Tested Cake Recipes & Videos
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Red Velvet Cake |
New York Cheesecake |
Cupcake Recipes |
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Red Velvet Cake is very
dramatic looking with its bright red color sharply contrasted by a creamy white
frosting. more |
New
York Style Cheesecakes are creamy, and smooth, and rich, and dense, and
absolutely delicious. It has a graham cracker crust.
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A delightful collection of Cupcakes, from Vanilla
Cupcakes with a Buttercream Frosting to Chocolate Cupcakes with a
Marshmallow Frosting. more |
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Pavlova |
Boston Cream Pie |
Carrot Cake |
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This meringue cake, with its
unusual soft sweet marshmallow center and crisp crust is produced by
folding a little vinegar and cornstarch into stiffly beaten egg whites. more |
Boston Cream Pie consists of
either a white sponge cake that has been split in half and filled
with pastry cream. A chocolate glaze is then poured over the top of the
cake and allowed to drip down the sides. more |
This Carrot Cake is moist and
flavorful with grated carrots and is covered with a delicious cream cheese
frosting. more |
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Sponge Cake filled with Raspberry Cream |
Black Forest Cake |
Banana Cake |
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This Sponge Cake (Jelly
Roll) has a beautiful pinwheel design and is filled with a delicious
raspberry flavored cream. more. |
A Black Forest Cake is a delicious
combination of chocolate cake, Kirsch soaked Morello cherries, and loads of
whipped cream. more |
This Banana Cake is tender and
moist with the sweet flavor of bananas. It is frosted with creamy smooth
Chocolate Fudge Frosting. more |
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Cakes began in
ancient Egypt as
round, flat,
unleavened breads that
were cooked on a hot stone. Their evolution from crude cakes to what
we enjoy today was possible, over many centuries, through the introduction of
new ingredients and technology. The Egyptian's discovery and
subsequent skill at using natural yeast helped leaven those once flat cakes. When butter and eggs made their way into the cake dough, their consistency
became the precursor for today's cakes.
Cake making continued to improve especially with the new ingredients such as
chocolate and vanilla, and eventually sugar, that came to Europe with the
discovery of the New World.
By the 18th century cakes were beginning to
be made without yeast. Some yeast risen cakes survived, such as the
Alsatian Kugelhopf, but the new cakes got their lightness from beaten eggs. But not only did some recipes call for an astounding number of eggs (upwards of
30) but they required long hours of beating. Unfortunately, this
went on until technology caught up with the invention of baking soda (1840s)
followed closely by baking powder (1860s).The quality of baked
goods would continue to improve over time as
ingredients became more refined and of a consistent quality. .......
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German Chocolate Cake |
Angel Food Cake |
Vanilla Cake |
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This beautiful German
Chocolate Cake has three moist layers of chocolate cake, with a sweet
and gooey caramel frosting, laced with coconut and pecans.
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Angel Food Cake has a sweet
golden brown crust and a soft and spongy, snowy white interior.
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This Vanilla Cake has a sweet buttery flavor
and
a moist velvety texture. The buttercream frosting
used to both fill and frost the cake has a sweet and buttery flavor with
a light and fluffy texture. more |
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Apple Cake |
Chocolate Cake |
Cream Puffs |
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An Apple Cake is the
perfect Fall dessert, with its chunks of apples and pecans, along with
plump and juicy raisins, all wrapped in a cinnamon-laced batter.
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This single layered
chocolate cake has a moist and tender crumb with a rich and creamy
chocolate Ganache frosting. more |
A favorite is these Cream
Puffs,
which consist of a hollow round of crisp choux pastry that is split in half,
filled with a whipped cream, and dusted with powdered sugar.
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Orange Chiffon Cake |
Lemon Cheesecakes |
Pound Cake |
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This Orange Chiffon
Cake has the flavor of oranges with a wonderful light and spongy
texture.
It has a moist and tender crumb and that keeps the cake soft even when
refrigerated.
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Each individual Lemon Cheesecake
has a New York style cheesecake filling that is set in a graham cracker
crust and topped with a layer of lemon curd.
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This Pound Cake is
wonderfully rich and buttery with a lovely golden brown crust.
