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Dessert

Malasadas

These irresistibly puffy, sugar-crusted Hawaiian doughnuts come together with a handful of pantry ingredients.

Bakeries Sell Millions of These Cookies. How Many Are Actually Homemade?

These iconic cookies are omnipresent at Italian-American bakeries along the East Coast, but not all are made from scratch.

Italian Butter Cookies

The freshest Italian butter cookies are the ones you bake at home. This butter cookie recipe gives you delicate almond-scented cookies in your favorite design.

French Buttercream

French buttercream eschews meringue in favor of pâte à bombe, a combination of whipped egg yolks and sugar, for the ultimate lush frosting.

German Buttercream (Crème Mousseline)

Llike a leveled-up pastry cream enriched with whipped butter, German buttercream is the ideal filling for cakes and pastries.

This Iconic Louisiana Cake Adds Coconutty Crunch to a Classic Bundt

This favorite from church functions and community gatherings is somewhere between a pound cake and a coffee cake, with loads of toasty coconut on the exterior.

Louisiana Crunch Cake

This Louisiana Crunch Cake recipe uses shredded coconut and granulated sugar to obtain its crunchy exterior—a tasty contrast to the pound-cake-like interior. 

Italian Meringue Buttercream

For the silkiest, most ethereal frosting imaginable, turn to Italian meringue buttercream.

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

The easiest frosting around, this American-style buttercream can be adapted as you please.

Swiss Meringue Buttercream

First time frosting a cake? You’re gonna need a reliable frosting recipe. Learn why Swiss meringue buttercream is our top choice for cake decorating.

Blueberry Compote

Pile it on waffles, stir into Greek yogurt, or spoon over cheesecake or crepes: Blueberry compote knows no bounds.

This Take on Rice Krispies Treats Is All About the Butterscotch and Peanut Butter

The Midwestern treat is a staple at sleepovers, potlucks, and everywhere in between.

Linzer Cookies

Scotcheroos

A Midwestern dessert most easily described as peanut butter Rice Krispies Treats layered with chocolate and butterscotch, scotcheroos are practically impossible to dislike.

Anytime Lemon Cake

This easy, elegant lemon cake takes 10 minutes to pull together and can be made a day in advance.

Tres Leches Cake

This tres leches cake recipe gets its tenderness from the addition of a fourth type of milk and a kick from a shot of rum.

Hamantaschen

These triangular cookies—traditionally stuffed with poppy seed filling, but often with jam or jelly—are a signature of Purim.
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