Filling the house with the smell of fresh vanilla and warm sugar is a simple joy that makes any afternoon feel special. These easy recipes take the hard work out of baking, proving you don’t need a ...

Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake is a rich, indulgent dessert made with a red velvet cake mix crust and a soft, chocolatey cream cheese filling. These easy dessert bars bake up gooey in the center with ...

Here's a pro baker's secret that you can easily use at home to make the best chocolate cake: Bloom the cocoa powder. Blooming ...

Along the bottom of a greased 9- x 13-inch pan, spread sliced rhubarb. Evenly sprinkle with sugar, strawberry-flavored Jell-O ...

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This in-between time of year in Southern California can be both wonderful and confounding. If you’ve ever spent any time outside of SoCal, September usually means the chance to pull on a sweater and ...

Inspired by espresso tonic drinks, which often use orange peel as a garnish, I add brewed coffee to this cake to bring out the floral notes of the chocolate and tie them together with those of the ...

If I ask three people what their favorite chocolate cake is, I’ll get three completely different answers. One might say chocolate mousse cake, while another might share theirs is a three-layer devil’s ...

Ree Drummond's recipe for icebox cake is so simple to make ahead and chill for later. With just three ingredients, the cake comes together easily with layers of wafer cookies and homemade whipped ...

In Sgubin's 1998 cookbook "Cooking for Madam: Recipes and Reminiscences from the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," the former chef and nanny shares not only recipes, but intimate snapshots of the ...