This homemade Smith Island cake features 9 thin layers of moist yellow cake covered with rich, fudgy chocolate icing. Maryland’s official state dessert is certainly a showstopper, but the individual cake layers bake and cool quickly, and the poured fudge icing makes decorating surprisingly simple. If you weren’t born in Maryland, you may have no

These homemade apple fritters are crisp and golden on the outside, tender in the center, and loaded with juicy pieces of fresh apple. From-scratch fritters are a labor of love (and a messy endeavor), but entirely worth it when you taste the irresistible combination of sweet vanilla glaze, crisp exterior, soft and fluffy dough, and

You will love this updated version of a classic: salted caramel apple pie. It has all of the flavor you love from caramel apples, with the added bonus of a buttery, flaky pie crust. It’s always one of the top-rated Thanksgiving pies on my website, but you don’t need to wait for a special holiday

These easy pumpkin pie bars have everything you love about classic pumpkin pie, but they’re simpler to make and serve. A buttery graham cracker and toasted pecan crust holds a creamy, perfectly spiced pumpkin filling. Top each chilled bar with a dollop of whipped cream for a delicious fall dessert that’s perfect for Thanksgiving or

Making homemade glazed doughnuts is easier than you think, but requires a little patience. Ready in about 2.5 hours, these taste like doughnuts from your favorite bakery, but they’re made in the comfort of your own home. For doughnut success, follow my step-by-step photos, helpful success tips, and video tutorial. Using this same doughnut dough,

The best part is breaking through the hard candy topping. The second best part is, well, it’s pumpkin! ‘Tis the season for pumpkin recipes. We’ve already posted an original creme brulee and espresso creme brulee. I couldn’t resist making one with pumpkin! Can you tell I love this stuff? This dessert is easy and can be prepared ahead of time; making it

The best and easiest Pumpkin Roll recipe with a moist and tender crumb, filled with smooth cream cheese frosting. I have the best trick to make this simple and completely mess-free! How to make a Pumpkin Roll: Prep Pan: Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 10×15” pan with cooking spray, then line with parchment

This Easy Pumpkin Cake is our favorite, fluffy, moist, and absolutely delicious. It’s perfectly spiced with a tender, moist, and delicate crumb. The marshmallow-like whipped cream cheese frosting takes this pumpkin cake recipe over the top. Pumpkin Cake Recipe This pumpkin sheet cake recipe was shared by one of my readers, Yulia. Thank you so

Craving a dessert where fresh apples shine? These juicy baked apples highlight fall’s favorite fruit. Core your apples, fill with a buttery brown sugar cinnamon crumble, then bake until slightly soft. Enjoy warm from the oven and for a little extra pizazz, serve with salted caramel or vanilla ice cream. This is a relatively quick

Smooth and creamy, with the rich caramelized-molasses flavor of dark brown sugar, this brown sugar pecan pie cheesecake is an upgraded take on classic cheesecake. The sweet, gooey, caramel-like pecan topping is reminiscent of pecan pie, and I promise you’ll be looking for more ways to use it (over ice cream, brownies, pumpkin pie, everything!).

This recipe yields a pan of buttery soft, gooey cinnamon sweet, and extra fluffy homemade cinnamon rolls topped with tangy cream cheese icing. It’s been a reader favorite recipe for years and I love it so much that I turned this rich dough into apple cinnamon rolls, maple pecan sticky buns, maple cinnamon rolls, and

With a mountain of gooey cinnamon apples nestled under a perfectly buttery and flaky pie crust, this is most certainly my favorite apple pie recipe. To bring out the best apple flavor and texture, pre-cook the filling for about 5 minutes on the stove. Bake and cool the pie, and then top with vanilla ice

Meet your new favorite Easy Apple Cake! This Eastern European apple cake (a.k.a. Sharlotka) is soft, moist, airy, and easy with only 6 ingredients. Apple Cake Recipe Sharlotka is an apple sponge cake that has been made for centuries. It’s an especially popular cake in Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish home baking. The batter relies on

Homemade apple cider donuts are cakey, dense, and intensely flavored. Baked, not fried, these fall treats come together quickly and easily—a convenient recipe with no mixer required. The trick for big flavor is to use concentrated apple cider. Make the morning less hectic by reducing the apple cider the night before. Read on for all the