A simple cake that looks fancy (thanks to a decadent chocolate glaze) is perfect for the novice baker. If you have extra glaze, pour it into a jar and place it in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks. Use...
This impressive Meyer Lemon Anniversary Cake is perfect for a wedding, anniversary, or any other special occasion where you will be entertaining many guests.
Adapted from Anne Quatrano's "Summerland: Recipes for Celebrating with Southern Hospitality" (Rizzoli). Martha made this recipe on episode 705 of Martha Bakes.
Inspired by Black Forest torte, this rich chocolate cake is served with Bing cherries, which are macerated with Kirsch (a cherry liqueur) and sugar, and a voluminous dollop of whipped cream.
One layer of this banana cake and another layer of Coconut Cake surrounded by cream cheese frosting and colored coconut flakes comprise the very special Alexis' Heart Cake.
This popular Southern layer cake is Martha's favorite. When she was growing up, Martha would celebrate her birthday with her mother's version. In it, moist white cake layers are filled with a fluffy frosting...
In this whimsical decoration for Martha's special Easter cake, a basic vanilla cake is baked, crumbled and mixed with buttercream and formed into balls. The balls are then rolled in green nonpareils to...
Aromatic concord grapes add the perfect twist to this pistachio brown-butter cake from acclaimed pastry chef Karen DeMasco. If concord grapes are not available, substitute raspberries, peaches, plums,...
To celebrate Valentine's Day, Martha always treats her nearest and dearest to something extra-special. Follow her lead and share a little piece of your heart, too, by making these rich flourless chocolate...
Like many traditional nut-based tortes, this one is gluten-free. Unlike many tortes, it's made with the addition of buckwheat flour -- which is ground from a seed, not a grain. Martha made this recipe...
Looking for a dessert to impress? This extravagant eggnog meringue frosted cake features layers of genoise alternated with a nutmeg-and-rum-scented semifreddo-and yes, the layers are vertical!
A simple version of the classic French dessert buche de Noel, this enchanting cake covered with crunchy almonds and creamy frosting calls to mind a snow-covered log in a wintry forest.
This family favorite comes from Luise Schultz. Stirring a couple tablespoons of quince preserves into the cream before whipping adds delicious flavor and a bit of stability.
Serve this cake either warm or at room temperature. Using walnut oil, which contains omega-3 fatty acids, helps cut down on butter and gives the cake a rich flavor.
Whipped egg whites lighten the batter used to create these pretty teatime confections, baked in an oversized-muffin tin. Each cake is dipped in a boiled icing that's tinted the palest purple and perfumed...
This classic recipe starts with four pints of fresh strawberries, which macerate in sugar and lemon juice until they release their sweet juices. The filling is then layered with homemade vanilla whipped...
Put a creative twist on the traditional rolled and filled cake known as roulade by going marble -- all you have to do to create the pretty pattern is mix up two contrasting batters.
In a twist on a Valentine's Day chocolate sampler, the top of this six-inch Sacher torte, a classic Viennese dessert, is decorated with homemade truffles. These are dusted with three colors of cocoa powder....
Light in texture,traditional Italian cheesecakesare made with ricotta cheese.Here, citrus adds depth to thericotta; the compote of orange,grapefruit, and vanilla playsoff the cake's mellow flavor.
For this Independence Day dessert, layers of vanilla wafers and strawberry whipped cream are topped with fresh berries for a sweet salute to the Fourth of July.
Something tasty this way comes: a ganache-covered cheesecake. Stenciled with a green design, a coiled serpent augurs a dessert hour full of surprises. Beneath this coating lurks a chocolate cheesecake...
Making frosting poppies is easier than you'd think. Use our step-by-step photos as reference as you pipe the blooms with a petal tip onto a flower nail. Use these buttercream poppies to decorate Orange-Poppy...
A winner in ice cream aisles from coast to coast, this combination is both kid-friendly and well-liked by the grown-ups, too. Once the yellow-cake mixture is scraped into a buttered baking pan and smoothed...
Crumbled butter-pecan cookies make a perfect beach for this delectable castle. The base is a square yellow cake, filled and then frosted with vanilla ice cream and decorated with whole and chopped pecans...