Best Red Velvet Cake
It's just not Christmas at our house until this festive cake appears. This is different from other red velvet cake...
Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
I received this recipe from a minister's wife, and my family loves it. —Brenda Jackson, Garden City, Kansas
Thick Sugar Cookies
This thick and cakelike sugar cookie is similar to those sold at bakeries. My children often request these for their...
Glazed Spiced Rum Pound Cakes
My recipe makes two loaf-sized treats, perfect for sharing. The spiced rum flavor really comes through in both the cake...
Mocha Yule Log
This eye-catching dessert is guaranteed to delight holiday dinner guests. Chocolate lovers will lick their lips over the yummy cocoa...
Chocolate Cream Cupcakes
My favorite hockey team the Boston Bruins inspired these cupcakes. Add a love note on top using a little white...
Red Wine and Chocolate Cupcakes
Red wine and chocolate make an amazing pairing, especially in these rich, elegant cupcakes I make each year for my...
Cranberry-Filled Orange Pound Cake
I made this for a holiday dinner with my family. Everyone loved the cran-orange flavor and the sweet glaze drizzled...
Brown Sugar Pound Cake
This tender pound cake is the first one I mastered. You'll want to eat the browned butter icing by the...
Glazed Maple Shortbread Cookies
Whenever I visit friends in Lutsen, Minnesota, I make sure to buy maple syrup there because I think it's even...
Chocolate-Glazed Doughnut Cookies
My little nieces love to help decorate these doughnut-shaped cookies. They top them with sprinkles, chopped pecans or crushed candy...
Chocolate Macaroon Cake
"This cake is always popular with chocolate lovers, including my five children," notes Saburo Aburano of Ann Arbor, Michigan. "I...
Peanut-Filled Devil’s Food Cupcakes
This recipe features a luscious peanut butter filling surrounded by devil's food and then iced with a rich layer of...
Special Mocha Cupcakes
Topped with a fluffy frosting and chocolate sprinkles, these extra-rich, extra-delicious cupcakes smell wonderful while baking and taste even better!...
Dark Chocolate Layer Cake
—David Heppner, Brandon, Florida
Sour Cream Cookies
The unique frosting on these cookies combines butter and confectioners' sugar for a rich flavor. —Tracy Betzler, Reston, Virginia
Butter Cookies
This great butter cookie recipe is a favorite of my nephews, who love the creamy frosting. —Ruth Griggs, South Hill,...
Strawberry Jam Cake
Every year I make this special strawberry jam cake for the Relay for Life cake raffle. It has raised lots...
Cream Wafers
My sons used to help me make these cookies, and now my oldest granddaughter helps. When the smaller grandchildren are...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting
Chocolate and peanut butter are such an enjoyable combination. This delicious chocolate peanut butter frosting makes a satisfying topping to...
Raspberry Streusel Coffee Cake
One of my mother's friends used to bring this over at the holidays, and it never lasted long. With tangy...
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
My husband, Doug, loved his groom's cake that was topped with this smooth, rich chocolate buttercream frosting and accented with...
Carrot Layer Cake
My sister gave me this recipe for what she calls "the ultimate carrot cake," and it really lives up to...
Lemon-Blueberry Pound Cake
Pair a slice of this moist lemon-blueberry cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It's a staple at our...
Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
My mom has been making this chocolate chip cake recipe for 30 years. Topped with a chocolate glaze, it is...
Fluffy White Frosting
For a heavenly light and fluffy frosting, you can't top this variation of the classic seven-minute frosting. —Georgia Bohmann, West...
Carrot Cupcakes
To try to get my family to eat more vegetables, I often hide nutritional foods inside sweet treats. Now we...
Chocolate Bavarian Torte
Whenever I take this eye-catching torte to a potluck, I get so many requests for the recipe. —Edith Holmstrom, Madison,...
Lemon Meltaways
Both the cookie and the frosting are spiked with lemon in these melt-in-your-mouth goodies. Your family won't be able to...