Dessert

The freshest Italian butter cookies are the ones you bake at home. This butter cookie recipe gives you delicate almond-scented cookies in your favorite design.

French buttercream eschews meringue in favor of pâte à bombe, a combination of whipped egg yolks and sugar, for the ultimate lush frosting.

Llike a leveled-up pastry cream enriched with whipped butter, German buttercream is the ideal filling for cakes and pastries.

This Louisiana Crunch Cake recipe uses shredded coconut and granulated sugar to obtain its crunchy exterior—a tasty contrast to the pound-cake-like interior. 

For the silkiest, most ethereal frosting imaginable, turn to Italian meringue buttercream.

The easiest frosting around, this American-style buttercream can be adapted as you please.

First time frosting a cake? You’re gonna need a reliable frosting recipe. Learn why Swiss meringue buttercream is our top choice for cake decorating.

Pile it on waffles, stir into Greek yogurt, or spoon over cheesecake or crepes: Blueberry compote knows no bounds.

A Midwestern dessert most easily described as peanut butter Rice Krispies Treats layered with chocolate and butterscotch, scotcheroos are practically impossible to dislike.

This easy, elegant lemon cake takes 10 minutes to pull together and can be made a day in advance.

This tres leches cake recipe gets its tenderness from the addition of a fourth type of milk and a kick from a shot of rum.

These triangular cookies—traditionally stuffed with poppy seed filling, but often with jam or jelly—are a signature of Purim.