A warm Marsala-spiked walnut cake is spread with apricot jam, rolled, and dusted with confectioners' sugar.
Author: Martha Stewart
The firm texture of this buttercream frosting helps to keep candy decorations in place.
Author: Martha Stewart
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
This year, don't reach for powdered ginger. Fresh ginger gives this traditional dessert a more nutritious, flavorful update.
Author: Martha Stewart
Martha's daughter Alexis loves to make this festive banana-coconut cake for special occasions. Martha prepared this cake on Martha Bakes, episode 504.
Author: Martha Stewart
Rich, buttery pound cake is always a crowd-pleaser, but this velvety version will have friends and family eyeing another slice. Its secret weapons? Cream cheese for a subtle tang, low-in-gluten barley...
Author: Martha Stewart
Jolts of cocoa and espresso flavor every layer: the filling, the frosting, the truffles are all infused with mocha.
Author: Martha Stewart
Virginia Willis, our former test-kitchen director, often spent summers and holidays in Georgia with her grandmother, who shared this recipe.
Author: Martha Stewart
Author: Martha Stewart
We tweaked a favorite ice cream flavor from way back to make a treat for all ages. The exceptionally moist cream-cheese pound cake gets split and filled -- three times -- with a luscious mousse flavored...
Author: Martha Stewart
This delicious variation on the French bûche de Noël combines a rich chocolate genoise with white-chocolate mousse. The decorations-meringue mushrooms and sugared rosemary stems-evoke a crystalline,...
Author: Martha Stewart
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
Upside-down cake doesn't have to be made with pineapple. Grapefruit gives a bittersweet flavor to this rendition of a down-home classic.
Author: Martha Stewart
Blood oranges have the most complex flavor of all the orange varieties.
Author: Martha Stewart
These individual upside-down cakes are baked -- and can be transported -- in a muffin tin.
Author: Martha Stewart
One slice in, and this tiered pound cake proves it's anything but vanilla. A rich chocolate base, lighter cocoa center, and buttery top make it far more gratifying than the mere sum of its parts.
Author: Martha Stewart
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
This lion cake from Martha Stewart Baby, Fall 2001, is a fun and regal addition to any kids' party.
Author: Martha Stewart
Author: Martha Stewart
Use this bright green buttercream to make our Football Cupcakes.
Author: Martha Stewart
This versatile batter takes kindly to stone fruits like plums (shown here), peaches, and even cherries. Try it in fall with apples or pears, in spring with berries -- you get the idea. The recipe comes...
Author: Martha Stewart
These tiered mini cakes are as fun to make as traditional s'mores.
Author: Martha Stewart
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
These delicious chocolate-coffee cakes do not take long to make and are the perfect ending to a romantic meal.
Author: Martha Stewart
Use this recipe to make our decadent Chocolate-Coconut Charlotte.
Author: Martha Stewart
The blackberries soften in a layer of caramelized brown sugar to create a sweet, jam-like topping on this cake.
Author: Martha Stewart
The fruit on top of this cake is finished with a generous sprinkle of coarse sugar -- so when it's baked, it's like a big, crunchy muffin top.
Author: Martha Stewart
Served with a scoop of our Earl Grey Ice cream and with a surprise Chocolate Truffle hidden inside, these aren't your typical molten cakes.
Author: Martha Stewart
This orange-curd-filled cake topped with Mrs. Milman's chocolate frosting was Martha's father's favorite. Make it as a birthday treat for someone special in your life.
Author: Martha Stewart
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
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
This recipe features a silky whipped-cream filling that's whisked with caramel, then rolled up in a genoise cake that's been brushed with bourbon-chocolate syrup for unbeatable flavor that's nuanced and...
Author: Martha Stewart
The Moroccan spice mix known as ras el hanout sets apart this flavorful fruitcake studded with currants, raisins, figs, apricots, and prunes. The recipe comes from Helen Goh, the baker behind the celebrated...
Author: Martha Stewart
This cake recipe -- from Chef Tim LaBant of The Schoolhouse at Cannondale -- is used to make his Autumnal Parfait.
Author: Martha Stewart
Lemon and ricotta go together perfectly in this moist and delicious cake.
Author: Martha Stewart
White cake is layered with a fruit and nut filling and slathered with fluffy frosting in this traditional Southern dessert. Martha made this recipe on Martha Bakes episode 709.
Author: Martha Stewart
In this sunny-tasting tropical-fruit dessert, genoise becomes a tender shell for coconut pastry cream and slices of caramelized pineapple and mango.
Author: Martha Stewart
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.
Author: Martha Stewart
Try this mouthwatering chocolate-beet cake, from chef Johnny Iuzzini's "Dessert FourPlay," for an unforgettable Valentine's Day dessert.
Author: Martha Stewart
This Layered Fruitcake with Creme Fraiche Frosting makes enough batter for a three-layer cake; to make the towering six-layer cake pictured, make two separate batches, rather than simply doubling the ingredients....
Author: Martha Stewart
For this log, chocolate cake is rolled with pistachio ice cream, clad in chocolate, and frozen.
Author: Martha Stewart
Author: Martha Stewart
For a romantic dessert, try this decadent cake from chef Ben Ford of Ford's Filling Station.
Author: Martha Stewart
The cake keeps well for several days, wrapped in plastic.
Author: Martha Stewart
This classic Bolognese dessert, brought to us by chef Biba Caggiano, is made from a batter of slow-cooked Arborio rice and crumbled Amaretti di Saronno cookies.
Author: Martha Stewart
A rustic polenta cake is studded with red grapes and rosemary.
Author: Martha Stewart