List of cakes

The following is a list of types of dessert cakes by country of origin and distinctive ingredients. The majority of the cakes contain some kind of flour, egg, and sugar. Cake is often served as a celebratory dish on ceremonial occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, and birthdays.

Cakes[]

Name	Picture	Origin	Distinctive ingredients and description
Amandine		Romania	Chocolate layered cake filled with chocolate, caramel and fondant cream
Amygdalopita		Greece	Almond cake made with ground almonds, flour, butter, egg, spanner's and pastry cream
Angel cake		United Kingdom[1]	Sponge cake, cream, food colouring
Angel food cake		United States	Egg whites, vanilla, and cream of tartar
Apple cake		Germany	Apple, caramel icing
Applesauce cake		Early colonial times in the New England Colonies of the Northeastern United States[2]	Prepared using apple sauce, flour and sugar as primary ingredients
Aranygaluska		Hungary	A cake with yeasty dough and vanilla custard
Avocado cake		United States	Prepared using avocado as a primary ingredient
Babka		Poland and Ukraine	Sweet braided cake which originated in Jewish communities
Babka Wielkanocna		Poland	Easter cake with icing
Ballokume[3]		Albania	Corn flour, butter, sugar, and vanilla
Banana bread		United States	Banana, sometimes nuts and chocolate
Banana cake		United States	Prepared using banana as a primary ingredient
Bara brith		United Kingdom (Wales)	Raisins, currants and candied peel
Basbousa		Egypt	A traditional Egyptian sweet cake that is made of cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup. Coconut is a popular addition. The syrup may also optionally contain orange flower water or rose water.
Batik cake		Malaysia	A non-baked cake dessert made by mixing broken Marie biscuits, combined with a chocolate sauce or runny custard.
Battenberg cake		United Kingdom	Marzipan and apricot jam
Baumkuchen		Germany	A German variety of spit cake also popular in Japan. The characteristic rings, which resemble tree rings when sliced, give the cake its German name, Baumkuchen, which literally translates to "tree cake".
Bebinca		India	Flour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter), coconut milk, egg yolk
Beer cake		Ireland	Cake prepared with beer as a main ingredient. Pictured is a chocolate bundt cake infused with stout beer.
Berlingozzo		Lamporecchio, Pistoia, Italy	Simple ring-shaped yeast cake to celebrate Carnival.
Better than sex cake		United States	Chocolate or yellow cake, sugar mixture, various fillings
Bibikkan		Sri Lanka	Made of shredded coconut, jaggery and semolina and a mixture of spices. It is commonly prepared and consumed in celebration of festive and religious occasions.
Bibingka		Philippines	Traditional rice cake from the Philippines made with ground glutinous rice and coconut milk
Bienenstich (Bee Sting)		Germany	Almonds, honey, custard cream
Birthday cake		Unknown (Possibly United States & Canada)	A cake that has various ingredients, usually chocolate or sponge, and is often topped with icing and candles; the number of candles on top of the cake is often said to represent someone's age - for example, a birthday cake for a nine-year-old will have nine candles on top of it.
Bizcocho Dominicano		Dominican Republic	A cake with a moist and airy texture and meringue frosting
Black Forest cake, often known as "Black Forest gâteau" or "Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte"		Germany	Cherries, kirsch, and chocolate. Usually there are one bottom layer of chocolate shortcrust and two layers of chocolate sponge cake, filled with cherry jam and whipped cream.
Blackout cake, sometimes known as "Brooklyn Blackout cake"		Brooklyn, United States	Chocolate pudding, chocolate layers, chocolate cake crumbs
[4]		Germany	A "lightning cake" or "quick cake".[5] Lemon zest and lemon juice add flavor to a blitztorte, which is a butter cake (butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and baking powder). It is called a blitztorte because it is quick to make. Also spelled as "blitz torte".
Blondie		United States	A rich, sweet dessert bar. It is made from flour, brown sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder, and vanilla, and may also contain walnuts or pecans. It may contain white or dark chocolate chips and it can have a taste reminiscent of butterscotch.
Bolo de mel		Madeira Islands	Sweet, heavy cake made with molasses or honey, often with walnuts and almonds. Literally means "honey cake".
