Cake

Roasting strawberries is a great way to get that Valentine’s Day staple on your dessert menu, even with out-of-season berries.

We took the classic yeasted French dessert cakes known as babas on a tropical vacation with a boozy pineapple-rum sauce and pillowy whipped coconut cream.

Each bite of this luscious, melt-in-your-mouth banana cake is crowned with a crackly sugar crust that’s worth grabbing a kitchen torch to make.

Ayesha Curry’s holiday-worthy rum cake gets its cheery flavor from two kinds of rum: spiced rum in the cake batter and dark rum in the sticky maple glaze.

Almond flour is a wonderfully sweet, nutty complement for fresh carrots, walnuts, and raisins.

These showstopping miniature baked Alaskas are as foolproof as they are impressive, plus every easy-to-make component can be made ahead of time.

This tender, gently spiced cake enrobed in dark chocolate ganache requires that you make your own sweet potato purée. And yes, it’s absolutely worth it.

When life gives you lemons, make Mina Stone's irresistibly moist and zesty olive oil cake. 

If you wait all year for apple-picking season then spend all fall baking every single apple dessert, this earthy, nutty apple and rye cake has your name all over it.

Imagine if a cinnamon roll and a pound cake had a fluffy little baby, and that baby got drizzled with cream cheese icing. Thanks to Jocelyn Delk Adams and her grandmother, this baby is a reality (and we have the recipe).

A no-bake icebox cake with fresh raspberries and smooth caramel cream to help you beat the summer heat.

Blueberries and saffron may seem like they’re from different worlds, but here they come together like delicious star-crossed lovers.

Warm ginger and fragrant cardamom kick this classic loaf cake up a notch.

Tangy sour cherries meet sweet and pillowy cheesecake in the ultimate spring-to-summer dessert.

Sorry we said "moist" a lot of times.

It's the ticket to fluffy, tender, tall cakes.

Extremely plush, fine-crumbed, and dare-we-say moist, this is like the best wedding cake—and you mix it entirely by hand.

Because it should look as good as it tastes.

A modern take on the classic poke cake, inspired by Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger tea, with a marshmallow whipped cream frosting.

The best part of this Passover-friendly flourless chocolate cake from Masa Madre bakery in Chicago might be the Mexico-inspired café de olla ganache that gets poured over top.

This gluten-free cake is decadent and moist, with a surprising soufflé-like texture.

Ricotta adds a buttery richness and bit of tang to this cake, but you can substitute full-fat cottage cheese.

For when you want a cake that looks like it’s from a $$$ bakery, but you def don’t own a stand mixer.

This lightly spiced chocolate cake from Yossy Arefi's book Snacking Cakes is packed with pumpkin purée and features spices often found in Mexican chocolate. If you choose to use it, the pinch of cayenne adds a pleasing bit of warmth.