studded with candied cherries, pineapple, dried apricots, and pecans in a mincemeat batter with sweetened condensed milk. A festive holiday cake.

Wholesome sweet potato cookies made with whole-wheat flour, oats, coconut, wheat germ, and chopped nuts, sweetened with honey and brown sugar. Soft, chewy, and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Makes 4 dozen.

This Swiss monastery tart has a cocoa-almond-cinnamon shortcrust filled with raspberry jam and topped with a golden lattice. A rustic European bake with roots in St. Gallen's monastic kitchens.

Bread machine brown breakfast bread, a whole-wheat quick bread sweetened with honey and molasses, studded with raisins, and warmed with ginger, cinnamon, and allspice. Hands-off breakfast loaf.

Double chocolate chip cookies with cocoa-rich dough, buttermilk for tang and tender texture, and semi-sweet chocolate chips throughout. Soft-set centers and chewy edges every time.

Banana blueberry bran muffins sweetened with honey and corn syrup, made with egg whites and skim milk. A low-fat, high-fiber muffin with no added butter or oil.

Falafel golden domes fry chickpea-herb patties to crispy perfection, stuffed into pita with tomato, lemon, and drizzles of tahini sauce. The Middle Eastern street-food classic done right at home.

So good impossible pumpkin pecan pie skips the crust: Bisquick in the batter makes its own as it bakes. A spiced pumpkin custard studded with pecans, topped with spiced whipped cream. Easy, no-roll holiday pie.

Chocolate oatmeal macaroons with cocoa, rolled oats, and a hint of almond extract. Crispy edges, chewy centers, and a rich cocoa flavor in every bite.

Homemade fig bars with a jammy dried fig filling wrapped in buttery brown sugar dough. Chilled overnight for the best texture, then baked until golden.

Crawfish cornbread loaded with crawfish tails, cheese, creamed corn, jalapenos, and onion. A savory Cajun cornbread that's more main dish than side.

Homemade chicken pie with a rich thyme-and-nutmeg roux filling loaded with carrots, potatoes, and celery, topped with golden cheddar buttermilk biscuits. From-scratch comfort.

Soft iced pumpkin cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, walnuts, and raisins topped with a vanilla cream icing. Cake-like fall cookies that smell like autumn in every bite.

Heirloom fruitcake packs candied cherries, pineapple, citron, dates, raisins and pecans into a spice-laden batter, baked low and slow then aged a month with wine before serving.

Oatmeal pancakes with chopped Jonathan apples and pecans, cooked in butter until golden. Hearty, rustic breakfast pancakes with fruit baked right into every bite.

Peanut butter brownies with a marbled chocolate and peanut butter swirl. One batter split in two, cocoa stirred into half, layered for a Reese's-inspired treat.