18 Cake Recipes to Serve Hot
Cakes create a sense of unity on a special occasion. These dishes are particularly suitable for winter celebrations.
Weather shouldn’t spoil important celebrations. These signature recipes are seasonal and keep the cold at bay with warmth.
When ready to serve, these cakes are drizzled with homemade syrups, topped with cream and garnished
with yogurt or crème fraîche or accompanied by fresh and candied fruit. They are also sturdy enough to hold memorial candles, should the occasion require it.
This cake, made from seasonal fruits currently in season, is topped with toasted pine nuts and a textured lemon zest.
These mini cakes, for which Angela Casley was inspired by a particularly chocolatey event, have a gooey, melting center.
Writer and chef Jeff Koehler shares the recipe for mderbel, an Algerian jam cake, comparing its sweetness and crumbly texture to shortbread.
This butter cake is topped with a drizzle of homemade syrup, a mixture of fine powdered sugar, butter and grapefruit juice.
If you serve this fruity cake at room temperature, the chocolate ganache filling will be nicely melted.
Make this vibrant, sticky cake, topped with a drizzle of honey and citrus, to accompany your afternoon tea or coffee.
This dessert is made up of a layer of ultra-sweet Doris plums topped with a soft vanilla sponge cake. The whole thing is garnished with a pinch of icing sugar.
You can portion this sticky, dense lemon cake to serve a large group (and serve it with a pot of Earl Grey tea).
Swap out the seasonal fruit filling in this luscious chocolate cake to make it winter-friendly (think citrus, baked apples, or tamarillos).
Poppy seeds create an interesting visual for this towering cake, drizzled with sweet honey syrup.
This upside-down cake highlights the bright color of softened apricots. It’s also topped with a touch of homemade caramel sauce.
If you’re catering to those who don’t use flour, this sticky dessert could be a great alternative to cake.
Food writer and chef Yasmin Newman shares this sublime citrus cake recipe from her Under the Coconut Sky: Feasts and Stories from the Philippines.
If you’re looking for the tart flavors of raspberries, you can substitute frozen raspberries for fresh ones and reduce them into a comforting sauce.
This sunny lemon cake is an invigorating option for gray days and cold evenings.
Treat yourself to this bright and sweet date cake, glazed with a brown sugar sauce. Angela Casley suggests serving it with a mild herbal tea.
A dollop of crème fraîche enhances the deeper flavors of these moist chocolate-berry cakes.
Candied ginger, lychees and pineapple slices top this cinnamon-tinged cake.
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