cakes

10 Crowd-Pleasing Desserts To Sweeten Your Memorial Day

Sorbets, popsicles, brownies and cakes, oh my!

May 27, 2013 1:02 pm

It's a fact that even after you're stuffed to the gills with appetizers, grilling fare and as many of our killer Memorial Day Grilling sides as will fit on the table, you'll still have room for dessert. Check out our 10 hand-picked crowd-pleasing desserts from sweet, sticky caramel cake to cool popsicles (boozy and straight-up) and every time of ice cream-stuffed, grilled and baked in between. Seriously, try the caramel cake.

Just Dessert

Grilled Lemon-Saffron Pound Cake Recipe

Wrap up Grilling Month with a sweet grilled dessert

May 24, 2013 12:02 pm

Photo: Frankie Frankeny

Michael Chiarello is a master of cooking over fire — we don't call him a Grilling God for nothing. His new book, Live Fire, is an aptly named volume full of professional tips for some of the best food you've ever tasted off the grill. Including dessert.

Sweet Tooth

No-Bake Persimmon And Goat Cheese Cheesecake Recipe

Persian cookbook changes up a rich dessert classic

May 17, 2013 2:02 pm

Chef and cookbook author Louisa Shafia's The New Persian Kitchen is filled with traditional and modern takes on Persian cuisine. You've seen cheesecake in every flavor and variation — except persimmon, right? Tangy, creamy goat cheese pairs perfectly with sweet, earthy persimmons for a truly impressive dessert.

Sweet Tooth

Boston Cream Pie Recipe

Learn how to make Massachusetts' official dessert

Apr 29, 2013 4:02 pm

Photo: Jonathan Lovekin

Leave it to blogger and TV show host Lucinda Scala Quinn to feed us just the way we want. Her recipe for Boston cream pie is everything we ever wanted in a pie-cake. Or cake-pie. Either way, it's wicked delicious.

Sweet Tooth

Matt and Ted Lee's Caramel Cake Recipe

A rich caramel cake recipe from the South Carolina

Apr 26, 2013 2:01 pm

Photo: Squire Fox

Matt and Ted Lee, James Beard Award-winning chefs from South Carolina, recently released The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen (high up on our list of spring cookbooks to look out for). Inside is a wealth of classic homestyle and elevated Southern food we couldn't wait to sink our teeth into. Next up, a sticky-sweet caramel cake that won't disappoint.

Art

At SFMOMA, You Can Have Your Art And Eat It Too

Hirst, Judd, Rothko—all on the new dessert menu

Mar 5, 2013 10:02 am

Art-starved? The rooftop garden cafe at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will satisfy your cravings in more ways than one. Here's the latest lineup of edible masterpieces.

Food Republic Roundups

7 Chocolate Recipes To Redeem The Fact You Forgot Valentine's Day

Forgot a gift? You can finish the day strong.

Feb 14, 2013 12:01 pm

Did you forget that today was Valentine’s Day? Probably not. Did you ignore the fact that today is Valentine’s Day? Possibly. And you may have just gotten yourself into trouble for that. But here’s the deal. You can redeem yourself by making one of these chocolate recipes. They are simple. And they are homemade man! That gets you some brownie points. Mmm, brownies.

Sweet Tooth

Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake Recipe

Try an easy Nutella cheesecake recipe for dessert

Feb 8, 2013 1:04 pm

There's no recipe that British cookbook author and TV host Nigella Lawson can't handle, which is why we were particularly excited to receive her new book, Nigellissima. This Nutella cheesecake recipe is the stuff of our dreams.