Madeleine		Lorraine, France	Small shell-shaped sponge cake.
Boston cream pie		United States	Egg custard, chocolate
Brazil nut cake		Brazil	Prepared using Brazil nuts as a primary ingredient, they are common in the Amazon region of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru
Brazo de Mercedes		Philippines	A traditional Filipino meringue roll with a custard filling typically dusted with powdered sugar.
Broyé poitevin		Poitou, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Simple butter cake.
Brownie		United States	A flat, baked square or bar developed in the United States at the end of the 19th century and popularized in both the US and Canada during the first half of the 20th century.
Buccellato		Sicily	Honey, marsala wine, aniseed, and raisins
Buche de Noel		France	Also known as a Yule Log this is a traditional Christmas cake made to resemble a log. Commonly decorated with various woodland items such as mushrooms, snow and berries.
[6]		Sweden	Rolled meringue-hazelnut cake filled with whipped cream and pieces of canned peach, apricot, or mandarin orange.
Buko pandan cake		Philippines	Sponge or chiffon cake flavored with extracts from boiled pandan leaves and frosted with cream and young coconut or macapuno strips
Bundt cake		United States	A cake that is baked in a Bundt pan, shaping it into a distinctive ring shape. The shape is inspired by a traditional European fruit cake known as Gugelhupf, but Bundt cakes are not generally associated with any single recipe, but they are often made with chocolate.
Bustrengo		San Marino	A dense and moist cake containing cornmeal, bread crumbs or stale bread, figs, raisins, diced apples, lemon rind and orange rind
Butter cake		United Kingdom	Butter
Butterfly cake		United Kingdom	A variant of cupcake, also called "fairy cake" for its fairy-like "wings". They can be made from any flavor of cake. The top of the fairy cake is cut off or carved out with a spoon, and cut in half. Then, butter cream, whipped cream, or other sweet filling like jam is spread into the hole. Finally, the two cut halves are stuck into the butter cream to look like butterfly wings. The wings of the cake are often decorated using icing to form various patterns.
Butterkuchen		Germany	A simple buttery and sweet German cake baked on a tray[7]
Carrot cake		United Kingdom	Moist, dense, sweet cake made with carrots. Rüblitorte is a classic Swiss carrot cake made from a sponge cake with carrots and hazelnuts or almonds. Usually its glazed with a sugar glaze and decorated with small marzipan carrots.
Cassata		Italy (Sicily)	Cassata consists of round sponge cake moistened with fruit juices or liqueur and layered with ricotta, candied peel, and a chocolate or vanilla filling similar to cannoli cream. It is covered with a shell of marzipan, pink and green pastel colored icing, and decorative designs. The cassata is topped with candied fruit depicting cherries and slices of citrus fruit characteristic of Sicily.
Cassatella di sant'Agata		Sicily, Italy	Cakes shaped like breasts to honor Saint Agatha of Sicily. Made of sponge, moistened with juice or liqueur, and stuffed with ricotta and chocolate. Decorated with marzipan, icing, and candied fruit.
Cassava cake		Philippines	A traditional Filipino moist cake made from grated cassava, coconut milk, and condensed milk with a custard layer on top.
Castagnaccio		Italy	Plain chestnut flour cake.
Caterpillar cake		United Kingdom	Chocolate Swiss roll, decorated to look like a caterpillar.
Charlotte (cake)		France	Bread, sponge cake or biscuits; fruit puree or custard
Cheesecake		Ancient Greece United States	Thin base made from crushed biscuits, with a thicker top layer of soft cheese, eggs and sugar. It can be baked or unbaked (in which case it is refrigerated.) The bottom layer can also be made of shortcrust, and in European countries the top layer is made from curd or a creamy kind of cottage cheese.
