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Chocolate Cake with Crepe Paper Flowers and a Phyllo Nest

A richly textured dessert is a fertile nesting ground for a miniature roost spun from kataifi, or shredded phyllo dough, and filled with candy-coated chocolate eggs. Pendulous snowdrops spring from a powdery...

Author: Martha Stewart

Almond Orange Financier

Rich and buttery, this French cake is named for its resemblance to a banker's bar of gold. We've added flecks of orange zest to punctuate the classic almond-flavored batter and baked it in a tart pan,...

Author: Martha Stewart

Grapefruit Compote with Pound Cake

This combination of tangy grapefruit and sweet pound cake comes to us from McCharen Pratt of Jackson, Mississippi.

Author: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Hazelnut Meringue Roulade

When we first put this on the menu at Delia's City Brasserie at the football club, it was one of the fastest-selling desserts ever. Please don't worry about rolling it up - if it cracks, it's quite normal....

Genoise Roll with Lemon Blackberry Semifreddo

Baked in a rimmed baking sheet, filled with Lemon-Blackberry Semifreddo, and rolled -- in this recipe, genoise becomes a delicious sugar-dusted roulade.

Author: Martha Stewart

Rainbow Sorbet Cake

Simple and excessive at once, this lofty creation combines the intense flavors and colors of fruit sorbets -- green apple, raspberry, grapefruit, and mango -- with delicate, snowy meringues.

Author: Martha Stewart

Apple Cinnamon Upside Down Cake

You'll want firm but ripe apples that are sweet, such as Empire or Gala. With the cinnamon in this homey cake, they'll hit the spot. Take a few minutes to arrange the apple slices in neat circles on the...

Olive Oil Cake with Vanilla Yogurt and Caramelized Pears

This extremely moist cake is even more delicious topped with Bosc pears cooked in sugar and apple cider until tender and golden.

Author: Martha Stewart

Blackberry Cloud Cake with Pistachios

Fluffy whipped cream, soft meringue, and fresh blackberries cometogether for a rolled cloud cake that's lighter than air. This dessert gets its name from its billowy texture, but the nuts give it a satisfying,...

Author: Martha Stewart

Genoise for Gingerbread Town Square Cake

Genoise is a classic European sponge cake that relies on whipped eggs for volume. The cake is often used in petits fours and roulades; its texture is a perfect counterpoint to the crisp meringue layers...

Author: Martha Stewart

Gluten Free Chocolate Layer Cake

A blend of gluten-free flours including brown-rice flour, almond flour, and quinoa flour yield delicate results. Buttermilk helps to keep the cake super moist, and plenty of cocoa powder makes it taste...

Author: Martha Stewart

Irresistible Butterscotch Cake

This velvety, melt in your mouth golden yellow butterscotch cake is drenched in intensely butterscotchy glaze for the perfect butterscotch cake.

Author: Adaptations by Jenni Field from recipes by Joan Hayes (cake) and Jocelyn Adams (icing)

Sweet Pea Cake

A favorite flower of the Victorians, the sweet pea was thought to represent delicate pleasures. Exquisite buttercream renditions of the flower grace this layer cake. A beaded icing "frame" gives them the...

Author: Martha Stewart

Chiffon Cakes with Violet Dipping Icing

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...

Author: Martha Stewart

Buttercream Frosting

Author: Martha Stewart

Tender Lemon Cake

Soft crumbs and a tangy, lemony flavor make this birthday party-ready Tender Lemon Cake a stand-out.

Author: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Truffle Cakes with Fresh Pansies

Fresh, edible flowers add drama and romance to a cake. Here, pansies make a gorgeous crown for simple four-inch ganache-coated cakes.

Author: Martha Stewart

Lemon Pound Cakes with Candied Lemon Slices

Lemon four ways amps up these sour-cream pound cakes: zest goes into the batter, and the loaves are finished with lemon syrup, glaze, and candied pieces of the citrus.

Author: Martha Stewart

Vanilla Cake with Creme Fraiche Frosting

Virginia Willis, our former test-kitchen director, often spent summers and holidays in Georgia with her grandmother, who shared this recipe.

Author: Martha Stewart

Brown Sugar Buttercream Frosting

Author: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Beet Cakes with Candied Beets and Rose Petals

Try this mouthwatering chocolate-beet cake, from chef Johnny Iuzzini's "Dessert FourPlay," for an unforgettable Valentine's Day dessert.

Author: Martha Stewart

Warm Chocolate Cakes

These single-portion cakes are baked in metal baking rings. You can bake as few as you like at one time; just keep the extras, wrapped tightly in plastic, in the freezer until ready to bake.

