Cakes

Pineapple-Bourbon Pound Tart

Bourbon-Pineapple Pound Tart

Pound cakes have long been relegated to large, deep pans—and for good reason: The heaviness of the cakes means they don’t rise much and...

Kahlúa Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Mousse

This layer chocolate cake from our One Bowl Baking Special Issue is chocked full of the best ingredients, Kahlúa, chocolate, and peanut butter. Could...

Our Favorite Matzo-Based Passover Desserts

How do you make a decadent passover dessert? It begins and ends with a base layer of Matzo, a crispy, unleavened bread eaten during...

5 Ways with Carrot Cake

There’s a reason why this recipe endures as a springtime favorite. The moist, well-spiced cake is slathered with silky swoops of cream cheese frosting...
birthday cake

Our All-Time Favorite Birthday Cake Recipes

Homemade from-scratch birthday cake is the best gift out there. Here are four simple yet impressive cakes worthy of their own celebration. Top your...
Ginger Chai Carrot Cake

Ginger Chai Carrot Cake

Perfect for your Easter baking, this cake combines crisp carrot and spicy-sweet candied ginger. Top with a confectioners' sugar glaze, and you have a...
Cocoa-Stout Cake with Malted Buttercream on white marble sliced

Irish Baking for St. Patrick’s Day

You’re in luck this St. Patrick’s Day because we’ve rounded up all the recipes you’ll need to get your Irish on. Each dish packs a...
Matcha Battenburg Cake

Matcha Battenberg Cake

Earthy and herbaceous, with a mildly sweet finish, matcha is a powdered ceremonial green tea made only in Japan. In our Battenberg Cake, it...
Butter Pecan Poke Cake sliced on wire rack

Butter Pecan Poke Cake

A buttery sheet cake studded with the richest Georgia-grown pecans, this Butter Pecan Poke Cake is the definition of comfort baked from scratch. While sour cream in...

St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake

Though we had many forms of butter cake to choose from, we opted for the yeasted base (as a nod to its kuchen beginnings)...