Dessert Recipes

“You’ve got to try this cake,” my friend said, waving her phone with a picture of a towering French crêpe cake layered with what looked … Read more

“Are you really going to stack those cream puffs like a tower?” my skeptical friend asked when I first suggested making a strawberry cream puff … Read more

“You really think this will set without baking?” my skeptical friend asked, eyebrows raised as I whisked the cream cheese mixture. Honestly, I wasn’t sure … Read more

“Wait, did you just say molten chocolate lava cake?” I remember the first time I overheard that line at a friend’s dinner party, and honestly, … Read more

“You really need to try this,” my coworker whispered across the cubicles one afternoon, sliding a slice of something that looked like a chocolate dream … Read more

“You really don’t need to poke holes in a cake,” my sister teased as I stabbed the warm chocolate cake with a fork. Honestly, I … Read more

“You really think lemon and blueberry belong together in a cake?” That’s what my friend Sarah texted me after I bragged about this moist lemon … Read more

Introduction “Hey, you tried making those fish-shaped cakes yet?” my friend texted out of the blue one chilly afternoon. I’d been wrestling with what to … Read more

“You can’t mess up Oreos,” my niece declared one afternoon, eyes gleaming after her first bite of these crispy deep-fried Oreos. Honestly, I was skeptical … Read more

“You seriously have to try this strawberry poke cake,” my friend texted me on a sweltering afternoon last summer. Honestly, I was skeptical at first—strawberry … Read more