Baked Good Recipes

Buche de Noel: the iconic French Christmas yule log cake. Light sponge rolled around fruit jam, frosted with chocolate buttercream, and decorated to look like a snowy birch log. The classic holiday showstopper.

Carrot-ginger breakfast muffins with whole wheat pastry flour, fresh ginger root, maple syrup, and honey. Spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, naturally sweetened and wholesome.

Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Raisin and Walnut recipe

Almond Butter Disks: piped European-style almond cookies flavored with dark rum and lemon zest, sandwiched with raspberry-kirsch glaze. Patisserie elegance, makes 18 sandwiches.

Sourdough blueberry muffins made with whole wheat flour and sourdough starter for a tangy, tender crumb. Mixed by hand and baked until golden.

Empanadas de fruta filled with spiced dried fruit, raisins, pine nuts, and warm cinnamon-clove-nutmeg filling, deep-fried in a flaky homemade dough until golden and crispy.

Fudgy chocolate espresso bars with cocoa, instant espresso, and chopped pecans, topped with a whipped chocolate chip frosting. Rich, dense, and deeply caffeinated.

Soft yeasted cinnamon rolls made with skim milk powder and a touch of ginger in the dough. Optional sugar-substitute version makes these diabetic-friendly. Bakes 24 golden rolls in 25 minutes.

Fat-free chocolate cake leans on whipped egg whites and marshmallow creme instead of butter or oil for a light, fudgy crumb. No-fat dessert with cocoa, flour, and vanilla.

Orange oatmeal cookies sweetened with banana, honey, and orange juice concentrate. A low-fat cookie with no butter, no oil, raisins, walnuts, and fresh orange zest.

Italian double-baked chocolate biscotti with toasted almonds, cocoa, espresso powder, and a surprise hint of ginger and white pepper. Crisp, dark, and dunk-ready.

Chocolate cola cake with real cola in both the batter and the warm cocoa icing, plus buttermilk, mini marshmallows, and optional pecans. A Southern sheet cake classic.

French cookies are easy rum-and-raisin drop cookies: dark rum-soaked raisins folded into a buttery sugar dough. Crisp edges, soft centers, and a grown-up boozy aroma.

Maple pecan balls are buttery brown sugar cookies infused with maple extract and rolled around chopped pecans, each topped with a toasted pecan half. Tender, nutty, and built for holiday tins.

Low-fat whole wheat banana cake uses honey, canola oil, and whipped egg whites for a light, tall tube cake with real banana flavor. A lighter banana cake that doesn't sacrifice texture or moisture.

Rich chocolate Bundt cake made with Dutch process cocoa, espresso, buttermilk, and five eggs, topped with a glossy bittersweet chocolate glaze. A deeply chocolatey, bakery-quality cake.