Dessert
Candy Your Kumquats. Your Cakes Will Thank You
If you only buy kumquats once this year, give them the five-star treatment.
Candied Kumquats
These orange beauties with thin, edible skins are a tasty winter treat. Make candied kumquats to garnish any cake.
Chawanmushi With Clams and Shiitake Mushrooms
Chawanmushi, a Japanese savory, soupy custard, makes a wonderful first course, served either hot or cold.
31 Banana Recipes to Put That Ripe (Or Overripe) Bunch to Work
Start your morning with banana pancakes and end the day with a slice of chocolaty banana cake.
49 Elegant French Desserts for a Parisian Pastry Experience at Home
All the cream puffs, soufflés, and tarts to ooh la la over.
How King Cake Became Carnival Royalty in New Orleans
With or without the plastic baby baked inside, this purple, green, and gold cake is an icon of Mardi Gras.
43 Impressive Vegan Desserts for Plant-Based Dinner Parties
Plus a few easy ones for nights on the couch.
Sticky Banana and Chocolate Skillet Cake
The skillet cake has a soft, oozing chocolate center and is topped with sticky bananas.
The 23 Most Popular Dessert Recipes of 2022
Epicurious readers couldn’t get enough of these custards, pies, and layer cakes.
Blueberry Pancake Cobbler
Pancake batter replaces the classic cake-like topping in this breakfast-friendly blueberry cobbler.
23 Pudding Recipes You’ll Want to Eat Straight From the Pot
Think outside the foil-topped cup and try one of our best pudding recipes.
Marcella Hazan’s 3-Ingredient Dessert Ends Any Meal With Style
Caffeine, booze, ice cream. This dessert has it all.
The Complete Epicurious Cake Recipe Finder
Explore our cake recipes finder to find the cake that suits your schedule and your cravings. Click on a cake icon and read more!
17 Quick Cookie Recipes for Holiday Cheer in Record Time
When a cookie craving comes on strong, you need these quick cookies.
Vegan Banana Bread With Chocolate and Miso
This vegan banana bread recipe gives you a loaf that's moist, perfectly salty, and just sweet enough.
Francia Krémes
This dessert of puff pastry layers sandwiched with a thick cream filling is even richer than its French cousin, the Napoleon.
Somlói Galuska
Make somlói galuska in advance: the chocolate-cream “dumplings" require at least eight hours to soak up the golden rum syrup.
Sandkage (Rose Pound Cake)
Almonds keep this sandkage super moist, so it is great for a day after, especially dunked in coffee.
How to Pack, Store, and Send Holiday Cookies
We talked to some pros about how to keep those holiday cookies as fresh as possible in the weeks after your baking marathons.
Look for This Cookie Shortcut in the Freezer Aisle
If you ask pastry chefs like Christina Tosi, Claire Saffitz, or Nadiya Hussain, store-bought phyllo and puff pastry are just smart hacks for perfect tarts and cookies.