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Molten Chocolate Cakes |
Tiramisu
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake |
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Molten Chocolate Cakes
have a rich chocolate flavor with a pudding-like center that is dense
and moist. Delicious hot or cold. more |
Tiramisu is made by layering ladyfingers, that have been soaked in
espresso and spirits, with a rich
custard. more |
A Pineapple Upside Down Cake
consists of lovely caramelized slices of pineapple and a buttery white
cake. more |
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Chocolate
Butter Cake |
Meringue Cake |
Coconut Cake |
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This beautiful
Chocolate Butter Cake has two layers of moist and tender chocolate
butter cake sandwiched together and frosted with a delicious chocolate
frosting. more |
This cake
has two layers, with each
layer having a golden brown meringue baked directly on top of a yellow
butter cake. Once baked and cooled the two layers are sandwiched
together with whipped cream and fresh strawberries more |
This cake consists of layers
of moist coconut-flavored butter cake that are filled with a tangy lemon
curd and then the entire cake is frosted with a smooth and shiny
7-Minute Frosting and sweetened coconut. more |
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Chocolate Almond Torte |
Chocolate Angel Food Cake |
Chocolate Banana Cake |
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Ground almonds are used
instead of flour, which adds a subtle almond flavor to this dense and moist
Chocolate Almond Torte that has an intense chocolate
flavor. more |
I love this Angel Food
Cake's lovely chocolate brown color and its uneven and ragged top and
sides. It has a wonderful airy lightness and a subtle chocolate flavor,
that can be eaten alone or with fresh berries and cream more |
This Chocolate Banana Cake
is moist and flavorful with the
sweetness of mashed bananas and chocolate. It is frosted with a
delicious Ganache made with cream and chopped semisweet chocolate.
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Clementine Torte |
Lemon-Cranberry Pound
Cake
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Lemon Frosted Lemon Cake |
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This Clementine Torte
contains whole cooked Clementines, peel and all.
It is dense and moist, flavored with the oranges, ground almonds, eggs,
and sugar. No butter or oil is needed.
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This Lemon Cranberry Pound
Cake has a rich and buttery lemon flavor and is stubbed with lemon and
brandy-laced dried cranberries. The finishing touch is a lemon glaze. more |
A simple pound-like
cake that has a wonderful citrus flavor that comes from adding both
lemon zest and juice to the batter. A lemon glaze finishes this cake off
nicely.
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Chocolate Genoise |
Chocolate Hazelnut Torte |
Chocolate Meringue Cake |
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This Chocolate Genoise
gets its chocolate flavor from cocoa powder and it also contains melted
butter which produces a tender and flavorful sponge cake.
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A Chocolate Hazelnut Torte
has a rich chocolate flavor, and a soft, moist, almost pudding-like
texture. It is similar to a
Chocolate Torte only ground hazelnuts are added to the batter.
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This Chocolate Meringue Cake
is very impressive looking with its two layers of sponge cake and
meringue sandwiched together with whipped cream and crushed raspberries.
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Chocolate Pavlova |
Chocolate Sponge Cake |
Ganache |
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A Chocolate Pavlova is
similar to a regular Pavlova only it has cocoa powder and chunks of semi
sweet chocolate. This gives it a wonderful chocolate flavor and color.
Lovely served with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.
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This is a deliciously moist
chocolate sponge cake that melts in your mouth. Can be filled with
plain, chocolate, or raspberry whipped cream. more |
Ganache is a French term
referring to a smooth mixture of chopped chocolate and heavy cream.
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Coffee
Cake |
Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake |
Cranberry Upside Down Cake |
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A mixture of toasted
nuts, chocolate chips, ground cinnamon and brown sugar is used both as a
filling and topping for this butter cake.
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Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake
combines two favorites, a New York Style Cheesecake and ruby red
cranberry sauce.
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A Cranberry Upside Down Cake
consists of lovely caramelized ruby red cranberries and a buttery white
cake. more |
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake |
White Butter Cake |
Berry Shortcake |
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This Cream Cheese Pound Cake
has a wonderful rich and buttery flavor, moist texture, and a golden
brown crust that is both sweet and crisp.
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This White Butter Cake
has a sweet and buttery flavor and a light and fluffy texture. A layer
of jam is placed between the cake layers and it is also filled and
frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting. more |
Berry Shortcake is composed
of a large scone that is cut in half horizontally and filled with
whipped cream and lightly sweetened berries.
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Gingerbread Cake |
Hummingbird Cake |
Individual Cheesecakes
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This moist and buttery
Gingerbread Cake is flavored with ground cinnamon, ginger, cloves and
molasses. It can be eaten plain or covered in a lemony frosting. more |
This Hummingbird Cake is
moist and flavorful with chopped pecans, crushed pineapple, and mashed
bananas. It is frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting.
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Individual Cheesecakes are
miniature New York cheesecakes. They have a creamy smooth texture and a wonderfully rich
flavor.
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Chocolate Marble Bread |
Marble Cake |
Chocolate Cheesecake |
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Chocolate Marble Bread
has lovely swirls of chocolate and vanilla scented batters so we can
enjoy a
chocolate and a vanilla cake at the same time. more |
This pretty butter cake
is a combination of white and chocolate batter that are swirled together
just before baking to give that wonderful marbled affect.
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A Chocolate Cheesecake is a real showstopper that combines three delicious
layers of chocolate. more |
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Blueberry Buckle |
Apple Streusel Cake |
Ricotta Cheesecake with Cran-Raspberry Sauce |
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A Blueberry Buckle has soft
and sweet blueberries that are sandwiched between a layer of white cake
and a cinnamon flavored streusel. more |
This Apple Streusel Cake is
a delicious combination of butter cake, sliced apples, and a cinnamon
flavored streusel. more |
Ricotta and cream
cheese are used in this cheesecake which makes it both light and fluffy
and smooth and creamy. Lovely with a cranberry-raspberry sauce.
