Cakes
Cinnamon roll cake, hot fudge cake, and other bakes bring different crumb textures and finishes to this collection. Browse cakes for slicing, layering, or serving warm with a suitable accompaniment.
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Cake Fillings
Chocolate peanut butter mousse, strawberry cream, and apricot preparations offer different cake fillings. Choose a component for its flavor and texture, considering how it will sit between or inside the baked layers.
Cupcakes
Chocolate-chile cupcakes and green chile cornbread cupcakes offer distinctive flavors in an individual bake. These small cakes provide room for fillings and frostings to change the finished serving.
Frosting & Icing
Cream cheese icing, maple glaze, and other finishes bring sweetness and texture to a bake. These frostings and icings offer options to spread, pipe, or pour as the recipe directs.
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Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes
How can you make the quintessential summer dessert even better? By making the biscuits chocolate. Tender and rich, they’re the perfect partner for seasonal berries; try a mix…
Strawberry Cake
Ingredients Procedure Strawberry Frosting Ingredients Procedure
Apricot Cream Cake with Chocolate-Mascarpone Frosting
4 eggs 1¾ cups all-purpose flour 1½ teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon baking soda ½ cup butter, softened ⅓ cup shortening 1¾ cups sugar 1…
Mississippi Mud Cake
Mississippi Mud Cake is a classic Southern sheet cake filled with marshmallows and chopped pecans and covered in a rich chocolate frosting. This particular recipe offers a cupcake…
Lemon Curd Jumbo Pie Cupcakes
Treat your guests with these lemon flavored pie cupcakes made using Pillsbury pie crusts . 1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box 1 box…
Chocolate-Coconut Jumbo Pie Cupcakes
1 box Pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box 1 box chocolate fudge cake mix with pudding Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake…
Apple Spice Jumbo Pie Cupcakes
1 box Pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box 1 box spice cake mix with pudding Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix…
Pecan Torte
Need a dessert in a hurry? Whether you need to bring a dish to a work function or a casual party, this torte is a must-have for those…
Homemade Grease-and-Flour Pan Release
A mixture of shortening, oil, and flour can coat pans for recipes that call for greasing and flouring. It is not suitable for recipes that require an ungreased…
Mississippi Mud Pie (aka Muddy Mississippi Cake)
Layers of crumbly cookie crust, rich chocolate cake, and creamy pudding make this Mississippi mud pie from Matt Lewis’s “Baked Explorations” cookbook the ultimate indulgence for chocolate lovers.…
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