A one-stop cookbook for cakes-birthday, chocolate, coffee, Bundt, upside-down, loaf, and more. From pound cake and angel food (with many variations) to genoise and streusel-topped, from comfort classics like red velvet, six-layer coconut, rich chocolate, lemon meringue, and cheesecake to sophisticated grown-up fare including chiffon cakes and tortes with luscious fruits, these 150 recipes and color photographs cover techniques, decorating, and gifting ideas for every taste and occasion, whether no-fuss or fancy.Baking trends come and go, but cakes are timeless. From the editors and photographers of Martha Stewart Living, Cakes includes classics (German Chocolate, New York-Style Cheesecake), crowd-pleasers (Baked Alaska, Hummingbird), and cakes with unique, sophisticated flavors and embellishments (Pecan Torte with Lemon Curd, Saffron-Scented Pear Upside-Down Cake). Whether you need a birthday cake (for any age!), have bake-sale duty, want a travel-friendly coffee cake, or seek to impress at a dinner party or with a handmade gift, Martha Stewart's Cakes has more than 150 cakes plus ideas for decorating, gifting, and storing. Beautiful color photography that shows you just what you're aiming for and dozens of make-ahead tips make baking low-stress.

CONTENTSIntroductionLoavesPound Cake with Variations Lemon Pound Cakes Blood Orange–Olive Oil Cake Cream Cheese Pound Cake  Gingerbread  Two-Colored-Squash Loaf Cake  Clementine–Vanilla Bean Loaf Cake  Rhubarb Tea Cakes Pistachio Pound Cake  Fruitcake  Pumpkin, Sage, and Browned-Butter Cakes Cornmeal-Buttermilk Loaf Cake Rosemary Pound Cake Carrot Tea Cake Chocolate-Ginger Marble Cakes Cranberry-Orange-Walnut Tea Cakes  Bundts & TubesLemon-Ginger Bundt Cake Peaches-and-Cream Bundt Cake Mini Rum Bundt Cakes Chocolate Bundt Cake Angel Food Cake with Variations  Blueberry-Lemon Bundt Cake  Allspice Angel-Food Cakes  Spiced Prune Cake Lemon Chiffon Cake Cannelés Banana Chiffon Cake Coconut–Rum Raisin Cake Fresh Ginger Cake Sour Cherry Savarins Glazed Pecan-Raisin Cake Olive Oil–Anise Mini Bundt Cakes  Zucchini Bundt Cake  Tangerine Cake Golden Cakes  Coffee CakesNew York–Style Crumb Cake Ultimate Streusel Cake  Mini Almond Coffee Cakes  Cinnamon StreuselCoffee Cake  Applesauce Coffee Cake  Plum-Nectarine Buckle  Blueberry Buckle Meyer-Lemon Coffee Cake Mini Cherry–PecanStreusel Loaves  Sticky Buckwheat Cake Almond-Berry Coffee Cake   Single LayersRich Chocolate Cake  Maple Cake  Vanilla Sheet Cake with Malted-Chocolate Frosting  Breton Butter Cake  Lighter Chocolate Cake  Walnut–Olive Oil Cake Honey Cake with Pears  Chocolate and Hazelnut Meringue Cake  Flourless Chocolate Cake  Applesauce Cake Orange-Yogurt Cake Poppy-Seed Torte Pecan Torte  Coconut Cake with Tropical Fruit  Molten Chocolate Cakes Molasses-Spice Cake Chocolate-Coconut Sheet Cake Almond Semolina Cake Chocolate Cherry-Stout Cake Chocolate-Coconut Sheet Cake Almond Torte with Pears Citrus Cake Banana Pecan Cake Pumpkin-Spice Cake CheesecakesNew York–Style Cheesecake Cheesecake withPoached Apricot Halves Strawberries-and-Cream Cheesecake  Lemon-Swirl Cheesecakewith Variations  Blood-Orange No-Bake Cheesecake  Ricotta Cheesecake Margarita Cheesecake No-Bake Spiderweb Cheesecake Maple Cheesecake withRoasted Pears Chocolate Cheesecake Gingerbread Cheesecake  No-Bake Cheesecakeswith Pomegranate Icebox CakesStriped Ice-Cream Cake  Chocolate–Peanut ButterIcebox Cake Mint Chocolate–Chip Cake  Chocolate-ChestnutMousse Cake  Chocolate, Banana, andGraham Cracker Icebox Cake Lemon-BlackberrySemifreddo Roll  Chocolate Baked Alaskas Raspberry Ice-Cream Cake  Chocolate-Chip-CookieIcebox Cake  Chocolate-BerryIce-Cream Cake Frozen Espresso Cheesecake Chocolate-Hazelnut Ice-Cream Cake Gingerbread Icebox Cake  Cakes with FruitCranberry Upside-Down Cake Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Stone Fruit Upside-Down Cakes  Coconut-Lime-Berry Cake Mandarin Orange-and-Vanilla Upside-Down Cake Lemon-Fig Cake  Apple Pie Upside-Down Cake  Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake Strawberry Cake Pear Pavlova  Olive-Oil Cake with Red Grapes  Plum Skillet Cake  Strawberry-Basil Shortcake Peach and Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake Blackberry Cornmeal Cake Gingerbread-Pear Upside-Down Cake Chocolate-Cherry Upside-Down Cakes   Layer CakesButtermilk Cake withChocolate Frosting Chiffon Cake withStrawberries and Cream  Coconut-Pecan Cake with Milk Chocolate Ganache  Candied-Pecan Cake with Browned-Butter Pears  Tender Lemon Cake  Red Velvet Cake  Chocolate Truffle Cake  Citrus–Poppy Seed Cake  One-Bowl Chocolate Cakewith Mocha Buttercream Lemon Meringue Cake  Pumpkin Layer Cake Sugar-and-Spice Cake  Vanilla Layer Cake Apple-Ginger Stack Cake Hummingbird Cake Devil’s Food Cake Génoise-Rum Cake  German Chocolate Cake Raspberry White Cake Double-Chocolate Cake 1–2-3–4 Lemon Cake  Carrot Cake Chestnut-Chocolate Layer Cake Almond-Orange Layer Cake Coconut Layer Cake Black Forest Cake Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake  BASICSPHOTO CREDITSINDEX