Author: Martha Stewart

Individual Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

Once cooled, individual Pineapple Upside-Down Cakes can be immediately turned out onto pretty dessert plates for serving.

Author: Martha Stewart

Nectarine, Plum, and Apricot Upside Down Cakes

These stone-fruit cakes are equally delicious warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or cool with a dollop of creme fraiche.

Author: Martha Stewart

Spicy Pumpkin Bundt Cake

This recipe for our spicy pumpkin bundt cake is a delicious and seasonal treat sure to please the whole family.

Author: Martha Stewart

Banana and Walnut Loaf

If I had a pound for every... goes the old cliche. So here it goes again. If only I had a pound for everyone who has praised this cake, rich pickings! Although it is made here with butter and lard, you...

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting and Poppies

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...

Author: Martha Stewart

Toffee Kumquat Pudding

The fruits are poached with sugar and spooned atop sugar inside ramekins. Then a date- and walnut-laced batter is poured over the kumquats and baked; the heat caramelizes the sugar in the ramekins.

Author: Martha Stewart

Vanilla Pound Cake

An enduring classic, this vanilla-flavoured pound cake is indulgently rich and moist and full of pure and sweet buttery flavour.

Author: Celia Lim

Cupid Cakes

These delicious cupid cakes, courtesy of chef Sebastien Rouxel from Bouchon Bakery, will charm your special someone this Valentine's Day.

Author: Martha Stewart

Guadalupe River Bottom Puddin' Cake

A rich and creamy chilled dessert from my mother. Includes crunchy nuts, a silky cream cheese layer, rich chocolate pudding, and crowned with chocolate shavings.

Author: LKENNON

Skull Madeleines

These macabre treats, so sweet yet so sinister, will make even the bravest eaters tremble. The marshmallow skulls top madeleines shrouded in bittersweet chocolate.

Author: Martha Stewart

Preserved Ginger Cake

In the original book, and ever since, this has been one of my own top favourites, and has been hugely popular with everyone. But this time round we have used the all-in-one method, so it's much easier,...

Pineapple Buckle

Adding pineapple rings partway through baking means they sit prettily on the cake and don't sink into the batter.

Author: Martha Stewart

Coconut Cloud Cake

Coconut is the star of this elegant cake. Its distinct flavor is exotic yet familiar.

Martha's Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Famous for its smooth, silky texture and a flavor that is not saccharine, Swiss meringue buttercream is perfect for desserts like layer cakes that need a lot of frosting and could run the risk of tasting...

Author: Martha Stewart

Rose Cake

This elegant monochromatic cake gets its hue from brown-sugar buttercream. The design is first sketched with a skewer, then stems, buds and leaves are made. Piped roses are placed last.

Author: Martha Stewart

Cream Pound Cake

This recipe is a key building block in our Strawberry Shortcake Sundaes. It makes more than you'll need for the sundaes; serve the leftovers as an afternoon snack, with tea or coffee.

Author: Martha Stewart

Ginger Pecan Cake

Caramel frosting is paired with tangy creme-fraiche filling on this moist ginger-pecan cake.

Author: Martha Stewart

Almond Financier Tartlets

These tartlets get a double dose of nutty goodness from toasted almond flour and browned butter.

Author: Martha Stewart

Mini Cheesecake Jars

Single-serving cheesecakes made in glass jars are adorable and easy mini alternatives to their full-size cousins. They bake in just half an hour and can be cooked a few days ahead of time.

Author: Martha Stewart

Lardy Cake Sponge

Sponge is a mixture of yeast, flour, and water that, when allowed to sit, bubbles and ferments; used in bread, it imparts a tangy flavor.

Author: Martha Stewart

Double Diablo Cake

This cake recipe is adapted from "Martha Stewart Entertaining."

Author: Martha Stewart

Chef La La's Tres Leches Cake

This recipe for mouthwatering tres leches cake is courtesy of chef Laura Diaz Brown (Chef La La).

Author: Martha Stewart

Vanilla Pecan Sand Castle

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...

Author: Martha Stewart

Halloween Cake Pops

A fun and festive Halloween treat to make with the kids, these no-bake Halloween cake pops are a cinch to pull together thanks to a streamlined ingredient list. Have your helpers put their own spooky spin...

Author: Martha Stewart

Tea Party Cake

Author: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Covered OREO Cookie Cake

Be warned: If you serve this delectable treat as a birthday cake, you'll be starting a tradition.

Plum Blueberry Upside Down Cake

This moist and delicious cake turns out of the pan with a sweet, jamlike layer of fruit on top.

Author: Martha Stewart