Chenna poda		India (Orissa)	A cake made from milk solids and semolina. Milk solids are the main ingredient and is known as "chhena". This cake is a specialty of the state of Orissa in India chhena cardamom ghee cashewnut
Chestnut cake		France	Prepared using chestnuts or water chestnuts as a main ingredient. It is a dish in Chinese cuisine.[8]
Chiffon cake		United States	Light, airy cake made with vegetable oil, eggs, sugar, flour
Chocolate cake		Unknown (Possibly United States & Canada)	Chocolate
Chocolate Lime cake		Unknown (Possibly Southern USA & Baja California)	Primary ingredients: lime juice, lime slices, green coloring, chocolate syrup
		Argentina	Primary ingredients: Chocolate cookies, Dulce de leche and cream cheese
Christmas cake		United Kingdom	Dried fruit such as sultanas or raisins; cinnamon, treacle, cherries, and almond; is quite often topped with icing. If topped with icing, the icing may be decorated with decorations, such as models of Santa Claus, or may have labels such as "Happy Christmas".
Clementine cake		Australia	A cake prepared with clementine as a primary ingredient
Coconut cake		United States	A popular dessert in the Southern region of the United States. It is a cake frosted with a white frosting and covered in coconut flakes.
Coffee cake		Germany	Cinnamon
Coffee and walnut cake		United Kingdom	Coffee, walnuts
Cornbread		United States Canada Mexico Central America Caribbean South America	American cake containing wheat flour, corn meal, sugar, and lard.
Cozonac		Romania, Bulgaria	Traditional sweet leavened bread rich in eggs, milk, butter and sugar, with various fillings.
Crema de fruta		Philippines	A traditional Filipino fruitcake made with layers of sponge cake, sweet custard or whipped cream, gelatin or gulaman (agar), and various preserved or fresh fruits, including mangoes, pineapples, cherries, and strawberries. Also has a very popular no-bake variant, the mango float.
Cremeschnitte		Slovenia Croatia Germany Austria	A vanilla and custard cream cake dessert popular in several central-European countries. There are many regional variations, but they all include puff pastry base and custard cream.
Crystal cake		China	One of the traditional desserts in China, it has more than 800 years of history. It was first invented in Xiagui during the Song Dynasty, then it spread far and wide. It was called "crystal cake" because its filling shines brightly, and its appearance is glittering and translucent, like a crystal.
[9][10]		Spain	Cake made with four milks[11] and it is similar to the tres leches cake.
Cucumber cake		United Kingdom	A cake prepared with cucumber as a primary ingredient. It is a dish in Goan cuisine.
Cupcake		United States	A small cake with various ingredients, usually topped with icing
Dacquoise		France	Almonds, hazelnut, and chocolate
Dadar gulung		Indonesia	A traditional coconut pancake filled with grated coconut and palm sugar.
Date and walnut loaf		United Kingdom	Dates, walnuts, treacle, and tea
Date square		Canada (probably)	Also known as "matrimonial cake", a layer of minced dates with oat crumble
Depression cake		United States	Made without milk, sugar, butter, or eggs
Devil's food cake		United States	Chocolate or cocoa, and baking soda
Dobos cake		Hungary	A sponge cake that is layered with chocolate butter cream and topped with thin caramel slices
Dundee cake		United Kingdom (Scotland)	Fruit cake with almonds on it but without glacé cherries
Dutch carnival cake		Netherlands	A traditional a Dutch delicacy that is similar to gingerbread cake
Eccles cake		United Kingdom	Zante currants
Eierschecke		Saxony and Thuringia (Germany)	A sheet cake made of yeast dough topped with apple, quark (curd) and poppy seeds and parts of it are covered with a glaze made of cream, whole egg, sugar and flour for thickening.
Erotic cake[12]		Unknown	A cake made to resemble or decorated with the image of a human body (often nude or semi-nude), individual sex organs, or sexual activities, sometimes with a statement of a sexual nature written on it
Esterházy torte		Hungary Austria	A Hungarian cake (torta) named after Prince Paul III Anton Esterházy de Galántha (1786–1866). It was invented by Budapest confectioners in the late 19th century. It consists of cognac or vanilla buttercream, sandwiched between layers of almond meringue (macaroon) dough. The torte is iced with a fondant glaze and decorated with a characteristic chocolate striped pattern.
Falculelle		Corsica	Small cake of brocciu cheese baked on a chestnut leaf.
