Strawberry Ice Cream Pie
How to turn store-bought ice cream into an impressive summer dessert in minutes. You’re welcome.
2 hrs
Best Summer Desserts
New York Super Fudge Chunk
Ben & Jerry, we love you and we always will. But we make our own Super Fudge Chunk now that’s even more riddled with chunks of all sorts of super fudge-y spectacularness.
1 hr
Plum-Blueberry Upside-Down Cake
This purple-stained cake—er, what’s left of it—calls for just old-fashioned goodness and the season’s most compelling fruits. Got milk?
1 hr 30 mins
Fresh Cherry Tart with Cream Cheese Filling
For this easy tart, fresh cherries are piled atop creamy, whipped cream cheese filling and the whole shebang is nestled inside a nutty tart shell. Sounds divine, doesn’t it?
1 hr 10 mins
Our Favorite Pies
Bluebarb Pie
3 hrs
Rhubarb Brown Sugar Pie
3 hrs 25 mins
Lemon Meringue Pie
2 hrs 50 mins
Plum Crumble Pie
2 hrs 30 mins
Chocolate Buttermilk Pie
2 hrs 30 mins
Fresh Peach Pie
1 hr
Dessert FAQs
Dessert is often the highlight of a meal, particularly at a big holiday feast. It also often requires the most time and effort to prepare. Here are the answers to our most frequently asked questions on making and storing desserts, getting ahead of the game, and cooking for folks with dietary needs.
WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO STORE DESSERTS?
It depends on the type of dessert. If it’s made with dairy products, such as milk or cream, it should be stored in the refrigerator. Baked goods like cookies and bars can usually be stored in a sealed container at room temperature.
what types of dessert can BE MADE AHEAD OF TIME?
Frozen desserts such as ice cream, or ice cream pie, can be made several days in advance and stored in the freezer until you are ready to serve. Cakes and cupcakes can also be made and frozen, undecorated, for up to 3 months. Other desserts, such as brownies, cookies, and pies, can usually be made 1 to 2 days before serving.
What’s the best way to freeze desserts?
If you are making a frozen dessert, such as ice cream, we recommend storing it in a freezer-safe airtight container to prevent freezer burn. Cakes and cupcakes should be cooled completely before freezing. They can be stored, unfrosted, in resealable bags, or wrapped well in plastic.
can you suggest some desserts for guests who have allergies?
For guests who need to avoid gluten, we recommend this dark chocolate mousse. If you need a dessert for vegan, egg-free, or dairy-free folks, try this simple apple sorbet, or these crispy oatmeal cookies.
Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake
Celebration-Worthy Cakes
S’mores Cake
A campfire classic elevated to proper dessert status. The parts you know and love are here, but now they’re covering a lush brown sugar cake. And no mosquitos!
3 hrs 30 mins
Blueberry Lemon Layer Cake
Pretty much guaranteed to be one of those desserts that makes people do face-plants onto their dessert plates. A David Leite original recipe.
2 hrs 30 mins
Red Eye Devil’s Food Cake
A classic chocolate cake on caffeine, this impressive yet easy to assemble stack of chocolatey elegance takes its rounded chocolatey-ness from a cup of joe and its ample fudgy-ness fro ganache.
2 hrs 30 mins
Brown Betty Bakery Coconut Cake
Dubbed Company’s Comin’ Coconut Cake, this beauty of a pound cake will have you dreaming up excuses to bake dessert. Even if for no other reason than you want it.
1 hr 20 mins
All Dessert
Caramel Apple Pie
Classic apple pie just went next level with the addition of sweet caramel on top.
5 hrs
Whole Wheat Pie Crust
There are pie crusts, and there's this crust--nutty, crisp, buttery, and oh-so-perfect for your favorite pie--sweet or savory.
1 hr 5 mins
Sweet Noodle Kugel
If you haven't tried sweet kugel yet, you've been missing out. See why this creamy noodle casserole is a perennial holiday favorite.
1 hr
Old-Fashioned Coconut Cake
Layers of vanilla cake take turns with oodles of coconut filling and the whole shebang is slathered with fluffy white icing. Uh, yes please!
1 hr 15 mins
Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake
Say goodbye to fussy cheesecake recipes. This easy skillet version comes together with only a handful of dishes and ingredients and less than 30 minutes of effort.
3 hrs
Hamantaschen
Our testers are singing the praises of these sweet cookies that are stuffed with poppy seed and apricot filling. We're quite certain you will be, too.
2 hrs 15 mins
Homemade Twinkies
Like the classic, these sponge cakes are crammed to almost bursting with irresistibly sweet, fluffy, creamy goodness—but minus the chemicals and other abominations.
1 hr 15 mins
Panettone
Panettone, which makes its traditional Italian Christmas appearance, is gussied up here with any dried fruit you fancy. An ever so slight twist on a classic.
5 hrs
Day of the Dead Cookies
These sugar skull cookies are classic Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) treats, but work for Halloween, too.
30 mins
Dark Chocolate Mousse with Candied Hazelnuts
Give this decadent dark chocolate mousse a try and see why our testers are calling it the best chocolate mousse they've ever tried.
3 hrs
Cinnamon Pear Tarts with Puff Pastry
Not only are these sweet cinnamon sugar-coated pear tarts a breeze to whip up, they look pretty darn impressive, too.
40 mins
Coconut Tres Leches Cake
Coconut lovers rejoice! This inventive riff on tres leches cake is infused with coconut flavor, thanks to a combination of extract, coconut milk, and toasted coconut on top.
1 hr 30 mins
Pear Almond Tart
French. Foolproof. Froufrou. Fuss-free. Fenomenal. (Work with us.) Rarely does elegance come together with such ease (and alliteration) as this tart recipe.
2 hrs
Our 6 Best Snacking Cake Recipes
These snacking cakes are the perfect match for your afternoon cup of tea or coffee, though we have been known to sneak a slice (or two!) for breakfast.
Date Bars
These date bars are a classic for good reason. The combination of sweet, sticky date filling nestled between layers of buttery oat dough is completely irresistible.
2 hrs
Apple Sorbet with Ginger
Pretty in pink is this lovely sorbet, thanks to the inclusion of the entire apple, blush red peel included, as well as a little Geürztraminer for sweet sophistication.
4 hrs 45 mins
Paul Hollywood’s Lemon Drizzle Cake
This lemon drizzle cake is Paul Hollywood's favorite cake of all time. One bite and you'll understand why.
2 hrs
Pear Bread
Quick bread. Tea cake. Spice bread. Whatever you call it, this recipe has pedigree--and you don't need to know its geneology to know this. One taste tells all.
1 hr 30 mins
3 Ingredient Condensed Milk Cookies
Homemade cookies that require only 3 ingredients and no mixer? You bet. It doesn't get any easier than this, folks.
45 mins
Chocolate Polenta Pudding Cake
This rich and creamy chocolate pudding cake is made with cornmeal instead of flour, making it gluten-free.
13 hrs 30 mins
