A little something sweet
Desserts
Bakery-good cakes, fudgy chocolate things, and easy no-bake treats — desserts that feel special without taking your whole weekend.
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All Desserts Recipes
9 tested recipes.
DessertsVanilla Bean Layer Cake
Tender vanilla bean cake layers with a silky vanilla buttercream — the birthday cake recipe you'll keep coming back to for the rest of your life.
DessertsClassic Carrot Cake
A moist, deeply spiced carrot cake with crushed pineapple, walnuts, and an absolutely essential layer of tangy cream cheese frosting.
DessertsBrown Butter Banana Bread
Deeply moist banana bread made with nutty brown butter, dark brown sugar, and just enough chocolate — the only banana bread recipe you need.
DessertsChocolate Lava Cake
Individual molten chocolate cakes with crackly tops and rivers of dark chocolate flowing out the middle — the date-night dessert that takes 20 minutes start to finish.
DessertsChewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Bakery-style chocolate chip cookies with crackly tops, chewy centers, crisp edges, and pools of melted dark chocolate — chilled overnight for maximum flavor.
DessertsSilky Chocolate Mousse
A classic French chocolate mousse — silky, cloud-light, deeply chocolatey, and made with just five ingredients you probably already have.
DessertsNo-Bake Cheesecake
Silky, cloud-light no-bake cheesecake on a buttery graham crust — no oven, no water bath, no cracks, just an impossibly creamy slice of dessert.
DessertsDark Chocolate Truffles
Three-ingredient dark chocolate truffles with a silky ganache center and a dusting of cocoa — the most impressive thing you can make with almost no effort.
DessertsClassic Tiramisu
Layers of espresso-soaked ladyfingers and clouds of mascarpone cream, dusted with cocoa — the no-bake Italian dessert that's better the next day.