Chocolate cake forever

If you could only make one kind of cake for the rest of your life, would it be chocolate? I’m guessing that’s a resounding YES for a lot of you. These recipes are rich, tender, fudgy, and ridiculously chocolatey.

Fruity cakes for summer

I love fruit season! If you’ve got a little too much for eating straight up, get to baking one of these fresh, delicious cakes that feature the summer’s harvest.

strawberry shortcake biscuits stacked together with strawberries and whipped creamStrawberry ShortcakePeach Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting from The Food CharlatanBrown Sugar Peach Cakelemon texas sheet cakeLemon Sheet CakeA close-up of a slice of blackberry cake with layers of pink and purple berries, topped with white frosting and two fresh blackberries, on a white plate.Blackberry Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frostingpiece of 8 layer pig pickin' cake on a ceramic plate with scalloped edges.Sunshine Cake

Favorite holiday cakes

Easter, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas: all great holidays to celebrate with a cake! Here are some of my festive favorites that will have people scraping their plates and hunting you down for the recipe.

The best frosting for cakes

If you’re not a frosting lover, it might be time to scroll, because I am a frosting girl 4eva. (Why wasn’t this my screen name in high school?) Choose your favorite, grab your spoon, and let’s eat it straight out of the bowl. Or, you know, frost a cake with it, whatever.

The BEST Buttercream Frosting for Sugar Cookies from The Food CharlatanButtercream Frostingcreamy chocolate frosting on the end of a whisk attachment off the mixer.Chocolate Buttercreamcream cheese frosting with the consistency of whipped cream.Whipped Cream Cheese FrostingMaple Pecan Frosting from TheFoodCharlatan.comMaple Pecan Frostingeasy cream cheese frosting on a beater on a tableClassic Cream Cheese Frosting

Cupcakes!

I love cupcakes but I have a rule: they must not EVER be dry. Never! If you make one of my cupcake recipes I can promise you, each one will be packed with flavor and super tender and moist.

Newest Cake & Cupcakes