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The Journey to Pavlova
Want to know what goes into recipe testing? Sometimes, it's 17 tries to get something just right! Here's the journey to pavlova – plus key tips and tricks to making the perfect pavlova every time.
The Secrets to the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Want to know the secrets to making the best chocolate chip cookies? We're spilling everything, from if you should use butter or shortening to which kind of chocolate chips to use. Plus, grab our recipe for the best chocolate chip cookies.
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Healthy Popsicles
With this simple tip, have healthy treats on hand at all times for when your sweet tooth hits!
Versatile Ideas for Using Up That Leftover Eggnog
Eggnog is simple to make and can be used in lots of tasty ways, any time of year. Here are a few inspiring ideas.
How to Make Caramel Stick to Apples
Do you love caramel apples but your sweet, buttery coating won't stick? This simple tip comes to the rescue.
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes
For Halloween or just to celebrate fall with friends, these little cakes are sure to fool the eyes and the sweet tooth in a most pleasant way! While these desserts look like caramel apples, the surprise is that they’re spiced cupcakes that are as easy to make as their fruit-and-caramel doppelgangers. Trick while you treat with these wickedly delicious cupcakes that pose as another fall favorite.
Making the cupcakes themselves is nearly as simple as a box cake mix. There’s nothing mor…
German Chocolate Cake
If you’ve got an overactive sweet tooth or a nearly insatiable craving for the melt-in-your-mouth goodness of chocolate, grab a cold glass of milk. This German Chocolate Cake is sure to satisfy.
It isn’t an exaggeration to say most of our staffers are chocoholics, which means it’s also safe to say it’s never in short supply in the Test Kitchen — especially when you discover the two drawers we’ve devoted entirely to stashing it. If chocolate is your weakness, too, we have the recipe f…
Oatmeal Cake with Brown Butter Icing
Topped with sweet icing, this hearty oatmeal-raisin cake has a homey, old-fashioned feel that’ll have the family requesting it time and again.
Fruit Panzanella
Snacking doesn’t have to be a diet-derailing no-no. In fact, it’s a great way to keep your metabolism up between meals. Fruit and low-fat angel food cake in the panzanella will satisfy your sweet tooth for this quick and easy snack. For even more flavor, try cinnamon-raisin or blueberry crumble bread in place of the angel food cake.
Chocolate Cake Brownie with Orange & Mascarpone
In the cakey to fudgy spectrum, these brownies are geared for cake-lovers. But with a twist of orange zest plus creamy mascarpone, they’re a unique dessert.
Peach Pocket Pies
Before you start your siesta or repack your picnic basket, enjoy these make-ahead Peach Pocket Pies. Not only do they travel well, they’re also easy to make. It works best to use a slotted spoon to arrange the fruit on the dough, so the juices don’t weep around the edges before sealing them. Any way you slice it, they’re certain to be a delightful dessert to your feast.
Italian Meringue
With the same sugary hit and billowy texture as classic 7-minute icing, this Italian meringue is sure to bring back pleasant childhood memories. Just be sure no egg yolks get into the whites while separating the eggs, otherwise instead of being light and airy, the frosting will fall flat.
Tres Leches Cake with Summer Fruit
This cake isn’t like any other you’ve had. Drenched with three kinds of milk, it’s so moist it’s almost juicy!
Between the refreshingly moist cake and its fruit topping, this tres leches [trehs LEH-ches] cake, or Latin American “three milks” cake, is ideal for a special event on a hot day.
The cake part is known as génoise [zhayn-WAHZ], which by itself is spongy, eggy, and bland. But after soaking in a syrup of three milks (and a little rum if you feel so inclined), it morphs …
Chocolate-Crusted Seven-Layer Bars
Seven-Layer Bars. Hello-Dolly Bars. Magic-Cookie Bars. Call these goodies whatever you want — they’re as yummy and easy to make as ever!
Black & Blueberry Pie
There are pies to suit each season, and this one — filled with “black and blue” berries — is all summer.
If there’s a special place in your heart for made-from-scratch, fruit-filled pies, you’ve found your next endeavor. Assertive, tangy blackberries liven up subtly sweet blueberries pitch-perfectly. The key is to very lightly mash some of the berries with sugar to create a liquidy base before adding the thickening agent. Then give the silky syrup more body and texture by folding in w…
Cherry-Almond Buckle
Combining the best of cakes and crumbles, this dessert has fruit baked into its batter plus a streusel-like top.
When you slice into a buckle, the reasoning behind the name of the old-fashioned dessert becomes apparent — the surface of the cake actually buckles under the weight of the fruit and topping. To lend just the right amount of support, the traditional sponge cake batter is thicker than you’d expect, so don’t be surprised if you need to spoon it into the baking dish.
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Peach Trifles with Melba Sauce
Perfect for a party or as a poolside treat, this trifle is so easy to make it almost seems like cheating. It includes a couple of prepared ingredients — pound cake and raspberry jam — to keep things super simple, so the only thing you really have to cook is the sugared almond garnish. And since trifles are best when made a day ahead, there’s no need to worry about any last-minute headaches.