Cakes & Cupcakes

Daniel Orr loved the blondies his mother, Mary Lu Orr, baked when he was growing up in Columbus, Indiana. "She was al...

Tres leches—"three milks" in Spanish—is an immensely popular dessert throughout Latin America. The sweet (dulce) crea...

The original recipe for Ryan Hardy's delicious citrusy, nutty and dense cake comes from London's River Café rest...

The French call pound cake quatre-quarts ("four-fourths") because it is made with equal parts flour, sugar, eggs and ...

This moist cake, topped by a generous layer of cardamom-spiced, pecan-dotted crumbs, is a fabulous gift. F&W's Ka...

Kristin Donnelly is devoted to her mother's one-bowl Bundt cake because of its clove and cinnamon spices and its simp...

Tom Valenti was inspired to make this breakfast cake by a holiday memory that has nothing to do with breakfast: "When...

Kate Krader has been making these fudgy, sweet-salty brownies since she was 10 years old. As a kid she used regular t...

Père Roux refers to Father Roux, a New Orleans priest and cook who is one of chef John Besh's friends. Besh fash...

This clever recipe combines two cakes in one: gingerbread and cheesecake. The cheesecake half is light and creamy, wi...

Kuchen is a traditional German fruit- or cheese-filled yeast cake that's common in North Dakota (Nancy Olson says it'...

Cranberries usually appear on the holiday table as a condiment, but here they flavor a delicious cake, topped with a...

The genius of this layer cake is its extraordinarily crunchy filling, made with almonds, salted peanuts, creamy peanu...

This elegant but incredibly simple cake is rich, dense and buttery, flavored with vanilla and sweet Deglet Noor dates...

When pastry chef Lara Atkins was little, her mother made this cake for her bridge club; Atkins remembers how she and ...

Cheesecake cooked in a slow cooker has an unbelievably silky texture because the machine steams the cake as it bakes....

In this fun variation on traditional pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake spiced with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves gets f...

Because Neil Perry has a passion for wine, he uses Sauternes in every component of this dessert, from the cake to the...

"When I started delivering produce to Alex, it was a reality check," Don Jones says of his son, chef Alex Jones. "He ...

It is hard to eat just one of these nutty, gingery, cinnamony cupcakes with their bright-green flecks of grated zucch...