
Jamaican Rum Cake
Go on an island vacation in your own home with this Jamaican rum cake! It may look like a pound cake, but it's super light and airy. It's soaked in a buttery rum syrup …

Go on an island vacation in your own home with this Jamaican rum cake! It may look like a pound cake, but it's super light and airy. It's soaked in a buttery rum syrup …

Until I made homemade nougat, it was a mystery to me. Nougat was the alien chewy substance found in my least favorite candy bars. A request to make Milky Way cupcakes prompted me to …

In 2004, I went to the Kentucky Derby for my birthday. There were no Kentucky Derby cupcakes there, just a lot of rain. It rained so hard that they had to shut down the …

It is so easy to make ice cream in a Cuisinart ice cream maker that you'll want to make it all of the time! Start with my key lime ice cream! It's smooth, tangy, …

Homemade maraschino cherries are easy to make, so tasty, and much better for you than store-bought ones. Use them to top ice cream sundaes, cupcakes, or as the perfect cocktail cherries! …

Once you know how easy it is to make maple butter, you'll want to put it on everything! It's wonderful on toast, rolls, waffles, corn bread, pancakes, and even savory dishes like baked potatoes …

There are a few types of gooey butter bar (or as we say here in St. Louis, gooey butter cake) bakers: those who make yeasty cake-like gooey butter bars, those who prepare a …

Shirley Temple cupcakes are perfect celebration cupcakes for kids when you need something classier than funfetti cupcakes! Shirley Temple cupcakes are inspired by the Shirley Temple cocktail and contain grenadine, lemon, and lime. …

Cherry cupcakes are perfect for cherry lovers! There are two fresh or maraschino cherries baked into each brown-sugar sweetened cupcake. Plus, they are topped with the iconic cherry on top! These cherry cupcakes …

In Jess Touchette's second contributor post, she shares the fascinating history of frosting and layer cakes. Read on... In a recent post about 17th-century "biscuit bread," I traced the centuries-long evolution of …

This cranberry cake is one that, if I didn't have a blog, would be written on an index card that would soon become so worn with butter stains and cranberry juice that I'd have to …

This homemade moist cornbread is made with sour cream instead of buttermilk, giving it little tang and the perfect crumb. It doesn't fall apart in your hand, but it easily crumbles in your mouth. It's …

What would happen if, instead of stuffing a sausage casing with meat (or a meat substitute), I stuffed it with cupcake batter? I had to try my take on a chocolate salami! …

Cream pie (sometimes called sugar cream pie) tastes like crème brûlée in pie format. It's rich and decadent and the filling requires just six ingredients - sugar, butter, half and half, vanilla, nutmeg, and cornstarch. …

Luxardo Cherries are a grown-up version of maraschino cherries. Whether you buy them or make homemade Luxardo cherries using Luxardo liqueur, they are the perfect cocktail cherries made with liqueur! What Is a …