4,878 sopa recipes

Famous Brown Derby red velvet cake with buttermilk-cocoa cake layers, vinegar reaction, and the original cooked-flour ermine frosting. Hollywood diner classic from the 1940s Wilshire icon.

Barbara Bush's signature chocolate chip cookies with a quirky splash of hot water in the dough that yields a crisp-edged, soft-centered cookie. A small-batch White House classic.

Milky Way layer cake melts eight candy bars with butter into a chocolate-caramel-nougat batter for a moist Southern celebration cake. Tender crumb, rich frosting-friendly base, layered or sheet style.

Whole wheat quick bread sweetened with prune butter and brightened with fresh orange juice and zest, studded with chopped pecans. A no-added-fat, no-added-sugar loaf with deep moisture.

Gingerbread dough made the old-fashioned way with boiled molasses, shortening, allspice, and cinnamon. Perfect for rolled cookies, houses, or cut-out shapes.

Homemade funnel cake fried crisp and golden, then dusted with powdered sugar. The classic carnival treat made from pantry staples, swirled straight from a funnel into hot oil.

Simple German Vollkornbrot, a dense whole-grain bread with 7-grain cereal, whole wheat flour, and molasses. No-knead, no-yeast overnight soak method for hearty, dark, German-style bread.

Clubwoman's Cake, a Depression-era egg-free and dairy-free chocolate cake made with vinegar and oil. A pantry-staples cake that mixes in one bowl with a fork and bakes up moist in 30 minutes.

Susan's apple cake is a one-bowl dump-and-bake with three whole apples, toasted walnuts, and a full tablespoon of cinnamon. The kind of homey loaf that improves the second day.

Joe Froggers, the giant New England molasses cookies. Spiked with rum, dark with molasses, warmed with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice. Roll, cut big, bake.

Classic Joe Froggers are old-school New England molasses cookies sized like dinner plates, spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg for a chewy, sailor-strong bite that holds up for weeks in a tin.

Slice and bake gingersnap cookies with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. Make the dough, freeze in logs, and bake fresh cookies anytime for up to six months.

Vollkornbrot is a dense German whole grain bread made with 7-grain cereal, whole wheat flour, and molasses. No yeast, no kneading, baked low and slow for 3 hours and keeps 2 weeks.

Painted sugar cookies decorated before baking with egg yolk paint and food coloring. A fun, creative baking project for kids that skips messy icing entirely.

Dairy-free fruitcake with stewed raisins, cinnamon, and nutmeg, made without eggs, butter, or milk. A dense, spiced raisin cake where the stewing liquid adds moisture and natural sweetness.

Spritz dainties for the cookie press, made with brown sugar instead of white for a deeper butterscotch note. Buttery shaped cookies brushed with egg white wash and decorated for the holidays.