1,622 topping recipes

Eggless chocolate banana snack cake with mashed ripe banana, cocoa, brown sugar, and a vinegar-baking soda lift. Topped with melted chocolate chips. A no-egg, no-dairy 8-inch square cake.

Microwave Parmesan tomatoes topped with butter, grated Parmesan, oregano, and parsley. A 5-minute side dish using just 5 ingredients and ripe summer tomatoes.

Red and golden raspberries marinated in a honeyed raspberry puree. A simple, elegant fruit dessert or topping for ice cream and angel food cake.

Blueberry crunch cake bakes a buttermilk cornmeal cake under a crown of fresh blueberries with a cinnamon-sugar crackle on top. Lighter than coffee cake, sweeter than cornbread. The Southern morning cake that disappears fast.

Grilled salmon with minted tomato salsa: pink fillets seared over fire and topped with a half-pureed warm salsa of tomato, mint, jalapeño, and green onion. A bright, garden-fresh dinner.

Miniature bagels made from scratch with a proper boil-then-bake method, topped with poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or onion flakes. Bite-sized, chewy bagels that freeze beautifully.

Fallen chocolate souffle cake: a dense, fudgy flourless-style cake of bittersweet chocolate, almond, and egg whites that puffs then collapses into a crackled top. An elegant, almost gluten-free dessert.

Baked sweet potato pudding with raw grated sweet potatoes, flaked coconut, evaporated milk, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A Caribbean-style comfort dessert that's creamy, coconutty, and golden-topped in just over an hour.

Fresh peach pie with a buttery crumb topping, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Sliced peaches macerate before baking for concentrated juicy flavor under a crispy streusel crust.

Chocolate nut torte: a four-layer sponge cake filled with silky cooked chocolate-buttercream frosting and topped with chopped nuts. An old-world holiday torte for special occasions.

Breaded mahi-mahi fillets pan-seared in olive oil, topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Parmesan, then baked until bubbly. A seafood twist on classic chicken Parmesan ready in 45 minutes.

Low-calorie chili rice with sauteed brown rice topped in a roasted green chile and cilantro sauce. A quick Mexican-inspired side dish with smoky, tangy flavor.

Apple or pear upside-down cake baked in a cast iron pan with a buttery base and golden caramelized fruit. A simple six-ingredient cake with crisp sugary edges and tender fruit on top.

Sliced apples baked under a crumbly corn flake topping spiked with orange zest, brown sugar, and nutmeg, then drizzled with fresh orange juice.

Lean chicken breast strips over brown rice simmered in chicken broth, tomatoes, cumin, and chili powder. Topped with pimentos, capers, and green peas.

Mocha brownies with cocoa and instant coffee topped with a boiled coffee icing and marbled melted chocolate drizzle. Fudgy, shiny, and intensely caffeinated.