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Peppermint Yule Log

This festive yule log is made from a red-velvet cake filled with fluffy peppermint frosting.

Author: Martha Stewart

Golden Sheet Cakes

Use this moist yellow cake to make our show-stopping Dog Cake or Fish Cake. The important thing to remember is that you will need to make one recipe (which yields two sheet cakes) for each animal.

Author: Martha Stewart

Winemakers' Grape Cake

Author: Martha Stewart

Vanilla Sheet Cake with Malted Milk Chocolate Frosting

No birthday party would be complete without this classic cake with fluffy frosting.

Author: Martha Stewart

Honeycomb Cake

Honey lovers, this cake's for you! The batter and double glazes get their sweetness from the golden liquid produced by hard-working bees. Savory sage and citrusy lemon zest offer balance to this crowd-pleasing...

Author: Martha Stewart

Orange Ginger Yogurt Cakes

Greek yogurt, fresh ginger, and orange zest give Martha's mini Bundt version of kumajj, a traditional Saudi cake, its moist texture and bright flavor.

Author: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Ice Cream Cake with Hazelnuts and Marshmallow Swirl

This extravagant dessert has everything: ice cream, nuts, fluffy marshmallow, and enough satisfyingly cakey bits to hold it all together. Sometimes more is better.

Author: Martha Stewart

Apple Rosemary Tea Bread

Drizzle slices of this aromatic bread with warm clover honey.

Author: Martha Stewart

The Great Pumpkin Cake

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Author: Martha Stewart

Triple Coconut Cake With Seven Minute Coconut Frosting

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, adapted from Essential Emeril: Favorite Recipes and Hard-Won Wisdom From My Life in the Kitchen, Oxmoor House, 2015, courtesy Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.

Author: Martha Stewart

Buttermilk Pudding Cakes

This decadent dessert is courtesy of chefs Matt and Ted Lee, from their book "Simple, Fresh, Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor."Photo credit: Ben Fink

Author: Martha Stewart

Spiced Lemon Cake

Cardamom lends a flowery note to this spiced lemon cake, made with the zest and juice of two lemons. Once cooled, drizzle with a sugary lemon icing.

Author: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Genoise for Chocolate Mousse Cake

Make this chocolate genoise for our Chocolate Mousse Cake.

Author: Martha Stewart

Pistachio Rhubarb Yogurt Cake

The key to this recipe's moist crumb? You guessed it: yogurt. Emblazoned with thick pieces of rhubarb--in peak season in early spring--it's a next-level spring dessert. Temper the vegetable's sour notes...

Author: Martha Stewart

Pastel Layer Cake

Five pastel layers form this colorful creation. You can also use the batter to make four dozen cupcakes or a two- or three-layer cake (bake each layer a few minutes longer than instructed). Use our Seven-Minute...

Author: Martha Stewart

Three Tier Candied Pecan Cake with Brown Butter Pears

This cake can be made in advance, but we love it when the filling is warm and syrupy. If you have about 20 minutes to make the filling just before assembling the cake, go for it.

Author: Martha Stewart

Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Use this Swiss Meringue Buttercream to make our Meringue Bouquet Cupcakes.

Author: Martha Stewart

Pinecone Cakes

For our fanciful pinecones, oval almond cakes are crafted with cookie cutters, covered with chocolate frosting, and topped with "scales," each one a carefully arranged almond slice.

Author: Martha Stewart

Bear Cake

This ursine chocolate cake gets its soft and fuzzy look from icing piped on with a grass tip. With his chubby belly, constructed from a mound of cake, he's almost too cute to eat.

Author: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Cheesecake

A silky cheesecake made with cream cheese and sour cream -- and featuring melted bitter-sweet chocolate, cocoa powder, plus a chocolate-wafer crust -- is a lesson in decadence.

Author: Martha Stewart

Almond Semolina Cake

This beautifully textured cake is soft, crumbly, and crunchy all at once-a crowd-pleasing dessert you can serve all year. Semolina flour gives the light and tender interior a bit of heartiness, and almond...

Author: Martha Stewart

Almond Polenta Pound Cake

This versatile cake is made even better by the addition of toppings like our Caramelized Pineapple, Warm Chocolate Sauce, or Lemon Curd.

Author: Martha Stewart

Tangerine Tea Cake

An etherealtangerine cake seems the idealsnack for a nice afternoon.Zest and juice flavor the cake;marmalade sweetens thecream filling.

Author: Martha Stewart

Ombre Strawberry Cake

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Author: Martha Stewart

Mint Buttercream

The white shade of this frosting belies the fresh mint flavor, which is achieved by steeping fresh mint in milk when making the custard base, and then adding extract at the end for extra intensity. Use...

