The Daily Cake: November 2014

Sweeten up your morning with slices of Sweet Potato Coffee Cake with Caramel Glaze. Sweet potato, orange zest, and ground cinnamon offer flavors of the season as they're baked together in this coffee cake that's drizzled with a caramel glaze.
Coffee Cake with Caramel Glaze Recipe

Keep this family favorite around for the holiday season. Mashed sweet potatoes give the cupcakes extra moistness, while a myriad of spices including cinnamon and nutmeg, spice up the traditionally sweet dessert. A simple cream cheese frosting and a sprinkle of chopped pecans is all that's needed on top.
Sweet Potato-Pecan Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

This simple sheet cake combines pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice with sweet chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts for a family-favorite fall dessert.
Pumpkin-Chocolate Chip Cake Recipe

Substituting goat cheese for the standard cream cheese gives this frosting an extra-tangy kick.
Carrot Cake with Chèvre Frosting Recipe

Bored with sweet potato casserole? Try this sweet potato pound cake, a twist on traditional pound cake that features nutrient-rich sweet potatoes. It's the perfect addition to holiday dessert tables.

Sweet Potato Pound Cake Recipe

Rum-Raisin Bundt Cake proves to be the perfect cake for gift-giving. The batter makes enough for a 10-cup Bundt cake and 6 mini Bundts.
Rum-Raisin Bundt Cake Recipe

William Werner likes carrot cake but was curious to experiment with the classic. So he added cocoa to the batter, resulting in this moist loaf with a chocolaty crumb topping.
Cocoa-Carrot Cake with Cocoa Crumble Recipe

Sam German created the mild, dark baking chocolate called Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate in 1852; in the late 1950s, a Dallas newspaper published a recipe for German's Chocolate Cake. The dessert took the South by storm and has been a staple ever since.

German Chocolate Cake Recipe

Test Kitchen Professional Pam Lolley combined the flavors of three holiday favorites--pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and cheesecake-- to create this luscious holiday dessert.

Pumpkin-Pecan Cheesecake Recipe

This mini Bundt cake recipe features pureed sweet potatoes, raisins, rum, and toasted pecans along with cinnamon and nutmeg and is a perfect pick-up treat for a holiday dessert party.
Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Cakes Recipe

Impress your friends and family with this 3-layer chocolate cake featuring two of the South's favorite indulgences: pralines and bourbon. And when those two are combined with rich chocolate, you get pure decadence.
Bourbon-Chocolate Cake With Praline Frosting Recipe

If you like pumpkin pie, you'll love this cake's subtle spice flavors and velvety cream cheese frosting. The slightly sweet and mild pecans add a pleasant crunch to the smooth frosting.
Pumpkin Pie Cake Recipe

Notes: You can bake the cakes (through step 3) up to 1 day ahead; cover and store at room temperature. Up to 6 hours ahead, assemble layers; cover with a large inverted bowl or pan and chill. Prep and Cook Time: about 1 hour, plus 1 1/2 hours to cool cakes.
Praline Pumpkin Torte Recipe

Notes: If the nut flour is not available, use 1 cup pecans: bake in a 350° oven until golden under skins, about 10 minutes, then whirl in a food processor until finely ground.
Maple Pecan Cake Recipe

This towering spice cake, garnished with chunks of coffee-flavored toffee, makes a luscious centerpiece for the holiday dessert table.
Spice Cake with Coffee Toffee Crunch Recipe

Cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg give this gluten-free cake its signature spiced flavor, and applesauce lends moistness while allowing you to use less oil. A drizzle of golden caramel syrup is the finishing touch, making this the perfect "ta-da!" dessert to serve at your next dinner party or ladies' tea.
Spiced Caramel Bundt Cake Recipe

A delicious caramel-streusel topping graces this Apple Coffee Cake.
Caramel Apple Coffee Cake Recipe

Unlike their full-fat cousins, which get their softness from oil and butter, light cakes rely less on fat and more on sugar and liquids. More sugar minimizes the development of gluten proteins (the primary source of toughness in cakes), but it can also cause excess browning, especially if dairy products are present. Pull the cake from the oven when a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs still clinging to it.
Walnut Cupcakes with Maple Frosting Recipe

Thinly sliced apples create rich, moist layers of fruit within this cake recipe.

 
Fresh Apple Cake Recipe

A creamy cocoa frosting tops this rich and decadent sheet cake...the ultimate chocolate indulgence!
Grandma's Chocolate Cake Recipe