Recipes with baking powder

Poppy seed cake made with real vanilla bean and a folded meringue for an incredibly light, tender crumb. Topped with cream cheese frosting for a classic finish.

Triple layer chocolate cake made with both melted chocolate and cocoa, plus yogurt and coffee for a moist, tender crumb. A lighter approach to a towering celebration cake.

Granny's icebox sugar cookies sliced from a chilled log, sprinkled with sugar and nutmeg, and baked into crisp-edged, soft-centered rounds. The make-ahead slice-and-bake recipe with old-fashioned charm.

Chocolate pound cake made with melted German chocolate, butter, and a hint of almond extract. Dense, rich, and baked in a Bundt pan with no frosting needed.

Rich chocolate drop cookies loaded with flaked coconut, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips, each topped with a pecan half. Melted unsweetened chocolate in the batter gives them a deep, fudgy flavor that tastes like a German chocolate cake in cookie form.

Buttery vanilla sheet cake spread with cherry pie filling and finished with a crumbly streusel topping. Feeds a crowd straight from the pan in under an hour.

Quick cinnamon flop coffee cake with a brown sugar crumble topping baked in one pan. Simple pantry ingredients, 45 minutes, and best served warm.

Spiced cocoa doughnuts: cake-style chocolate rings fried until light, then dusted warm with cinnamon-spiked powdered sugar. Mace and cinnamon in the dough add a soft, bakery-style aroma.

A two-layer cocoa cake with a cooked fudge frosting made the old-fashioned way, heated to soft-ball stage and beaten until thick. Cake flour keeps the crumb feathery light against that dense, candy-like frosting.

Impossible coconut pie: a self-crusting blender pie that magically separates into a crust on the bottom, custard in the middle, and toasted coconut on top. No pastry, no rolling, just pour and bake.

These banana fritters stay crispy thanks to a flour-dusted coating under a light egg-and-milk batter. Deep-fried golden in minutes and served hot for a crunchy, sweet snack or dessert.

A classic Italian-American family biscotti recipe with anisette liqueur and chopped nuts, twice-baked until golden and crunchy. Keeps for 6 weeks or freezes beautifully.

Tender drop cookies with slivered almonds and almond extract, baked at low temperature until lightly golden. Classic sandies that melt in your mouth.

Irish log rolls a tender chocolate sponge cake around mint-flavored whipped cream filling for a green-and-chocolate jelly roll cake, perfect for St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

Warm cinnamon and nutmeg spice this tender carrot cake studded with toasted pecans. Orange cream cheese frosting crowns the bundt for a citrusy finish.

Light, tender coconut cookies with almond extract and egg whites. Golden drop cookies that bake up delicate and crisp in just 12 minutes.