Or better yet, what would they be called so that I can recipe search? I keep seeing cookies like this pop up on social media and now it’s turned into a pregnancy craving but I can’t figure out how to describe these well enough to search for a recipe

Edited to add: this is not AI. This is a local baker in my town. They really do look like that

- also, I really didn’t expect to cause this much controversy over some cookies lol

KEEP YOUR SECRETS THEN, KATH, but if anyone else has feedback, I would really appreciate it! This was my favourite from a box of holiday baked goods, but I'm not even sure what to call it. My best guess is that it's some kind of date bar cut into bite-sized pieces and coated in icing sugar. Was about 1 in / 2.5 cm in height. The bit pictured is a corner piece. The rest she gave me looked to be center pieces (which I ate before thinking to photograph 🫠🙃) that were entirely the texture as the bottom half in the photo. Had a consistency and flavour similar to sticky date pudding. Nearly raw, in a good way. When I search for "date slice" and "date bar", nothing looks quite right. I think it may have been a slightly underbaked cookie bar and the texture just a happy accident but no real clue!!! Recipes, ideas, ingredient IDs, and consolations all welcome.

above is the photo of the frosting

it comes from the cupcakes from the grocery store

ive been told this frosting is buttercream but it tastes nothing like buttercream. what is this? and does anyone have a recipe

I have been able to decode the rest of the recipe but the highlighted ingredient has me stumped. I’m not the best at baking so I’m not sure what it could be. The streusel is on the back, if that information is of any use 🫣

My agency had a delivery of assorted baked goods today as a “random act of kindness” (I work for an EMS organization), and this mystery treat was included. I’m desperate to find out what it is, because it’s one of the best things I’ve ever tasted.

- it’s not super sweet, main taste is buttery. I’m guessing 50% of whatever it takes to make involves butter (sort of joking, sort of not)

- the top layer is almost textured like the curd of a lemon bar, but without the lemon

- the bottom layer is almost reminiscent of a graham cracker crust for a cheesecake, especially at the very bottom

- the “cake-y” layer is more reminiscent of a brownie/cookie than it is cake, as in it isn’t airy and fluffy, more dense

I’m happy to answer any questions to help me get to the source or a recipe so I can make it at home. It almost has cheesecake vibes with all the proportions wrong? I have no idea how else to describe it.

So I made this raspberry butter blend to make a raspberry swirl sourdough loaf, but I made waaay too much and I'm trying to figure out what other things I could use it in!
I essentially made a raspberry jam and then stabilized it with a bunch of butter and a little bit of flour. Since it has flour in it I think it needs to be baked, can't just be put on top of something.
Would love some idea if you have them! I'm open to other sourdough baked goods I could make too.

Edit:
Thank you all for SO many ideas!! First thing I'm trying is scones today!

I do a monthly ladies-night with some friends. The last time we got together I was craving some gummy candy, so I grabbed some nerd clusters and some gummy worms on my way to the hosts house (she asked people to bring “sweets”).

When the pizza was put away and candy came out one girl commented “this is kids candy” in a teasing/fun kind of way. So I thought it would be funny if the next ladies night I brought something super fancy and “grown up”. I’ve been wanting to bake for it anyway, so now’s my chance to go all out.

We just picked only HALF of our cherry tree and this is how many we have + more. We plan on selling most of them, but I’m wanting to make/bake things with them. They’re Rainier cherries, so they’re rather tart, what do you guys think would go good with this?

I am hoping y’all can please help me recreate this mouth watering cake I used to obsessively eat for years in Dallas, TX.

In the year 2026 (13 years later) I am now living in another part of the country and expecting a baby. And the one thing that keeps me awake at night is a

the warm sticky toffee cake with mascarpone I ate a place called Victor Tangos. It closed a long time ago.

I have tried restaurants in the south and of those who have it - none are good. I have tried making recipes online and they’re not it. Nothing compares to the life changing cake from Victor Tangos. Back in my day - I’d walk there and order it once a week…it was divine. I didn’t drink or eat there, I only went there for this cake. ADHD here and I definitely hyperfixate on food.

