These Easy Cakes and Quick Breads Are Perfect for Snacking

Everyone needs a great banana-bread recipe in their recipe box, and this is it. For a loaf bursting with flavor, our food editors recommend you freeze overripe bananas whenever you have any (they'll last up to six months in the freezer). When you're ready to bake, simply thaw and mash them for this recipe—you'll find this process creates an extra flavorful syrupy purée.

Olive oil serves as the fat in this recipe rather than the usual butter, and you'll find that this rich ingredient that also adds fruity notes to the final dish. While this dessert is perfect with in-season berries, if fresh strawberries are not available, you can easily use thawed frozen berries instead.

Lemon zest in the batter and lemon juice in the glaze make this pound cake delightfully tangy. Dust the loaf pan with sugar to give the cake's exterior a pleasing crunch.

Easy as can be, this cake highlights one of the quintessential fruits of fall: grapes. Red grapes look so pretty in the cake, but truly any color will work so long as they are seedless and the skins are edible for easy eating.

These raspberry-studded individual sweet breads can be prepared quickly and bake up in 15 minutes. They're best enjoyed cooled right out of the oven, when the exterior is a little crisp while the inside is tender and cakey.

Pumpkin spice mix and pumpkin purée give this easy cake plenty of fall flavor while espresso ups the ante, making this delicious cake taste a whole lot like the popular drink. The easy whipped cream topping adds a sweet and swoopy flourish. It's topped with a dusting of more espresso for visual appeal.

Coconut and buttermilk make this snack cake moist and tender. Use any combination of fresh or frozen berries you like—such as blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries—inside. It will feed a crowd during a family party or hungry kids as an after-school snack for several days.

Snacking cakes were invented just for that. This is a cake that you can slice into any time of the day. The single layer bright, lemony cake is topped with a raspberry red-hued cream cheese frosting that's naturally dyed with freeze-dried raspberries. Fresh raspberries are the only decoration you need, and they lend a sweet and tart note to the finished dish.

A super fall treat, this apple-cider doughnut cake is easy to prepare, but the Bundt cake takes a bit longer to bake than the rest of the recipes in this collection. The wait is definitely worth it, though, as this giant treat seems to make endless servings.

There's a double dose of chocolate—cocoa powder and chopped bittersweet chocolate—in this easy sweet bread. And with this chocolate-zucchini bread recipe in your arsenal, "too much zucchini" will never be a problem again.

Bake without turning on the oven? Yes, it's possible if you own a pressure cooker. The super moist cake is almost pudding like in the style of British desserts, and the raspberries can be swapped for mangoes, strawberries, or pineapple, making this a versatile recipe to add to your repertoire.

Since the ingredients are mixed together in the baking pan, making this cake is as easy as can be. Enjoy the finished treat with a dusting of confectioners' sugar or whip up a batch of Simple Buttercream.

Fill your kitchen with the wonderful aroma of the holidays by making this incredibly moist and delicious pumpkin bread; it's spiced with allspice and nutmeg then topped with nutty pepitas for a beautiful finish and nice crunch.

Toasted coconut and canned pineapple chunks lend subtle tropical flavor to this easy dessert. Sour cream keeps the buttery cake moist while a sprinkle of toasted coconut on top adds a delightful crunch.

A delicious cross between apple pie and fruit crisp, this easy dessert calls for just six ingredients. The cinnamon-and-brown-sugar streusel serves as both the crust and the crunchy topping.

This spice-kissed carrot cake is baked in a snack-friendly loaf form. Stir 1/2 cup of raisins or chopped toasted nuts into the batter if you like a little extra texture.

Lemon zest complements the sweet-tart flavor of fresh plums in this eye-catching yet easy cake. A sprinkling of confectioners' sugar is all the embellishment it needs, but it would be delicious dolloped with tangy crème fraîche or a rich spoonful of whipped cream.