Baked Good Recipes

Red and black raspberry pudding cake with fresh and frozen berries simmered into syrup and spooned over a buttery cake batter. The berries sink while baking, creating a soft pudding-cake top.

Three-layer red velvet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and vinegar topped with a cooked flour white icing. Old-fashioned Southern style with an ermine frosting that's not too sweet.

Red Velvet Cocoa Cake made with buttermilk, cocoa powder, and vinegar for a tender, tangy crumb with that classic crimson color. A Southern layer cake staple.

Chewy chocolate cookies loaded with Reese's peanut butter chips. Rich cocoa dough, soft and puffy from the oven, they flatten into fudgy discs as they cool.

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

Sweet rhubarb quick bread with brown sugar, chopped nuts, and a homemade buttermilk made from milk and vinegar. Makes two moist loaves that freeze well.

Rich pastry crust made with lard and schmaltz (chicken fat) for an extra-flaky, savory pie shell. The traditional savory pie pastry built on rendered animal fats for unmatched flavor and tenderness.

Old-fashioned applesauce cake with warm spices, walnuts, and raisins, baked in a tube pan and finished with a bourbon whiskey frosting. A holiday-worthy spice cake that improves overnight.

Light orange sponge cake rolled with orange marmalade filling, dusted with confectioners sugar. No butter or oil, just eggs, cake flour, and orange zest.

Rugelach with fruit jam are traditional Jewish crescent cookies rolled with cream cheese pastry around apricot or raspberry jam, cinnamon sugar, raisins, and walnuts. A Hanukkah favorite.

Rum raisin bundt cake made with ripe bananas, dark rum, walnuts, and allspice. A moist, no-fuss batter baked in a fluted tube pan and dusted with powdered sugar.

Chocolate oatmeal macaroons with cocoa, rolled oats, and a hint of almond extract. Crispy edges, chewy centers, and a rich cocoa flavor in every bite.

Santa Claus cookies are soft drop cookies with bright lemon zest, baked then frosted and decorated into jolly Santa faces. A Christmas cookie tray classic for kids.

Moist apple cake with warm vanilla cream sauce, shredded Granny Smith apples, cinnamon, and walnuts. Easy 8-inch square cake topped with homemade buttery sauce, perfect for fall dessert or cozy brunch.

Sauerkraut apple cake with walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg topped with orange-cinnamon cream cheese frosting. A secret ingredient cake nobody can guess.

Scots shortbread with just three ingredients: flour, butter, and powdered sugar. Kneaded, patted thin, and baked low and slow until golden and crumbly.