Baked Good Recipes

Italian cream cake stacks three buttermilk-tender layers loaded with toasted pecans and shredded coconut, then crowns it all with cream cheese frosting. A Southern bakery showpiece.

Lemon queen cake is a four-layer white cake with lemon curd filling, lemon-butter frosting, and lemon-tossed coconut pressed into the sides. A stunning Southern celebration cake.

Gooseberry pie with a tapioca-thickened filling and a hint of orange zest. Baked in a double crust that starts hot for a flaky bottom and finishes at a moderate temperature.

Mom's banana loaf bakes ripe bananas, butter, and eggs into a tender, simple quick bread. Eight-ingredient family recipe, makes one large loaf or three small.

A classic pound cake made without salt or leavening, relying on nine eggs and thorough creaming for its tender, dense crumb. Brightened with fresh lemon juice and vanilla, this low-sodium recipe bakes into a tall, golden beauty in a tube pan.

Blueberry bundt cake from a mix: yellow cake jazzed up with lemon yogurt, applesauce, and 3 cups of fresh blueberries, with a hidden cinnamon-sugar-nut layer in the middle.

Kris Kringle no-bake bars layer crisp rice cereal with peanut butter and corn syrup, topped with melted chocolate and butterscotch chips. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, no oven needed.

Chocolate icebox cookies slice and bake from a chilled dough log. Make-ahead, freezer-friendly slice-and-bake cookies that stay fresh for weeks before baking, perfect for holiday cookie tins.

Mexican cheese cookies are slim shortbread-style sticks made with shredded Monterey Jack folded into a buttery sugar dough, baked until golden at the edges.

Cookies and cream muffins loaded with chopped Oreos folded into a sour cream batter. Tender, moist, and studded with chocolate cookie chunks and cream filling in every bite.

Pecan tassies with cream cheese pastry shells filled with brown sugar, pecans, and egg. Bite-size pecan pies baked in mini muffin tins until golden and set.

Cinnamon raisin bread for the bread machine with just 10 minutes of hands-on prep. A simple dump-and-go recipe using bread flour, butter, and basic pantry ingredients.

Apple harvest cake baked in a fluted bundt pan with a half-whole-wheat batter, two cups of chopped apples, and toasted walnuts. Brown sugar and cinnamon drive the flavor, finished with a thin powdered sugar glaze.

Mandeltorte is a German almond torte with a buttery pastry shell, rich almond filling, raspberry jam layer, and piped lemon icing. An elegant European bakery-style dessert.

Louisiana banana cake with mashed bananas in a buttermilk batter, topped with sliced fresh bananas and a broiled coconut-brown sugar topping. A Southern sheet cake served warm.

Legendary loaded cookies with blended oatmeal, chocolate chips, grated chocolate bar, and nuts baked into buttery dough: the famous Neiman Marcus recipe that supposedly cost $250.