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Pumpkin Cheesecake |
Paris Brest |
Strawberry Shortcake |
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Pumpkin Cheesecake combines two
American favorites; New York style cheesecake and pumpkin pie. It is the
perfect dessert for Thanksgiving. more |
Paris Brest is a
dessert consisting of a large baked ring of choux pastry that is cut in
half and filled with softly whipped cream. The ring shape of the pastry
is meant to resemble a bicycle wheel. more |
Strawberry Shortcake is
composed of a scone or biscuit that is cut in half and filled with
whipped cream and lightly sweetened strawberries.
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Ricotta Cheesecake |
Buttermilk Fruit Cake |
Profiteroles |
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This Ricotta Cheesecake
uses both ricotta
cheese and cream cheese to produce a cheesecake that is creamy smooth yet
wonderfully light and fluffy. more |
Buttermilk Fruit Cake is
wonderfully moist and buttery and it is loaded with aromatic spices,
dates, raisins, and currants. more |
Sweet Profiteroles are
delicious. This dessert takes small, crisp, hollow rounds of choux
pastry and fills them with ice cream and drizzles a warm chocolate sauce
over the top. more |
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Blackberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake |
Pumpkin Spice Cake |
Pumpkin Roll |
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This delicious Blackberry
Coffee Cake has a thin layer of white butter cake, a delicious layer of
cream cheese filling, fresh blackberries, and a layer of crunchy
streusel. Absolutely delicious.
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What sets this moist
and flavorful pumpkin spice cake apart is its wonderful maple-flavored
cream cheese frosting. more |
This lovely Pumpkin Roll
consists of sweet and moist pumpkin sponge roll wrapped around a tangy
cream cheese filling. more |
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Pumpkin Cake |
American Sponge Cake |
Strawberry Charlotte |
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I particularly enjoy this
honey colored Pumpkin Cake with its shiny chocolate glaze. This cake is
full of flavor and keeps fresh for days, thanks to the pumpkin puree and
oil. more |
This American Sponge Cake
has a sweet and lemony flavor and while its texture is moist, it is also
wonderfully light and spongy. It does not contain solid fat. This cake
can be eaten plain, or with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
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A Strawberry Charlotte
takes fresh strawberries, cuts them in half. and places them on top of a
sponge cake. A lovely strawberry cream filling completes this cake. more |
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Cherry Cake |
Almond Sponge Roll |
Blueberry Coffee Cake |
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This Cherry Cake has a
lovely golden brown crust and the cherries give it a wonderful polka dot
design. It is very similar in texture and taste to a Cherry Clafoutis.
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This Almond Sponge Roll has a pinwheel design, with a soft,
melt-in-your-mouth texture. I love this cake's subtle almond flavor
which goes beautifully with raspberry flavored whipped cream.
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This Blueberry Cake is
bursting with soft and sweet blueberries that are sandwiched between a
layer of white cake and a cinnamon flavored streusel.
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Linzer Torte |
Chocolate Torte |
Chocolate Pound Cake |
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Linzertorte originated in
Linz, Austria and is very distinctive looking with its beautiful golden
brown crust, filled with ruby red preserves peeking through the pretty
lattice design. more |
Chocolate Torte with
its broken and cracked surface has a rich
and chocolately flavored, with an almost pudding-like texture.
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A Chocolate Pound
Cake is moist and buttery with just the right amount of chocolate flavor. This
is one cake that does not need a frosting.
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Whipped Cream
Frosting |
Plum Coffee Cake |
No Bake Cheesecake |
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This recipe makes the
perfect whipped cream frosting that will keep in the refrigerator
several hours without separating.
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This moist almond flavored
Plum Coffee Cake is topped with Italian Prune Plums that after baking become soft
with lovely caramelized edges.
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A No Bake Cheesecake
combines a graham cracker crust with a light and creamy no-bake
cheesecake filling. The finishing touch is a sweet cherry topping.
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Royal Icing |
No Bake Chocolate Cake |
Yellow Butter Cake |
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Royal Icing is a pure white
icing that dries to a smooth, hard, matte finish. Besides its lovely
finish it also colors beautifully and it is used as a frosting for cakes
and cookies and also for intricate piping of decorations.
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This wonderful
chocolate cake is like making your own chocolate bar. Besides its
wonderful taste, this recipe is appealing because there is no baking
involved and it contains only four ingredients; chocolate, butter, nuts,
and digestive biscuits. more |
This Yellow Butter Cake
has two moist and buttery cake layers that are filled and frosted with a
delicious chocolate frosting. more |
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Lamingtons |
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Lamingtons are very popular in Australia and consist of a small square
of white cake that is dipped in a sweet chocolate frosting and then
rolled in coconut.
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