Fat rascal		United Kingdom	Dried fruit, peel, oats
Faworki		Poland	Sweet crisp cake in shape of a bow
Fig cake		Egypt	Prepared with fig as a primary ingredient
Financier		France	Small molded almond flour and beurre noisette (brown butter) cake.
Flan cake		Philippines	Chiffon or sponge cake baked with a layer of leche flan (crème caramel) on top and drizzled with caramel syrup
Flourless chocolate cake		United States	Chocolate
Fondant Fancy		United Kingdom	Icing (in any of a number of colors), cream
[13]		Denmark[13]	Meringue, almonds, butter, coffee
Frankfurter Kranz (Frankfurt Crown Cake)		Germany	Sponge cake, buttercream icing, red jam (typically strawberry, blackcurrant or cherry jam); brittle nuts, toasted almond flakes and/or ground hazelnuts
Frog cake		Australia	Cream, icing
Fruitcake		Ancient Rome	Candied fruit; many versions of the fruit cake contain currants, sultanas, and glacé cherries
Funing big cake		China (Funing County, Jiangsu province)	Sticky rice, white sugar, and refined lard. Due to health concerns associated with lard consumption, sometimes vegetable oil is used instead of lard.[14]
Funnel cake		United States	Choux pastry with powdered sugar or other toppings, usually fruit
Garash cake		Bulgaria	Walnuts, egg whites, crystal or powdered sugar
Gâteau magique		France	Cake with distinctive layers of custard, cream, and sponge that form while baking.
Gâteau nantais		Nantes France	Pound cake with almonds and rum.
Genoa cake		Italy (Genoa, probably)	Sultanas, raisins, glacé cherries
Genoise (Genoese cake)		Italy (Genoa, probably)	Whole egg
German Chocolate Cake		United States	Chocolate cake with coconut-pecan frosting
Ghevar		India	Flour, ghee, kewra, milk, clarified butter, sugar, almonds, pistachio, saffron, green cardamom etc.
Gingerbread		United Kingdom (probably)	Ginger
Gooey butter cake		United States	Butter
(Gåsebryst)[15]		Denmark[15]	A cream cake known as Gåsebryst in Denmark.[15] A Danish pastry bottom, topped with whipped cream, custard and jam, wrapped in marzipan.
Halloween cake		United States	A cake prepared with Halloween-themed decorations
Hash brownies		Netherlands Belgium	Also known as "space cakes", these are bakery products made using one of the forms of cannabis, including hashish.
Hedgehog Slice		Germany	It contains crushed biscuit, or rice puffs. It has totally different names in each language.
Hevva cake		Cornwall, England	It's also called heavy cake
Hot milk cake[16]		United States (probably)	Milk, and mocha
Hummingbird cake		Jamaica	Banana, pineapple, pecan, vanilla, spice
Ice cream cake		Unknown (Possibly United States)	Ice cream
Jaffa Cakes		United Kingdom	A biscuit-sized cake introduced by MacVitie and Price in 1927, and named after Jaffa oranges. The most common forms of Jaffa Cakes are circular, 2.5 inches (64 mm) in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavored jelly, and a coating of chocolate.
Jajan pasar		Java, Indonesia	Traditional Javanese cakes sold in the Javanese markets[17]
Joffre cake		Romania	Chocolate ganache cake
Kabuni		Albania[18]	Rice, butter, mutton broth, raisins, sugar, cinnamon, cloves
Kardinalschnitte		Austria	A classic layered Viennese desert consisting of a sponge cake layer and meringue and filled with red currant jam. The colors of the layers, white and yellow, are meant to represent the colors of the Vatikan.[19]
Khanom bodin		Thailand	Wheat flour (or Maida flour), fresh butter, fresh milk, chicken eggs, sweetened condensed milk, white sugar, raisins, dried sweet gourds
Khanom farang kudi chin		Thailand	Duck egg, wheat flour, white sugar, raisins, dried sweet gourds
Kyiv cake		Ukraine	Two airy layers of meringue with hazelnuts, chocolate glaze, and a buttercream-like filling
King cake		France Spain	Sugar, cinnamon, milk, and butter
Kladdkaka		Sweden	Chocolate
Klepon		Indonesia	A traditional green-coloured balls of rice cake filled with liquid palm sugar and coated in grated coconut.
