Baking

You'll need a special mold for this canelé recipe.

Bake this festive spice cake in your favorite Bundt pan or pudding bowl, or feel free to use an 8" springform pan. You can top the cake with Luscious Chocolate Icing (see recipe) or simply dust it with powdered sugar.

This citrus cake is decorated with thin slices of candied orange peel. If you have any left over, roll them in sugar and dip in melted icing for a sweet treat.

Chef Raymond Vandergaag dresses up this pistachio cake recipe with whipped cream and truffled honey, an unnecessary but welcome gilding of the lily.

Here's a soufflé recipe by Michel Richard of Citronelle in Washington, D.C. that can stand up for itself. Whip the whites until firm, but stop before they get too stiff.

We mix finely ground oats and almonds into the biscuit dough for extra texture, flavor, and nutritional value.

These tasty tarts are easy to bring to a picnic or potluck dinner. Serve one for dessert--and one for breakfast the next day. Dried California apricots are dark orange and have a tangier, more intense flavor than Turkish ones.

Looking for a go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies? Try this one on for size.

Skip the scones and biscuits for brunch; serve this sweet and beautiful take on focaccia instead.

This versatile dough recipe is ideally made in a stand mixer, but a food processor works surprisingly well, too. Use the dough to make sweet rolls, pretzels, and more.

This whimsical Easter bread recipe is traditionally made for Italian and Greek Easter celebrations, though many Eastern European countries also claim it as their own. Dye the eggs for a more festive look. Hunting for more Easter recipes? Hop over here.

A simple addition to the master dough results in deliciously scented rolls.

Swedish pearl sugar stands in for coarse salt in this sweet take on the soft pretzel.

This recipe calls for finely ground black sesame seeds, which create a deeply flavored and dramatically hued cake.

Why is this peanut butter cake recipe "fun?" Well, you'll just have to make it to find out.

In this classic coconut layer cake, coconut makes an appearance three different ways.