Cake
With This Easy Cake Method, You’ll Never Cream Butter and Sugar Together Again
The reverse-creaming technique is almost impossible to mess up—and it makes sure that you'll end up with a light, fluffy cake.
Victoria Sponge Cake
Victoria sponge cake’s simple filling of whipped cream, jam, and fruit makes it the perfect dessert for a celebration.
Say Goodbye to Bad Yellow Cake
A better yellow cake—one that’s moist, tender, and full of flavor—is possible.
Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake
It’s official: The best vegan chocolate cake is also the easiest chocolate cake in the world, no dairy or stand mixer required!
Put Mayonnaise in Your Cake, Just Like Grandma Did
Mayonnaise has been helping bakers make softer, moister cakes for nearly a century.
Meet Me in St. Louis—or My Kitchen—for Gooey Butter Cake
Gooey butter cake is the Midwestern dessert that keeps on giving.
Gooey Butter Cake
The signature dessert of St. Louis is just what its name suggests—a wonderfully gooey butter cake that doesn’t quite set when baked.
53 Best Chocolate Cake Recipes to Make Any Week a Better Week
A year’s worth of chocolate cakes, ready for baking.
Inside-Out German Chocolate Cake
The coconut-pecan filling stays inside this take on classic German chocolate cake. On the outside? A rich, silky chocolate glaze.
Double Chocolate Layer Cake
This old-fashioned chocolate cake made our staff swoon! Chef Ed Kasky uses Callebaut semisweet chocolate for the cake and Guittard French-vanilla chocolate for the frosting, but any fine-quality semisweet chocolate will produce a wonderful result.
Baked Alaska Saint Pierre
Truly showstopping, Baked Alaska is an exercise in contradictions: the flaming, meringue-coated confection houses layers of ice cream and cake within.
Marjolaine
Made with nutty meringue, rich chocolate ganache, and vanilla and hazelnut buttercreams, the marjolaine is the perfect cake for special occasions.
This Milk-Drenched Olive Oil Cake Is the Best Dessert I Made in 2021
Soak a lemon–olive oil chiffon with lots of dairy for this Italian-American riff on tres leches cake.
Tre Latte Olive Oil Cake
This is a tres leches meets olive oil cake, lightened up with a chiffon base to help soak in all of the milk.
How to Make a Tipsy Trifle Without a Recipe
A trifle is the perfect opportunity to finish leftover nuts, dried fruits, and bits of cookies or chocolate, letting you play with flavors or highlight classic combinations.
Pistachio-Cherry Cake
Pistachios are my favorite; I can very easily work my way through a whole bag, leaving a trail of broken shells as evidence, so naturally this is a cake that I make quite often.
These Bite-Size No-Bake-Cheesecakes Are Like Ice Cream Bars, But Better
What would you do for an anytime treat that speeds past the nostalgic frozen dessert which inspired it? First things first: Make them. Second things second: Love them.
47 Ways to Make Exceptionally Delicious Cheesecake Right Now
If you're going to bake a cheesecake, it might as well be a showstopper.
This Basque-Style Sweet Potato Cheesecake Is a Delicious Study in Contrasts
The rich, earthy flavor of baked sweet potatoes meets the luscious sweetness of a deeply browned cheesecake.
Basque-Style Sweet Potato Cheesecake
This subtly spiced, sweet potato-based marvel borrows from the Basque cheesecake tradition. It's baked until its exterior is a deep copper, with a pale interior.