Dessert

Call all your vegan friends! This incredibly moist, expertly spiced carrot cake is worth throwing a party for.

Semolina flour is ground from durum wheat and is usually used to make pasta; toasting it deepens its flavor, and its fine grain yields a tender, custardy cake.

Choose a mild, not-too-peppery olive oil for this tender cake; something fruity will complement the lemony sweetness, but an assertively bitter oil will overwhelm.

To check if your meringue is stiff, lift the beaters out of the bowl and upend them: The peaks should stick straight up.

Adding almond flour to the pastry dough makes for a super-tender, toasty-looking crust. 

For us, no trip abroad is complete without stocking up on these foreign candies, from mango bars to marshmallow-covered shortbread

Try a combination of strawberries and rhubarb in this buckle-inspired breakfast cake.

Using a cookie cutter as a guide to shape and form the scones instead of rolling and cutting them out ensures tenderness.

These buns can be assembled the night before, needing only a final rise before baking. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

We developed a reader's recipe in our test kitchen—a Salted Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake—and are totally excited about the results.

The only chocolate sheet cake you need is a Texas chocolate sheet cake. This recipe is from one of our readers.

Is there anything worst than a bad batch of brownies? Here are the biggest mistakes people make when baking brownies—plus how to avoid them.

Substitute whole almonds for the hazelnuts in these brown-buttery cakes, or use a combination of both.

The dough for these airy desserts is also the foundation for éclairs, cream puffs, and pâte à choux. Minus the ice cream and berries, they make a sweet little breakfast pastry.

We love the combination of gently cooked and raw strawberries in this not-too-sweet version of the classic dessert.

Strawberries and rhubarb are a power duo in pie; here raw rhubarb plays a tart counter to sweet strawberries.

Like a cinnamon-sugar doughnut in muffin form. You’ve been warned.

Once you get the hang of this fail-proof tart, feel free to riff. Try walnuts or hazelnuts instead of almonds, and any kind of jam (but no jelly).

Look, we're fine with cupcakes, but the world of baking is so much bigger. Here are 15 other sweet treats we'd rather bake than cupcakes

Remake a retro classic with this pineapple upside-down cake recipe.

Our readers asked for a tart recipe: We made a sweet, nutty one with cherry jam and almonds.