[20]		Latvia[20]	Yeast, raisins, spices
Kołacz		Poland	Sweet cheese and cream
Kolaczki		Poland	Butter, sugar, jam, egg whites, different sweet sugar powder
Kouign-amann		France (Brittany)	Butter
Kornigou		Brittany, France	Antler shaped fruit cake.
Kransekake		Denmark Norway	Almonds, sugar, egg whites
Krantz cake		Israel[21][22] (ashkenazi food)	Chocolate or poppy seeds filling.
Kremówka		Germany, Slovakia	A Polish type of cream pie. It is made of two layers of puff pastry, filled with whipped cream, creamy buttercream, vanilla pastry cream (custard cream) or sometimes egg white cream, and is usually sprinkled with powdered sugar. It also can be decorated with cream or covered with a layer of icing.
Krówka		Poland	Chocolate, sponge base, caramel and coconut
Kue cubit		Indonesia	A small cake eaten as a snack.
Kue lapis		Indonesia	A traditional cake of colourful layered soft rice flour pudding.
Kue mangkok		Indonesia	A traditional cake of steamed cupcake. The ingredients are the mixture of flour, rice flour and sagoo (tapioca), yeast, egg, coconut milk, sugar and salt.
Kutia		Poland Belarus Ukraine Lithuania Russia	Various nuts and raisins
Lady Baltimore cake		Southern United States (its exact origins are disputed)	Dried fruit, nuts, frosting
Lamington		Australia New Zealand	Chocolate icing, and desiccated coconut
Lane cake		United States	Candied fruit, sponge cake, pecans, coconut, bourbon, vanilla buttercream
Layer cake		Unknown (Possibly United States)	Egg yolk, sugar, butter, flour. Two or more distinctive cake layers are required. The cake is usually filled with jam, buttercream or custard.
Lemon cake		Unknown, but likely England[23]	Cake with a lemon flavor[24][25]
Linzer Torte		Austria	A thick layer of cinnamon and clove spiced shortcrust, topped with red currant jam and a lattice design of dough strips.
Lolly cake		New Zealand	Cake made from malt biscuits, butter, sweetened condensed milk and fruit puffs, usually made in a log shape and rolled in coconut
Madeira cake		United Kingdom	Butter and sugar, usually flavored with lemon. Sometimes confused with Bolo de mel cakes, which are actually made in Madeira using a completely different recipe.
Magdalena		Spain	Eggs, granulated sugar, vegetable oil (usually olive oil), unbleached white flour, lemon zest, baking powder and milk. Spanish version of muffins or cupcakes (but always without topping).
Makowiec		Poland	Poppy seed cake, normally decorated with icing and orange
Mantecada		Spain	Eggs, flour, sugar and butter (cow fat in the Mantecadas de Astorga)
Mango cake		Philippines	Chiffon cake or roll topped with mangro cream frosting and fresh Carabao mango slices
Mango float		Philippines	A dessert similar to tiramisu made with layers of ladyfingers (broas) or graham crackers, whipped cream, condensed milk, and ripe carabao mangoes (other fruits can also be used). It is a no-bake version of the crema de fruta
Marble cake		Denmark	Vanilla, coffee, or chocolate butter cake. Two differently colored batters are swirled together to show a marble-like pattern.
Marjolaine		France	Meringue, praline, and chocolate. Created by Fernand Point
Mazurek		Poland	Easter cake with a type of shortcrust tart and topping
Medovik		Russia	A layer cake popular in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, often referred to as a Russian honey cake. The identifying ingredients are honey and smetana (sour cream) or condensed milk.
Merveilleux		Belgium	Two light meringues welded and covered with whipped cream and dusted with chocolate shavings.
Mille-feuille		France	Also known as a Napoleon, is three layers of puff pastry alternating with two layers of pastry cream. The top is glazed in white (icing) and brown (chocolate) strips, and combed into a distinctive pattern.
