Cake

A smidge of almond extract delivers a boost of flavor to our best vanilla cake recipe, and the cream cheese buttercream frosting takes it over the top.

In case the blood orange caramel cascading over this cake isn’t tempting enough, the tender crumb is also delicately perfumed with woodsy rosemary sugar.

This light, coffee-flavored cake is a fun twist on the decadent classic, with layers of Kahlúa-soaked ladyfingers set between a sweet mascarpone filling.

This flourless chocolate cake features meringue both in the batter and on top, which bakes into a light and crispy shell with beautiful swirls.

Your regular old crumb cake gets a fall makeover with this pumpkin and spice-spiked version.

Classic caramel apples get reimagined as a cake, complete with a glossy top and soft, custardy interior.

Salted whipped cream, a sweet coconut soak, and a slick of jam make this tres leches cake extraordinarily good.

Sick of summer squash? Not with this ultra-moist, fudgy chocolate zucchini bread.

Luscious lime caramel is the star of this gooey, show-stopping, peak summer dessert.

Here’s a berry-studded cake so simple you can make it on vacation but so good you’ll want to make it even when you’re not.

Layers of gingersnap crust, tangy cheesecake, and tart lime curd make these freezer treats a warm-weather crowd-pleaser.

How do you make chocolate sheet cake better? Just add brown butter frosting, whose nuttiness is enhanced by an ingredient found in most grocery stores.

This is our quintessential summer dessert: rich ricotta cake swirled through with jammy berries in every bite.

This plushy almond cake with toasted-sugar edges is the perfect match for sweet fruit and a dollop of softly whipped cream.

The retro classic pineapple upside-down cake gets an instant upgrade with sophisticated, fruity Luxardo cherries.

Studded with chocolate and cookies and flavored with anise-infused cream, this delightful cake is also a spectacular use for stale bread: Grind it up, then use it instead of flour.

With mashed bananas in the cake batter and sliced bananas sandwiched between the layers, our best banana cake recipe is a banana extravaganza.

Sponge cake takes a bath in sweet saffron-infused milk, emerges sunshine-yellow and ready to feed a crowd.

Light, airy, and delicately sweet, this showstopper is inspired by the layered fruit and cream cakes in Japanese bakeries.

Our favorite carrot cake recipe gets a crunch from toasted walnuts and a boozy punch from rum-plumped raisins, which are optional but recommended.