11 Absolutely Fabulous Flourless Cakes

Whether you're on a gluten-free diet or just looking to expand your baking repertoire, flourless cakes are a category of dessert absolutely worth exploring. Keep reading for our top picks, including a light-as-air chocolate cloud cake, its ultrarich chocolate-cardamom cousin, and even a few nonchocolate options like a melt-in-your-mouth lemon ricotta almond cake.

Flourless Rhubarb and Lemon Cake
My Darling Lemon Thyme

Flourless Rhubarb and Lemon Cake

Like a ray of sunshine in cake form, this moist lemon-rhubarb cake is certain to brighten your day.

Easter Egg Nest Cake
Alexandra's Kitchen

Easter Egg Nest Cake

There's no need to save this Easter egg nest cake for the holiday; the rest of the year, top it with other candies like M&M's or Reese's Pieces instead of the Easter eggs.

Chocolate-Banana Cupcakes With Coconut Cream
Wallflower Girl

Chocolate-Banana Cupcakes With Coconut Cream

These chocolate-banana cuties are somewhere in between a cupcake and a muffin — which is to say, less decadent than most recipes.

Banana Pumpkin Caramel Cake
Top With Cinnamon

Banana Pumpkin Caramel Cake

Mashed bananas and pumpkin purée give this caramel-drizzled sheet cake a lush, moist texture.

Chocolate Cherry Meringue Stack Cake
Top With Cinnamon

Chocolate Cherry Meringue Stack Cake

Like a giant stacked pavlova layered with chocolate ganache and juicy cherries, this meringue stack cake looks impressive but is actually relatively easy to make.

Flourless Chocolate-Cardamom Torte
Cooking Classy

Flourless Chocolate-Cardamom Torte

Keep things classic with this simple, pared-down recipe.

Flourless Chocolate-Lavender Cupcakes
Wallflower Girl

Flourless Chocolate-Lavender Cupcakes

Chocolate and lavender might seem like an odd pairing, but lavender's earthy-floral flavor complements bittersweet chocolate wonderfully. Plus, it goes without saying that these beautiful flourless cupcakes would be an eye-catching addition to any feast.

Flourless Chocolate and Pomegranate Cake
Top With Cinnamon

Flourless Chocolate and Pomegranate Cake

Tart and tannic pomegranate seeds perfectly offset this dense bittersweet chocolate cake.

Flourless Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake
Technicolor Kitchen

Flourless Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake

Add a dollop of cinnamon cream to this delicious chocoloate and hazelnut cake and call it a day.

Lemon-Olive Oil Sheet Cake
Wallflower Girl

Lemon-Olive Oil Sheet Cake

Not only is this lemon sheet cake flourless, but it's also dairy-free. (Olive oil replaces butter.)

Chocolate-Pecan Cake
Supergolden Bakes

Chocolate-Pecan Cake

Whether you mix ground pecans or hazelnuts into the batter, this stunner is sure to satisfy.