Misérable cake		Belgium	A type of almond sponge cake that is a traditional Belgian recipe
Molten chocolate cake		France/United States	Also known as lava cake is a popular dessert that combines the elements of a flourless chocolate cake (sometimes called a "chocolate decadence" cake) and a soufflé. Some other names used are "chocolate fondant", "chocolate moelleux", and "chocolate lava" cake.
Mooncake		China	A Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiujie)
Moravian sugar cake		Pennsylvania German Country /United States	A sweet coffee cake that originated in the colonial Moravian Church. It is made with a sweet yeast dough enriched with mashed potatoes and topped with a mixture of melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Muffin		Unknown (Possibly United States & United Kingdom)	An individual-sized quick bread product which can be sweet or savory. The typical American "muffin" is similar to a cupcake in size and cooking methods. These can come in both savory varieties, such as corn or cheese muffins, or sweet varieties such as blueberry or banana. It also refers to a flatter disk-shaped bread of English origin, commonly referred to as an "English muffin" outside the United Kingdom. These muffins are also popular in Commonwealth countries and the United States.
[26][self-published source]		Norway Denmark Iceland Sweden Finland Estonia	A cake that is similar to tompouce, but it has different flavors like caramel or carob
[27]		Denmark	A marzipan based cake, shaped like a Napoleon's Hat and dipped in dark chocolate[27]
Nonnette		France	Small gingerbread cake with honey and orange marmalade.
Onion cake		East Asia, Central Asia & Southeast Asia	A savory or sweet cake prepared with onion as a primary ingredient[28]
Opera cake		France	Ganache, sponge cake, and coffee syrup
or Pączki		Poland	Round spongy yeast cake with sweet topping and other chocolate
[29]		Italy	Oranges and polenta
Orange creamsicle cake		United States	Vanilla and orange cake
Ostkaka		Sweden	Also called Swedish cheesecake
[30]		Denmark[30]	A layer cake with sponge cake, cream, chocolate, raspberry, egg, vanilla, marzipan,
Pain d'épices		Reims and Alsace, France	Rye flour, honey, spices
Pain de Gênes		Genoa, France	Almond paste
[31]		Italy[31]	A sponge cake. Italian Jewish families make a traditional version for a Passover.[32]
Pancake		United States, Canada	Flat, round cake, made with eggs, milk, and plain flour
Pandan cake		Malaysia Indonesia	A light, fluffy, green-coloured sponge cake. The ingredients are flour, eggs, butter or margarine, sugar, and pandan leaf.
Panettone		Italy	Raisins, orange peel, and lemon peel
Panpepato		Italy	Various nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts
Paris–Brest		France	Choux pastry and praline flavoured cream
Parkin		United Kingdom	Treacle and oats
Parrozzo		Abruzzo, Italy	Semolina and almond flour. Covered with dark chocolate.
Pavlova		Australia New Zealand	Egg white and sugar (meringue); named after Anna Pavlova
Petit Gâteau		France	Chocolate and served with ice cream
Petits fours		France	Butter cream. A French classic made from sponge cake, cut into small cubes and coated with fondant icing, sometimes filled with marzipan and/or jam.
[33]		Poland[33]	Gingerbread with cinnamon, ginger, cloves and cardamom
Pineapple Cheesecake		United States	A no bake cheesecake with pineapple either as main filling or as topping.
		Mexico[34]	Sponge cake, cream, hammer,
Plum cake		United Kingdom (England)	Referred to fruitcake prepared with dried plum and spices in England since around 1700. Today it refers to a cake prepared with dried fruits such as raisins as the primary ingredients.
Poffertjes		Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Germany Switzerland Austria	A traditional batter treat. Resembling small, fluffy pancakes, they are made with yeast and buckwheat flour. They have a light, spongy texture.
Pound cake		United Kingdom	Butter, sugar, eggs, flour
Princess cake		Sweden	Alternating layers of sponge cake and whipped cream, a layer of fresh raspberries and a layer of custard, all topped with a layer of (green) marzipan.
Prinzregententorte		Germany	Sponge cake, buttercream, and dark chocolate glaze
Pumpkin bread		United States	Pumpkin, sometimes chocolate
Punschkrapfen		Austria	Cake crumbs, nougat chocolate, apricot jam, and rum with a classic pink rum fondant icing and topped with a candied cherry (Amarenakirsche).
