Pavlovas were developed in honor of the great ballerina Anna Pavlova while she was dancing in Australia and New Zealand. Both countries claim ownership...
Author: Martha Stewart
Cream cheese and crème fraîche give this chocolate frosting its nuanced flavor. It's delicious on any cake, no matter the flavor, but it pairs especially...
Author: Martha Stewart
When it comes to baking with peak-season plums, simple really is the best route. A golden brown puff-pastry crust-store bought or homemade-makes the perfect...
Author: Sarah Carey
Start a new Halloween tradition: Bake chocolate cookies cut into the shapes of ghostly bats and cats.
Author: Martha Stewart
Classic sugar cookies take baking back to basics. But in their simplicity lies their perfection: It's hard to beat the delicate flavor of cookies with...
Author: Martha Stewart
This delicious whoopie pie filling is courtesy of Cranberry Island Kitchens.
Author: Martha Stewart
For a sure-fire winner this time of year, nothing beats pecan pie. Let your little helpers add the pecans and chocolate chips, then measure and mix the...
Author: Martha Stewart
This multilayered dessert is much easier to put together than you might imagine. The chocolate bark requires a bit of precision, but then it's simply a...
Author: Martha Stewart
This white chocolate mousse is a key component of the impressive Birch de Noel cake.
Author: Martha Stewart
Forget the juicy insides. The peel is where citrus's true flavor resides, as these svelte candies prove. Blanching does away with any bitterness, leaving...
Author: Martha Stewart
Use this recipe to make our New York-Style Cheesecake with Cookie Crust.
Author: Martha Stewart
This dessert-a red, white, and blue berry trifle-would be right at home at a Fourth of July barbecue. Strawberries can be substituted for raspberries.
Author: Martha Stewart
Dried pineapple gives these cookies their tropical flavor.
Author: Martha Stewart
This pie is all about the slow reveal: It appears to be a simple chocolate mousse with a cookie crust. Cut into it, though, and guests will gasp at this...
Author: Greg Lofts
Graham flour is available at bobsredmill.com. Find star-shaped cookie cutters at baking-supply stores or at cookiecutter.com.
Author: Martha Stewart
Imagine those caramel apples you loved as a kid, now all grown up and baked into a cake, courtesy of John Barricelli.
Author: Martha Stewart
Got 30 minutes? Then you can make these quick patrioticly-hued, red, white, and blue pops, which are a perfect dessert for the Fourth of July. You can...
Author: Martha Stewart
Treading ground somewhere between cake and pudding, clafouti is a traditional French baked dessert that combines fresh fruit with a rich batter. Most recipes...
Author: Martha Stewart
Don't be fooled -- these rich-looking desserts may look like a cheesecake had a baby with a molten chocolate cake, but they're much lower in fat thanks...
Author: Martha Stewart
Once the upside-down cake is turned out of its pan, the cranberries coated in maple syrup make a dramatic topping.
Author: Martha Stewart
The tops of these brownie-like cookies look as if they've been shattered. Coat the balls of dough thoroughly in confectioners' sugar before they go in...
Author: Martha Stewart
Peppermint extract gives these wreath cookies their fresh flavor. They're finished with a marbled red-and-white glaze, evoking the classic holiday candy...
Author: Martha Stewart
Author: Martha Stewart
This filling and frosting are perfect with our Chocolate and Yule Nut Log.
Author: Martha Stewart
This recipe combines a buttery Scottish tradition with the flavors of the Hawaiian Islands.
Author: Martha Stewart
These easy drop cookies are a cinch to make but have a taste that's truly next level. After the dough gets mixed with a generous amount of cinnamon and...
Author: Shira Bocar
A kitchen torch is an inexpensive, handy tool for quickly caramelizing sugar into crackled tops for these dense puddings made with Arborio rice. If you...
Author: Martha Stewart
Buttery classic, sugar cookies make a delicious treat anytime. Here, Martha heightens them to special-occasion status with a simple glaze and a fanciful...
Author: Martha Stewart
This family recipe for Great-Aunt Annie's traditional shortbread comes from viewer-baker Anne Evans.
Author: Martha Stewart
A scoop of this on the side of summer barbecue is pure heaven -- it's a welcome addition to your potato- and pasta-salad rotation.
Author: Martha Stewart
This gently spiced, vanilla-scented pudding is so velvety you'd never suspect that it's made with skim milk instead of regular. It can also be served warm....
Author: Martha Stewart
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Unlike traditional recipes, this batter produces very flat and crisp chocolate chip cookies. Use an ice cream scoop to ensure even baking and uniform size....
Author: Martha Stewart
Crisp, mildly spiced twice-baked cookies make a lovely accompaniment to fresh berries and sherbet but are equally nice alongside a cup of tea.
Author: Martha Stewart
This rich yellow layer cake with sour-lemon filling and chocolate frosting has been one of Martha's favorites since she was a child. Buttermilk adds depth...
Author: Martha Stewart
This delicious recipe for Jacques Torres's secret chocolate chip cookies is one of Martha's all-time favorites.
Author: Martha Stewart
Homemadesandwich cookies are somuch better than the onesthat fill grocery-storeshelves. Here, a pair of perfectly chewy chocolatecookies are brought togetherbya...
Author: Martha Stewart
This cardamom-scented sunburst of a Bundt cake gets a double dose of orange-liqueur-spiked syrup: It's soaked into the bottom via skewer-poked holes, and...
Author: Greg Lofts
Fresh raspberry-and-white-chocolate cream is a lofty alternative tofrosting or jam filling. Using a small icecream scoop to form the vanilla sugarcookies...
Author: Martha Stewart
This dessert is baked using a technique called a "bain marie" (water bath), in which the baking dish is set inside a larger pan filled with hot water.From...
Author: Martha Stewart
This British dessert is traditionally served at Eton College's annual July 4 prize-giving celebration.
Author: Martha Stewart
One hallmark of meringue buttercream is that it spreads like a dream. This versatile version is flavored very simply with vanilla. The Dog Cake, Owl Cake,...
Author: Martha Stewart
Use this recipe to make our Blackberry Buttermilk Cake.
Author: Martha Stewart
Seasonal fruit glazed with syrup and topped with cardamom cream is lovely for a fall dinner.
Author: Martha Stewart
This dough can also be used for Chocolate-Pecan, Coconut-Lime Oatmeal, Peanut Butter and Cherry, and Chocolate-Toffee Oatmeal drop cookies.
Author: Martha Stewart
Nougat is a classic Mediterranean confection that normally requires fussing over a pot of molten sugar with a candy thermometer. Our express version is...
Author: Martha Stewart
Wild Maine blueberries make a surprisingly delicious partner for roasted Granny Smith apples in this deep-dish pie and tint the filling a vivid shade of...
Author: Martha Stewart