Baked goods recipes

Waldorf Astoria red velvet cake made with buttermilk, cocoa, and red food coloring, topped with a cooked flour frosting that tastes like whipped cream. The legendary original recipe.

Waldorf red cake is the original 1920s Waldorf-Astoria red velvet cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and vinegar, finished with the classic ermine (cooked flour) frosting that ages out a true red velvet from cream cheese cake.

Healthy breakfast bran muffins with carrots, walnuts and dried fruit.

I make this cake for about 10 years, every time people like it.

Buttery shortbread logs dipped in melted semi-sweet chocolate and sprinkled with chopped walnuts. A 4-ingredient cookie with crisp, sandy texture and a rich chocolate finish.

Sturdy gingerbread dough engineered for building. Stiff enough to hold its shape, deeply spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg, ready for cookie houses, churches, and edible structures.

Soft homemade poppy seed bagels: food processor dough, quick poach, then baked golden. Chewy crust, tender crumb, classic poppy or sesame topping.

Dump cake with pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, and melted butter topped with coconut and nuts. A no-mix dessert where you literally dump everything into the pan and bake.

Baked peanut butter pie with a gooey corn syrup and egg custard filling in a flaky crust. Just six ingredients for a rich, Southern-style dessert that sets as it cools.

Creamy, moist and buttery, this greek style lemon cake is so tasty, the citrus flavor makes the cake so refreshing.

Cumulonimbus chocolate cake hides a secret ingredient: sauerkraut. Drained, snipped, and folded into a cocoa-and-coffee batter, it disappears completely and leaves behind a moist, fluffy chocolate cake. Frosted with a two-ingredient chocolate sour cream icing.

Old-fashioned custard pie with a lard-and-butter crust and a silky egg-milk filling dusted with nutmeg. Simple farmhouse dessert with a classic five-ingredient filling.

Pfeffernuesse (German pepper nut cookies) are tiny round spice cookies flavored with cinnamon, allspice, clove, nutmeg, and mace, finished with a drop of brandy before baking. A traditional Christmas cookie from Germany.

Adorable hand-shaped chocolate X and O cookies made with cocoa and decorated with icing. A fun Valentine's Day baking project for kids that yields 5 dozen hugs and kisses.

Therapeutic oatmeal cookies where you squeeze, smash, and beat the dough to release stress: brown sugar, margarine, oats, and flour become tender cookies through aggression.

Oreo Midnight Cake with a crushed Oreo crust, semi-sweet chocolate cake, vanilla cream filling, and cocoa frosting. A multi-layer chocolate-Oreo showstopper from scratch.