Cakes & Cupcakes

This is a giant, crowd-pleasing cake, layering light, white cake with fluffy, rich chocolate ganache. Slideshow:...

Top Chef winner Kristen Kish adds ground pistachios and nutty brown butter to her adorable little cakes, based on a c...

On Top Chef, Kristen Kish’s winning menu included fennel pollen olive oil cake. She makes the simplified version here...

This killer cheesecake has an ethereally light, creamy texture and fantastic crunchy crust made from honey graham cra...

Pastry star Gale Gand layers her phenomenal, high-rising cake with an intensely chocolaty custard and coats it with c...

It’s hard to eat just one of these cupcakes, which combine moist, light chocolate cake with rich, chocolate-caramel f...

Excellent with coffee or tea, this moist cake has lots of crisp, salty, buttery crumbs on top. Slideshow: Great Cof...

“In Morocco, people aren’t big fans of desserts,” says Mourad Lahlou. “We eat fresh fruit after lunch, but on a reall...

“Being a good Hungarian Szegedi—my family’s real last name, which my grandfather changed when he came to America—our ...

Not-too-sweet and pleasantly dense, this is a great cake for any time of day, whether for dessert or breakfast.Slides...

In 1966, Texas housewife Ella Helfrich won second place in the Pillsbury bake-off with this classic American cake, wh...

When Matt Lewis became a baker, he started a quest to re-create the lemon Bundt cakes of his youth. After “a million ...

The solution to baking for 20 is to stick with easy desserts like this moist buttermilk cake, which can be made a day...

These soufflés collapse gracefully in their molds, so there’s no need to rush them to the table; they are more l...

Dipped in white chocolate, these red-velvet cake balls are perfect for turning into eyeballs on Halloween. With a ...

Matthew Accarrino cleverly adds juicy fresh figs to this delicious pancake-like French dessert, then tops it with por...

Professional baker Barb Finley, whose husband, Shane, makes wine for Lynmar Estate and his own Shane wines, usually s...

Grace Parisi brilliantly layers chocolate cookies with a quick mix of cream cheese, chocolate syrup and a little wate...

Light and moist, with an irresistible crispy top, this buttermilk cake has sweet-tart berries in every bite and takes...

At Boulud Sud, pastry chef Ghaya Oliveira makes a version of cassata, the ornate Sicilian dessert with layers of spon...