Author: Martha Stewart

Blueberry Cake

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Author: Martha Stewart

Lion Cake

This lion cake from Martha Stewart Baby, Fall 2001, is a fun and regal addition to any kids' party.

Author: Martha Stewart

Snowy Coconut Cake

Thanks to the coconut flavor, this cake will whisk you away to a warmer, tropical climate.

Author: Martha Stewart

Sweet Potato Cheesecake Squares

Try these cheesecake squares in place of (gasp!) pumpkin pie. A no-fail press-in crust is ideal for novice bakers.

Author: Martha Stewart

Toffee Date Pudding

More of a cake than a pudding, this classic English treat is a great holiday dessert. With flavors of toffee and date, it's simply delicious.

Author: Martha Stewart

Tiramisu Ice Cream Cake with Homemade Ladyfingers

The ice cream version of the classic Italian dessert builds on the traditional flavors by using vanilla and coffee ice cream alongside homemade ladyfingers. Martha made this recipe on Martha Bakes episode...

Author: Martha Stewart

Dairy Free Chocolate Raspberry Cake

A showstopping holiday dessert that's a piece of cake? Meet this four-layer chocolate confection, which comes together from a one-bowl batter and three-ingredient frosting. Coconut oil gives it an especially...

Author: Greg Lofts

Apple Pie Upside Down Cake

Apple pie upside-down cake borrows all the flavors of its cousin and transforms them into a syrupy shallow cake that's unexpectedly elegant.

Author: Martha Stewart

Cheesecake with Blueberry Topping

With its luxuriously rich filling and real-fruit topping, cheesecake commanded a relatively steep price at 20th-century diners. One bite of this classic provided all the justification anyone needed.

Author: Martha Stewart

Carrot Pecan Cake

A tasty dessert full of carrots, nuts, and spices, this Passover cake is dusted with a mixture of granulated sugar and potato starch instead of confectioners' sugar, which contains cornstarch, a non-kosher...

Author: Martha Stewart

Rocket Ship Cake

Take your children to infinity and beyond! Or just offer them a piece of this rocket cake.

Author: Martha Stewart

New England Cranberry Duff

To make this Northeastern interpretation of an old-fashioned upside-down cake, cranberries and toasted pecans are topped with buttery batter, and then baked and inverted. The cranberries soften in the...

Author: Martha Stewart

Quick Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Use this Swiss Meringue Buttercream recipe for our Number-Themed Mini Birthday Cupcakes, "Who's Counting?" Birthday Cake, or Pastel Layer Cake.

Author: Martha Stewart

Baby Sweet Potato Cakes

This delicious recipe is from 2006 Southern Living.

Author: Martha Stewart

Almond Cornmeal Strawberry Shortcakes

Cornmeal and finely ground almonds make delicious shortcakes, and when stuffed with berries and cream, they're even better. It's a delightful summer dessert that's perfect for a crowd.

Author: Martha Stewart

Far Breton

Author: Martha Stewart

Iced Raspberry Loaf Cake

Serve slices of this cake along with a cup of Ceylon black tea. Light and subtle, the tea's honey and citrus flavors make it a natural foil for a variety of fruits, buttery cakes, and custard desserts...

Author: Martha Stewart

Gingerbread Icebox Cake

Homemade gingerbread cookies stand in for the store-bought chocolate wafers in the well-known version of this nostalgic treat, and are arranged in freestanding circles rather than in a loaf shape. A sweet-tart...

Author: Martha Stewart

Mini Mocha Cheesecakes

Don't be fooled -- these rich-looking desserts may look like a cheesecake had a baby with a molten chocolate cake, but they're much lower in fat thanks to the nonfat cottage cheese taking the place of...

Author: Martha Stewart

Valentine Cake

This valentine cake is a sweet way to express your love for a special someone.

Author: Martha Stewart

Almond Torte with Pears and Whipped Cream

This flourless cake is incredibly light and moist.

Author: Martha Stewart

Berry Pound Cake with Whipped Cream

For the Fourth of July, a pair of pound cakes iced with lightly sweetened whipped cream and topped with blueberries and raspberries will garner grateful salutes.

Author: Martha Stewart

Meringue Frosted Cake with Raspberry Filling

Bring some drama to the table with this jam-filled vanilla cake topped with ethereal meringue. It's just the recipe to make use of juicy raspberries when they're in season.

Author: Martha Stewart

Mini Pistachio Bundts

Mini but mighty, these rich, Middle Eastern-inspired rings are made with half flour, half ground pistachios (for a vivid-green color, seek out the blanched Sicilian variety), and flavored with pistachio...

Author: Martha Stewart

Cherry Preserves Pound Cake

We've dressed up our Classic Pound Cake recipe with cherry preserves.

Author: Martha Stewart