- Butter cakes: These cakes are made with butter, sugar, and flour, and are typically light and fluffy. Examples include yellow cake, white cake, and chocolate cake. - Pound cakes: These cakes are made with equal parts butter, sugar, eggs, and flour, and are typically dense and moist. Examples include classic pound cake and lemon pound cake. - Genoise cakes: These cakes are made with butter, sugar, eggs, and flour, and are typically light and airy. Examples include sponge cake and génoise. - Chiffon cakes: These cakes are made with butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and baking powder, and are typically light and fluffy. Examples include vanilla chiffon cake and chocolate chiffon cake. - Angel food cakes: These cakes are made with egg whites, sugar, flour, and cream of tartar, and are typically light and fluffy. They do not contain any butter or oil.