Puto		Philippines	Steamed rice cakes, traditionally made from slightly fermented rice dough. It is eaten as is or as an accompaniment to a number of savoury dishes.
Putu		Indonesia	A traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake. The cake is made of rice flour called suji and coloured green with extract acquired from pandan leaf, filled with palm sugar, and steamed in bamboo tubes, hence its name, and served with grated coconut.
Queen cake		United Kingdom	A soft, muffin-sized cake, popular from early 18th century, and containing currants and flavored with mace and orange, or lemon water.
Queen Elizabeth cake		Canada	Coconut, dates
Rainy Fruit Cake		Unknown (Possibly Isle Of Man)	Unlike the original fruit cake log, this fruit cake is packed with passion fruit, then the top is drizzled with a brown sugar sauce that is also filled with caramelized passion fruit.
Raisin cake		Germany	Cake prepared with raisins as a primary ingredient
Red bean cake		Japan China	Azuki bean and red bean paste
Red velvet cake		United States	Soft butter cake with red food coloring and cocoa.
Rock cake		United Kingdom	Currants, candied peel, mixed spice
Rum baba		France, Italy	Rum, yeast, whipped cream
Rum cake		Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago	Rum, dried fruit
Ruske kape		Bosnia Serbia	Chocolate and coconut
Sachertorte		Austria	Sweet chocolate butter cake filled with Apricot jam and chocolate fondant icing, traditionally served with whipped cream.
Sachima		China	Flour, rock sugar and butter
Šakotis		Lithuania Poland	Traditional cake created by painting layers of dough onto a rotating spit while being baked
Salzburger Nockerl		Austria	Egg yolk, flour and milk
Sans rival		Philippines	layers of buttercream, meringue and chopped cashews
Santiago cake		Spain (Galicia)	Topping with a Santiago Cross design
Sekacz		Poland	Sponge cake with chocolate
Serabi		Indonesia	A traditional pancake that is made from rice flour with coconut milk or shredded coconut as an emulsifier and eaten with thick golden-brownish-colored coconut sugar syrup.
Sernik		Poland	Cream cheese, sponge cake, raisins and different spices
Sesame seed cake		United States, Asia	Sesame seeds, often with honey as a sweetener
Sfouf		Lebanon	Almonds and semolina
Sheet cake		United States	A cake baked in a large, flat rectangular pan such as a sheet pan or a jelly roll pan
Simnel cake		United Kingdom	Marzipan and dried fruit
Smith Island Cake		United States	condensed milk, vanilla chocolate creme, dark chocolate icing
Smörgåstårta		Sweden Estonia Finland Denmark Norway Iceland	A cake that literally means "sandwich-cake" or "sandwich gateau", it is a Scandinavian cuisine dish that is popular in Sweden, Estonia (as võileivatort), and Finland (as voileipäkakku). This savory cake has ingredients similar to a sandwich, but has such a large amount of filling that it more resembles a layered cream cake with garnished top.
Snow skin mooncake		Hong Kong	A Chinese food eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a non-baked mooncake which originated in Hong Kong. The snow skin mooncake was developed by a bakery in Hong Kong, because the traditional mooncakes were made with salted duck egg yolks and lotus seed paste, resulting in very high sugar and oil content. It is also known as "snowy mooncake", "icy mooncake", and "crystal mooncake".
Snowball cake		United States	Marshmallow and coconut frosting
Soufflé		France	Fluffy cakes, traditionally served in the ramekins straight after baking, consisting mostly of beaten eggs and sugar.
Spekkoek		Indonesia	Multi-layered, containing cinnamon, clove, mace, and anise
Spettekaka		Scania and Halland, Sweden	Swedish variation on spit cake made from potato flour
Spice cake		North America	Spices such as cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger, or mace
Spiku		Indonesia	A cake that has similar ingredient to lapis legit but only have three layers of plain and chocolate flavour layered cake.
Spit cake		Ancient Greece	A term for hollow, cylindrical cakes prepared on a rotating spit in several European countries.
