Pistachio-Lime Polenta Cake
This lime-infused polenta cake boasts a light texture and rich, buttery flavor. It’s perfect for teatime or dessert, but we won’t judge if you sneak a slice for breakfast.
Desserts
Kentucky Butter Cake
This sweet, buttery Southern pound cake is infused with rum extract and topped with a buttery vanilla sauce. Thankfully, it makes a big cake because it’s nearly impossible to stop after just one slice.
Cracked Brownie Cookies
No one should ever have to choose between a fudgy brownie and a chocolate cookie.
Homemade Caramel-Coconut Oreos
Dark chocolate cookies, creamy caramel filling, and coconut collide in spectacular fashion to create the ultimate sandwich cookie.
Banana Coconut Rum Bundt Cake
Take your tastebuds on a tropical vacation with this light and airy banana and coconut cake that’s topped with a rum glaze.
Chocolate Stout Cake
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (or any day) with this Guinness-infused chocolate cake that’s smothered in swirls of browned butter cream cheese frosting.
Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream
These decadent cupcakes, topped with swirls of creamy frosting, are proof that chocolate, coffee, and peanut butter are indeed a perfect combination.
Raspberry Almond Crumble Cake
This pretty cake is so simple to make and so darn delicious that we see no point in waiting until dessert to enjoy it. Bring on breakfast.
Orange, Olive Oil, and Poppyseed Cake
We can’t stop singing the praises of this stunning dessert that tops a rich, citrusy olive oil cake with balsamic macerated strawberries and whipped cream. We bet you won’t be able to stop, either.
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
There’s a reason that this Southern cake is a classic. One bite of the pineapple, maraschino cherry, and pecan-topped dessert, and you’ll understand why.
Nutella Truffles
Orbs of Nutella, chocolate, and cream, all dusted in cocoa powder. Need we say more?
Chocolate Pavlova with Raspberries
This easy dessert tops a crisp-chewy dark chocolate meringue with whipped Nutella cream and fresh berries. What’s not to love?
Spiced Rye Ginger Cookies
The alluring spice blend and perfect combination of crispy and chewy has this cookie recipe on repeat in our kitchens.
Black Sesame and Lime Cake
This cake from Great British Bake-Off contestant Chetna Makan offers a bright and citrusy punch, thanks to lime and orange zest. Black sesame seeds offer a pleasant crunch.
Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies
No need to wait all year for your favorite cookies to come around. These sandwich cookies beat anything from a box. Sorry, Girl Scouts.
No-Bake Snowballs
Not all holiday sweets have to be loaded with sugar and fat. As delish as that is, you might crave something with a little healthy oomph.
Toffee Tart with Pine Nuts and Rosemary
This tart’s an unusual but fantabulous confection. The meatiness of the nuts, the piney notes of rosemary, the citrusy orange, and sweetness of the toffee play oh-so-nicely together.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Tender chocolate cookies that have a little secret, in the form of a creamy peanut butter filling. It might seem like magic but it’s actually pretty easy.
Vanilla Bean Sablés
These vanilla bean sables are everything you want in a cookie: tender, buttery crumb and the sweet seduction of vanilla.
Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart
Chocolate and peanut butter might just be the most perfect marriage possible. This dessert is also elegant. Oh, and did we mention easy too?
Easy Shortbread Cookies
If you’ve been intimidated by shortbread, this recipe really is easy. The addition of cornstarch keeps it flaky and light. Give them a try, they’re superb.
Gingerbread Biscuits
Want to party like the Earl of Grantham? These old-school gingerbread biscuits are very nearly the closest thing served at Downton Abbey.
Clove, Cinnamon, and Chocolate Cookies
Sometimes, a chilly afternoon just calls for a warm beverage and something full of cloves, cinnamon, and chocolate that’s perfect for dipping.
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Christmas eating is mostly about the cookies, we think. Pull out your favorite cookie cutters and sparkliest sprinkles because it’s that time of year!
Make-Ahead Cinnamon Coffee Cake
No need to get up hours ahead to produce a cinnamon-y sweet coffee cake, still warm from the oven. Mix it all ahead and pop it in the oven when you wake up. It’s that easy, ya’ll!