Cakes & Cupcakes

Cherry Chocolate Dream Cake is the heavy, dense, unapologetically chaotic dessert you make when you need maximum visual impact with absolutely zero technical pastry skills. Traditional Black Forest cakes are a nightmare. You have to …

Festive Confetti Christmas Bread is exactly what you make when you want the nostalgia of a childhood Funfetti cake, but you need to disguise it as an acceptable holiday breakfast. Most Christmas breads are incredibly …

Christmas Peppermint Swirl Fudge is the undisputed king of zero-effort holiday desserts. Forget boiling sugar to soft-ball stage. Forget candy thermometers. Traditional fudge is an absolute nightmare that requires the precision of a chemist, and …

Hawaiian Carrot Pineapple Cake is the incredibly dense, aggressively moist tropical powerhouse that puts standard, boring carrot cakes to absolute shame. Regular carrot cake has a tendency to be dry and overly reliant on cinnamon …

Creamy Banana Pudding Cheesecake with Vanilla Wafer Crust is the hybrid dessert that permanently ends the debate over what to bring to a southern potluck. Classic banana pudding is fantastic, but it is structurally weak. …

Peppermint Bark Cheesecake is the heavy, aggressive holiday dessert you make when you are tired of polite, airy sugar cookies. Peppermint bark is an incredible candy, but it is fundamentally just a sheet of hard …

Christmas Red Velvet Cheesecake with Oreo Crust is the aggressive, show-stopping dessert you need when standard sugar cookies simply will not cut it for the holiday table. Standard red velvet cake is notoriously dry. It …

Traditional Boston Cream Pie is one of the most frustrating desserts you can attempt to make at home. The classic version is essentially two massive layers of dry vanilla sponge cake with a puddle of …

I have a love-hate relationship with gingerbread. I absolutely love the deep, spicy, molasses flavor, but I aggressively hate making gingerbread men. The process of chilling the dough, rolling it out, cutting out little shapes, …

If you hate making cheesecake, you are going to love this recipe. Traditional New York-style cheesecake is a nightmare for a home baker. You have to make a crust, you have to carefully beat the …