Dessert

How do you make chocolate sheet cake better? Just add brown butter frosting, whose nuttiness is enhanced by an ingredient found in most grocery stores.

Creamy sweetened condensed milk stands in for vanilla ice cream in this icy and refreshing take on the classic soda shop flavor combination.

Layers of gingersnap crust, tangy cheesecake, and tart lime curd make these freezer treats a warm-weather crowd-pleaser.

This cold, creamy, scoopable dessert features a ribbon of sumac-spiced mango and finely chopped dark chocolate.

This pie celebrates strawberries three ways: with a layer of jam, store-bought ice cream, and a tumble of fresh berries.

Swirls of sweet, jammy plum make their way into every bite of this easy no-churn frozen dessert.

No ice cream maker required to whip up this fruity, fancy-feeling frozen dessert.

A clever combo of olive oil and agave syrup keep these cookies miraculously chewy and tender even straight out of the freezer.

This showstopping pie is inspired by the classic flavors of guava and cheese pastelitos but takes a fraction of the effort.

This is our quintessential summer dessert: rich ricotta cake swirled through with jammy berries in every bite.

Our best Key lime pie recipe sports a whipped cream topping with Greek yogurt for extra tang. Coconut oil gives the graham cracker crust a tropical edge.

Sweet, creamy, and refreshing, this fluffy shaved ice recipe with strawberries and condensed milk is what we want to cool down with all summer long.

These party-friendly hand pies with a peppery butter crust, jammy strawberry filling, and tangy goat cheese frosting are destined for your next summer gathering.

Celebrate the brief (but wondrous!) apricot season with this simple frangipane tart—both the crust and filling come together in a food processor.

Creamy pudding, fluffy whipped cream, crunchy wafers, and juicy summer berries. It’s the best of banana pudding, without the soggy brown bananas.

The retro classic pineapple upside-down cake gets an instant upgrade with sophisticated, fruity Luxardo cherries.

A simple yet impressive pie with a tender cookie-like press-in crust and crumb topping? Amateur bakers, this one’s for you. 

Nothing says, “Thanks for raising me,” like a cake.

Why this dud candy keeps on keeping on, despite a distinct lack of redeeming qualities.

Studded with chocolate and cookies and flavored with anise-infused cream, this delightful cake is also a spectacular use for stale bread: Grind it up, then use it instead of flour.

Turn your kitchen into a Swedish bakery with this oversized take on the classic cardamom bun known as kardemummabulle.

With mashed bananas in the cake batter and sliced bananas sandwiched between the layers, our best banana cake recipe is a banana extravaganza.

Baking cheesecake in a loaf pan allows you to make a half-batch whenever the mood strikes.

Extra-toasty coconut and a chocolate surprise set these cookies apart from your average macaroon.