Dessert Recipes

Dumped a box of yellow cake mix over a can of pumpkin puree and prayed it wasn’t a disaster. My mother-in-law was due in twenty … Read more

I ruined three batches of this pumpkin sourdough before I got it right. The first one came out of the oven looking beautiful—golden, tall, that … Read more

The faint crackle of cinnamon sugar on the roof of your mouth, followed by a center that gives way like a soft cloud—that’s the whole … Read more

My husband took a bite, paused, and just looked at the muffin in his hand. Then he took another bite without saying a word. That’s … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that pumpkin spice donuts meant standing over a pot of hot oil, dealing with splatters and that lingering fried … Read more

Third time in as many weeks, and I finally stopped scraping frosting off the spatula to lick it clean. That was the moment I knew … Read more

I figured a poke cake would be one of those recipes that’s all hype, no substance — pretty to look at, but the flavor just … Read more

Standing in front of my fridge with a box of graham crackers and a pound of strawberries that were about two days past their prime—that’s … Read more

I burned three batches of peach cobbler before I finally understood what I was doing wrong. The first one, I was twenty-two, using a glass … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that zucchini cookies were going to be cakey. Not bad, exactly. Just soft little clouds that crumbled if you … Read more