Sponge cake		United Kingdom	Flour, sugar, and eggs
St. Honoré cake		France	Caramel and Chiboust cream
Stack cake		United States	A cake that replaces a wedding cake
Strawberry cake		United States Canada France	A cake that uses strawberry as a primary ingredient
Streuselkuchen		Germany	Streusel (butter, flour, and sugar)
Suncake		Taiwan	A popular Taiwanese dessert originally from the city of Taichung in Taiwan. The typical fillings consist of maltose (condensed malt sugar), and they are usually sold in special gift boxes as souvenirs for visitors.
Swiss roll		United Kingdom United States Canada	Jam and creamy filling; may come in different colors. Developed in the UK, and not Switzerland as the name implies.
Tarte Tatin		France	Various fruits, commonly apple or pear, caramelized in a pan and then topped with puff pastry and baked in the oven.
Tea loaf		United Kingdom	Currants, sultanas, and tea
Teacake		United Kingdom	Currants and sultanas
		Spain	A cake made with three different types of chocolate: white chocolate, milked chocolate, and black chocolate
Tiramisu		Italy	A dessert consisting of several layers of ladyfingers (Savoiardi) dipped in espresso and Marsala, and a cream made from mascarpone, eggs and sugar. Traditionally sprinkled with cocoa powder and served chilled.
Tompouce		Netherlands	Cream, icing
Torta caprese		Capri, Italy	Flourless chocolate cake made with almonds or walnuts.
Torta alla Monferrina		Monferrato, Italy	An autumn speciality of the Monferrato hills in north-west Italy, is a cake made from pumpkin, apples and sugar, with dried figs, amaretti, chocolate, eggs, and rum, and baked in the oven.
Torta setteveli		Palermo, Sicily, Italy	Seven-layer cake including chocolate and hazelnuts.
Torta Tre Monti		Italy (San Marino)	Hazelnuts
[35]		Denmark	Literally "wooden-logs". Trøffelmasse (crumbled cakes, cocoa-powder, sugar, butter, rum), marzipan and chocolate Sweden has a similar cake known as Punsch-rolls.
Tres leches cake		Mexico Costa Rica Nicaragua Colombia Spain	Sponge cake soaked with evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream or sour cream
Tunis cake		Scotland Northern Ireland	Chocolate and marzipan
Ube cake		Philippines	A traditional Filipino chiffon cake or sponge cake made with ube halaya (mashed purple yam).
Ul boov		Mongolia	A cake made with sheep fat
Upside-down cake		United Kingdom	A cake that is flipped upside-down before serving. Usually made with fruit, particularly pineapple.
Victoria sponge cake		United Kingdom	A cake that was named after Queen Victoria, who was known to enjoy a slice of the sponge cake with her afternoon tea. It is often referred to simply as "sponge cake", though it contains additional fat. A typical Victoria sponge consists of raspberry jam and whipped double cream or vanilla cream. The jam and cream are sandwiched between two sponge cakes; the top of the cake is not iced or decorated apart from a dusting of icing sugar. The Women's Institute publishes a variation on the Victoria sandwich that has raspberry jam as the filling and is dusted with caster sugar, not icing sugar.
Vínarterta		Iceland	A multi-layered cake made from dough and plum jam
Wedding cake		Unknown (Possibly Mexico)	A traditional cake that is served at wedding receptions following dinner. In the UK, the wedding cake is served at a wedding breakfast, a shared meal held after the ceremony (not necessarily in the morning). In modern Western culture, the cake is usually on display and served to guests at the reception.
Welsh cake		United Kingdom (Wales)	Currants
White cake			Made without egg yolks and is often vanilla flavoured
Wingko		Indonesia	A traditional cake made mainly of coconut and other ingredients.
Whoopie pies		United States	Cocoa, vanilla
Wine cake		Colombia	Wine
Yema cake		Philippines	Chiffon cake with a custard filling known as yema.
Yule log		France	Traditional dessert served near Christmas
Zuger Kirschtorte		Switzerland	Nut-meringue, sponge cake and butter cream and is flavoured with cherry brandy kirschwasser.
Zuppa Inglese		Italy	Sponge cake or savoiardi, Alchermes, custard

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