List of cakes

The following is a list of types of dessert cakes by country of origin and distinctive ingredient. The majority of cakes contain some kind of flour, egg and sugar. These ingredients are not listed:

Name	Image	Origin	Major ingredients
Angel cake		Unknown	Varies
Angel food cake		United States	Vanilla, and cream of tartar
Apple cake		Unknown, probably Italy	Apple
Aranygaluska		Hungary or Romania	Yeasty dough; Vanilla Custard
Bakewell Tart		United Kingdom	Almond, and raspberry jam
Banana Cake/Bread		United states	Banana, sometimes nuts and chocolate
Battenberg cake		United Kingdom	Marzipan and apricot jam
Baumkuchen		Germany	Varies
Banoffee pie		United States	Bananas, toffee, biscuits
Bebinca		India	Coconut milk, clarified butter, sugar, and flour
Birthday cake		Unknown	Varies, usually chocolate or sponge
Black Forest cake		Germany	Cherries, Kirsch, and chocolate
Buccellato		Sicily	Honey, marsala, aniseed, and raisins
Bundt cake		United States	Varies, often chocolate
Butter cake		United Kingdom	Butter
Butterfly cake		United Kingdom	Varies
Carrot cake		Unknown, possibly United Kingdom	Carrots
Cheesecake		Probably United Kingdom	Cream cheese
Chocolate cake		Unknown	Chocolate
Christmas cake		United Kingdom	Dried fruit, cinnamon, treacle, cherries, and almond
Chiffon cake		United States	Vegetable oil
Coffee cake		Germany	Cinnamon
Croquembouche	File:Croqembouche.JPG	France	Caramel, almond, and chocolate
Cupcake		Unknown	Varies
Date and walnut loaf		United Kingdom	Dates, walnuts, treacle, and tea
Dacquoise		France	Almonds, hazelnut, and chocolate
Devil's food cake		United States	Chocolate and/or cocoa, and baking soda
Dobos cake		Hungary	Spongecake layered with chocolate buttercream and topped with thin caramel slices
Dream Cake		Unknown	Chocolate and whipped cream, with chocolate flakes on exterior.
Eccles cake		United Kingdom	Currants
Fairy cake		Unknown	Varies
Fat Rascal		United Kingdom	Dried fruit, peel, oats
Flourless chocolate cake		Unknown	Chocolate
French Fancy		United Kingdom	Fondant, cream
Fruitcake		Probably United Kingdom	Candied fruit
Frog cake		Australia	Cream, icing
Génoise Cake		Probably Genoa	Whole egg
Gingerbread		Probably United Kingdom	Ginger
Gooey butter cake		United States	Butter
Whoopie pies		Probably United States	Cocoa, vanilla
Hot milk cake		Probably United States	Milk, and mocha
Heinz Ketchup Cake		Canada	Cinnamon, and Heinz Ketchup
Ice cream cake	File:Three inch ice cream cake with fruit from Singapore.jpg	Unknown	Ice cream
Jaffa cakes		United Kingdom	Orange juice
Kendal Mint Cake		United Kingdom	Peppermint
Kladdkaka		Sweden	Chocolate
Kouign-amann		Brittany, France	Butter
Lamington		Australia	chocolate icing, and desiccated coconut
Lemon cake		Unknown	Lemon
Madeira cake		United Kingdom	Butter, sugar
Mantecada		Northern Spain	Eggs, flour, sugar and butter (cow fat in the Mantecadas de Astorga; corn flour in Colombia)
Marble cake		Probably Germany	Mixture of flavours including vanilla, coffee, and/or chocolate
Mooncake		China	Lotus seed paste, and salted duck egg
Muffin		Unknown	Varies
Opera cake	File:Opera BD.jpg	France	Ganache, sponge cake, and coffee syrup
Orange and polenta cake		Unknown	Oranges, polenta
Panettone		Italy	Raisins, orange peel, and lemon peel
Parkin		United Kingdom	Treacle, oats
Pavlova		New Zealand/Australia	Egg white, and sugar (meringue)
Petits fours	File:Petit Fours Tower.JPG	France	Butter cream
Pineapple Upside Down Cake		United Kingdom	Pineapple
Pontefract Cakes		United Kingdom	Liquorice
Pound cake		United Kingdom	Butter, sugar
Pumpkin bread		United States	Pumpkin, sometimes chocolate
Prinsesstårta		Sweden	Alternating layers of sponge cake and whipped cream, a layer of berry jam and a layer of custard, all topped with a layer of (green) marzipan.
Punschkrapfen		Austria	Cake crumbs, nougat chocolate, apricot jam, and rum
Queen Elisabeth cake		Unknown	Coconut, dates
Red bean cake		Japan	Azuki bean, and red bean paste
Red velvet cake		United States	red colouring, and cocoa
[[Rum cake		Caribbean Rum, dried fruit
Ruske Kape		Bosnia and Serbia	Chocolate, and coconut
Sachertorte		Austria	Apricot, and cream
St. Honoré Cake		France	Caramel, and Chiboust cream
Simnel cake		United Kingdom	Marzipan, and dried fruit
Soufflé		France	Cream sauce or purée with beaten egg whites.
Spice cake		United States	Predominant flavorings include spices such as cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger and/or mace
Sponge cake		United Kingdom
Stack cake		United States	Varies
Streuselkuchen		Germany	Streusel (butter, flour, sugar)
Sultana and cherry cake		United Kingdom	Sultanas and glace cherries
Suncake		Taiwan	Flaky pastry
[[Swiss roll		United Kingdom, not Switzerland as the name implies	Jam
Tarte Tatin		France	Apple
Tea loaf		United Kingdom	Currants, sultanas, tea
Tiramisu		Italy	Savoiardi, and espresso
Teacake		United Kingdom	Currants, and sultanas
Torta Tre Monti		San Marino	Hazelnuts
Tompouce	File:Tom Pouce Dutch Pastry.jpg	Netherlands	Cream, icing
Tres Leches Cake		Costa Rica, Mexico or Nicaragua	Evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream or sour cream
Upside-down cake		United Kingdom	Varies
Vanilla slice		France	Vanilla
Wedding cake		Unknown	Varies
Welsh cake		United Kingdom (Wales)	Currants

See also

• List of breads
• List of cookies
• List of pies
• List of puddings
• Spekkoek, cake originated from dutch east indies