Cakes & Cupcakes

Easy carrot cake that’s incredibly moist and spiced, topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. One bowl, no mixer, freshly grated carrots — the best from scratch.

Classic pound cake that’s buttery, dense and tender with a golden crust. The right creaming and room-temperature ingredients are the secret. Perfect with berries.

Easy lemon cake from scratch — moist, bright and bursting with real lemon, finished with a simple lemon glaze. One bowl, no mixer, ready for any spring or summer day.

Easy dump cake with just 3 ingredients — fruit, cake mix and butter, no bowl and no mixing. The cobbler-cake hybrid that’s impossible to mess up.

Easy chocolate cake from scratch — deeply moist, rich and one bowl, no mixer. The hot water (or coffee) trick blooms the cocoa for the deepest chocolate flavor.

Easy cake recipes from scratch that are genuinely foolproof — one-bowl vanilla, chocolate, lemon and dump cakes. No mixer for most, plus why your cake sinks.