9 Mistakes Almost Everyone Makes With Royal Icing
That colorful coating might look pretty on your Christmas cookies, but royal icing can be, well, a royal pain. Here...
11 Types of Frosting All Bakers Need to Know
There's a whole world of tasty frosting beyond the canned stuff. Learn how to make all the best types of...
What Is Royal Icing? (And How Do You Make It?)
It's easier to make royal icing than you think!
Carrot Spice Thumbprint Cookies
Carrot cake is a family favorite, and these delicious cookies with shredded carrots, dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, cinnamon and cloves...
Chocolate Spice Layer Cake with Caramel Icing
Mariann James of Ferguson, Missouri created a sweet and salty favorite with her original recipe for chocolate spice cake with...
Cinnamon-Spice Brownies
Gail Mehle of Rock Springs, Wyoming submitted the original recipe for these brownies with a secret ingredient: cinnamon. The spicy...
Apple Pie Cupcakes
Turn the classic cupcake into a fall favorite with our rendition of apple pie cupcakes. Filled with a sweet apple...
Copycat Berger Cookies
After a friend who had recently traveled to Baltimore sent me a package of Berger cookies, I was hooked. They...
Macarons
These cookies are a French classic, but you don't need to rush to a patisserie. Learn how to make macarons...
Ugly Sweater Cookies
Perhaps the most amazing thing about Ugly Sweater Cookies is how cute they are. Try these classic gingerbreads on for...
Summertime Fun Cookies
Use this basic sugar cookie recipe to make the perfect poolside treat. Kids (and adults) won't be able to get...
Reindeer Cake
Whether you turn this cake into a reindeer or decorate it with your own creative vision, it’s a three-layer stunner...
25 Decadent Desserts with Cream Cheese Frosting
Desserts with cream cheese frosting are always a favorite. Go beyond basic carrot cake and check out even more ways...
German Apple Cake
Bursting with pieces of juicy apple, warmly spiced with cinnamon and crowned with a sweet cloud of cream cheese frosting,...
Coca-Cola Cake
Our coca-cola cake recipe uses not one but two cans of everyone's favorite soda. Move over, mayonnaise! Cola is our...
Apple Walnut Cake
There are fancy cakes that are light and fluffy, but when fall comes around you can’t get much better than...
Blackberry Cake
Wild blackberries are plentiful here, so I started making this cake to put that pretty crop to good use. Everyone...
Chocolate Chiffon Cake
This chocolate chiffon cake may take some practice to perfect, but once you do, it may be difficult to remember...
Lemon Orange Cake
I like to bake this lovely three-layer lemon and orange cake instead of a more traditional pie for Thanksgiving. It...
White Texas Sheet Cake
This classic white Texas sheet cake is delicious, and surprisingly quick and easy to make. You won't even need to...
Amaretto Butter Frosting
Put the crowning touch on cupcakes with this rich and buttery Amaretto topper. —Anette Stevens, Olds, Alberta
Banana Bars
Moist and full of sweet banana flavor, these easy banana bars are a delicious way to use up ripe bananas....
Caramel Apple Cake
When fall arrives, you’ll want to bake this caramel apple cake—it’s delicious, moist and topped with rich icing....
Chocolate Almond Cake
Fluffy white homemade frosting tops this rich chocolate almond cake. Sliced toasted almonds on top add a little crunch. —Sherri...
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
Part protein bar and part cookie, these oatmeal chocolate chip bars are the perfect sweet treat for an after-school snack...
Chocolate Bavarian Torte
Whenever I take this eye-catching torte to a potluck, I get so many requests for the recipe. —Edith Holmstrom, Madison,...
Cute Pig Cookies
Every year when National Pig Day rolls around, I make this taste treats to celebrate.—Becky Baldwin, Annville, Pennsylvania
Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting
You can get a moist, flavorful cake without any weird ingredients using this recipe for chocolate cake with vanilla frosting....
Cookies-and-Cream Cake
If you like cookies-and-cream ice cream, you'll love this cake. Chocolate sandwich cookies are mixed into the batter and pressed...