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    Layer cake recipes

    Learn how to make the best layer cakes. From the classic vanilla cake with milk chocolate frosting or a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting to the modern Milk Bar birthday cake, these recipes aren't difficult, but they do take a little more time. Enjoy the process and make one of these this weekend!

    • Hot milk sponge cake cooling on a copper wire rack.
      Hot Milk Cake (Easy Sponge Cake Recipe)
    • Raspberry layer cake on a terrazzo board.
      Framboisier Cake (Fraisier With Raspberries)
    • Chocolate birthday cake with cream cheese frosting.
      Chocolate Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting (Without Eggs)
    • A pile of fresh berries on top of a layer cake set on a cake stand.
      Berry Chocolate Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting (Eggless)
    • sliced spice cake with cream cheese frosting
      Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A white chocolate cranberry cake topped with sugared cranberries on a cake stand.
      White Chocolate Cranberry Cake
    • Cake slices of classic birthday cake: vanilla cake with chocolate frosting
      Vanilla cake and milk chocolate frosting
    • This Earl grey tea cake is a layer cake infused with Earl Grey tea. Earl Grey tea is used in the cake layers, in the Earl Grey frosting, and in the garnish.
      Earl Grey cake
    • Banana split layer cake with layers of chocolate fudge filling and banana, and maraschino cherries on a white cake stand.
      Banana split cake
    • black forest
      Black forest cake
    • A slice of carrot cake layer cake with cream cheese frosting on a pale blue plate with a fork and striped linen napkin.
      Eggless Carrot Cake
    • Chocolate caramel cake with chocolate frosting and caramel filling between the layers
      Chocolate cake with caramel
    • chocolate cake
      Chocolate cake with coffee buttercream
    • Momofuku Milk Bar birthday cake
      Homemade Momofuku Milk Bar birthday cake for my 30th
    • Milk crumbs on a Momofuku Milk Bar style cake-layers of blackberry curd, almond cake, and almond frosting
      Blackberry almond cake — Milk Bar style
    • Sweet sesame layer cake with raspberries - this is a layer cake recipe flavoured with sesame butter (tahini), raspberries, and a little honey. Makes a beautiful birthday cake for adults.
      Tahini cake with raspberries
    • Chocolate banana peanut butter monkey cake
      How to make a monkey cake

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    Festive Treats

    • A piece of gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd served on a dessert plate.
      Moist Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Lemon Curd
    • Nanaimo bars cut into squares and served on a marble surface.
      Nanaimo Bars
    • A round braided boule of Christmas fruit bread on a board, sliced.
      Fruit bread
    • Freshly baked mincemeat cookies served with a glass of milk.
      Mincemeat cookies
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      Homemade mincemeat
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      Ginger Cookies with White Chocolate

    Christmas Cookies

    • A plate of fruitcake cookies ready to be served.
      Icebox Fruitcake Cookies
    • Gingerbread cookies shaped like people decorated with white royal icing.
      Cutout Gingerbread Cookies
    • shortbread cutout cookies sandwiched with strawberry jam filling
      Jam-filled shortbread cookies
    • A plate of chocolate sugar cookies and a glass of milk.
      Chocolate Sugar Cookies
    • Freshly baked molasses cookies coated in turbinado sugar on a parchment-lined sheet pan.
      Molasses Sugar Cookies
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    Eggless chocolate cake

    Chocolate layer cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate sprinkles on a cake stand.
    Learn to make an eggless chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting!

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    How to poach pears

    Poached pears on an enamelware plate.
    This easy poached pears recipe is simple and you can use the poached fruit for salads, appetizers, and desserts!

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