United States
Angel Food Cake
An airy, snow-white sponge cake made only from whipped egg whites, sugar, and flour, baked in a tube pan.
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Baked Alaska
A dramatic dessert of ice cream atop sponge cake, blanketed in meringue and quickly browned in a hot oven.
United States
Blackout Cake
A Brooklyn-born chocolate layer cake with deep chocolate pudding filling and a crumb coating of chocolate cake.
Boston, United States
Boston Cream Pie
A round sponge or yellow cake split and filled with vanilla custard, topped with chocolate glaze — Boston's official dessert.
United States
Brownies
A dense, chocolatey American bar cake with a crackly top, made from butter, sugar, chocolate, and eggs.
United States
Bundt Cake
A dense, ring-shaped cake baked in a fluted pan, often glazed or dusted with sugar.
United States
Caramel Cake
A Southern layer cake with a cooked, amber caramel icing that is poured and spread over the layers.
United States
Chiffon Cake
A light, airy cake made with oil and whipped egg whites, invented in Los Angeles in 1927.
Israel
Chocolate Babka
בבקה
Yeasted loaf twisted around chocolate or cinnamon so that the filling shows in layers along the cut, baked in a tin.
United States
Coconut Cake
A white layer cake filled and frosted with coconut, often covered in shredded coconut.
United States
Country-Style Cheesecake
A dense, rustic cheesecake made with cream cheese or farmer's cheese, less sweet than the New York style.
United States
Crumb Cake
A New York and New Jersey coffee-cake classic: a thick, buttery streusel over a soft yellow cake.
United States
Cupcake
A small, single-serving cake baked in a paper-lined tin and frosted — the American party dessert.
United States
Devil's Food Cake
A dark, intensely chocolate layer cake with a rich chocolate frosting.
United States
Dirt Cake
A playful dessert of crushed chocolate cookies layered with creamy pudding, topped with gummy worms.
United States
Doberge Cake
A New Orleans layer cake of thin cake layers and rich custard filling, glazed with poured chocolate or fondant.
United States
Election Cake
A Connecticut yeast-raised cake with dried fruit and spices, historically baked for Election Day.
United States
Funnel Cake
A fair food of batter poured through a funnel into hot oil in spiral swirls, dusted with powdered sugar.
United States
German Chocolate Cake
A chocolate layer cake with a coconut-pecan frosting — the 'German' is from a chocolate brand, not Germany.
St. Louis, United States
Gooey Butter Cake
A St. Louis dessert of a yeast or cake base topped with a dense, buttery, cream-cheese layer.
United States
Hot Milk Cake
A light sponge cake made by beating hot milk and butter into the batter — tender and fine-crumbed.
United States
Huguenot Torte
A Charleston dessert of apples, pecans, and whipped egg batter that puffs and falls into a soft, nutty pudding.
Jamaica
Hummingbird Cake
A Jamaican layer cake made with mashed banana, crushed pineapple, and pecans or walnuts, frosted with cream cheese icing.
United States
Icebox Cake
A no-bake dessert of whipped cream and cookies layered and chilled until the cookies soften into cake.
United States
Kentucky Jam Cake
A spiced layer cake with blackberry jam between layers, topped with caramel or buttercream icing.
United States
King Cake
A Mardi Gras ring of cinnamon-brioche dough, iced and sprinkled in purple, green, and gold, hiding a tiny baby.
United States
Kuchen
A German-American coffee cake of yeast dough topped with fruit — often prune, apple, or peach — and streusel.
United States
Lady Baltimore Cake
A Charleston layer cake with white frosting studded with figs, raisins, and pecans.
United States
Lane Cake
An Alabama layer cake with a bourbon-laced filling of pecans, coconut, and raisins between white layers.
Louisiana, United States
Louisiana Russian Cake
A New Orleans bakery cake of pound cake and chocolate mousse or custard, glazed with chocolate.
United States
Meyer Lemon Cake
A layer cake made with fragrant, sweeter Meyer lemons.
United States
Molten Chocolate Cake
A chocolate cake with a liquid chocolate center that runs when cut — a 1990s restaurant dessert.
New York, United States
New York Cheesecake
New York-style cheesecake
A dense, rich cheesecake made with cream cheese on a graham cracker crust, smooth and custardy with a hint of lemon.
United States
Pineapple upside down cake
A cake baked with pineapple rings and cherries caramelized in butter and brown sugar, then inverted.
United States
Red Velvet Cake
A crimson, cocoa-tinged layer cake with cream-cheese frosting — a Southern signature.
New England, United States
Rhode Island Doughboy
A Rhode Island fried dough, similar to a funnel cake, dusted with sugar or cinnamon.