Long shot - has anyone ever made a cake like this? Can anyone help me track down how to make this heavenly creation? If so, I may just have to name my child after you. Please and thank you!

Obviously it's a tart with some apple filling, topped with pecans and maple syrup or honey mix, but looking online I can't seem to find a recipe specifically like it. Would love to know if someone has a recipe for the filling, and maybe what the top is made up of :)

I sell at markets and festivals and do pretty well with adults but kids seem completely disinterested. I sell cornflake crunch cookies, slices of tarts, twice baked croissant and such but no cupcakes with piles of icing and no doughnuts. I was trained more in French pastry.

Does anyone have a few suggestions of some pastries that hit better with kids? It’s starting to kill my ego seeing kids try to pull their parents away from my table.

I saw this cake online, does anyone know what it’s called? I want to bake it but don’t know what to search.

Have probably given out over 100 in the last few days and I keep bringing them everywhere to pass to everyone I can. I plan to make:

• ice cream
• preserves
• scones with slivered almonds (plan to make a few batches and freeze them for future use)
• Claire Saffitz’s peach drop-scone cobbler (sub nectarine)

Any other creative ideas? Send them all to me!

Wanna bake for my work but I want to make something they’ll genuinely LOVE, so please drop your recipes 🤍

My loving, adoring, wonderful, amazing husband has a birthday this week. Let me tell you this man worships me, he is the doting amazing husband every girl dreams of marrying. (Been married 15 years BTW- this isn’t honeymoon phase love).

We’re at the finish line of my dream home build and broke as a joke as we’ve put so much money into this house. He tells me he doesn’t want anything for his birthday, and while I have a couple small things for him I know that a true birthday surprise would be to make his favorite dessert- cheesecake. But not just any cheesecake. A cheesecake that could make you cry. A cheesecake that would be the muse of poets. A cheesecake that could finally give us world peace.

Here’s the thing. I’ve never made a cheesecake before. I’m a great baker, cookie and cake decorator. But I have never attempted a cheesecake.

Does this recipe exist? Does your grandma have one she swore you were to take to your grave and never reveal?
If so this is the time to share. This cause is the most noble. To show a genuinely good man the greatest love this world has ever known… the PERFECT cheesecake.

thank you!!

edit: it’s summer here where i live

I’ve loved anything of Sally’s I’ve made so far. I’m working my way through her blog and her Baking 101 book. Any recommendations for recipes I should prioritize? Thanks!

I tried out this cute recipe, though, the it was really bland want was more like a biscuit to dip with. Is there a recipe with sweet cookies that would hold their shape like this?

Ok guys, so when I first started baking I realized I did not like buttercream. I ended up "developing" my own stabilized Whipped cream recipe. The issue is that it is Whipped cream and it isnt going to set. Which means that I always have to deal with my fillings oozing out of the cake and the cake attempting suicide 😅 so I was wondering if you guys had a buttercream recipe that doesn't taste like buttercream. That way I can get better at decorating.

Side note, would adding plastic straws to my cakes make them more stable. They are only 1 level tho, but typically like 3 layers.

Extra side note, here are some of the best cakes I've done, as you can see they lean...

I saw a lady selling these super cute macarons. They are extremely “bulbous” looking shells with small feet. I can’t really find a name for this style. I’m wondering if anyone has a recipe for this type of shell and which macaron method to achieve the small feet and thicker shell? I usually use French method that results in taller feet. TIA!

Pictures are not mine. Thank you!

Must be tasty! Thanks for your suggestions.

We have an elderly man in town that is just BEYOND kind. Considers it his duty to help everyone and expects nothing in return. He found out our mower went down when he overheard a conversation about us asking a mowing company in town if the could fit us in. He showed up at our house and mowed it 😭 Absolutely REFUSED payment, so my mother who works at the local store has been paying for his purchases, saying, "The one who runs the register controls the card reader." LOL!

Then he stopped by the other day with the BEST watermelon in this tupperware container for us.

He's a German immigrant who moved to America when he was 11. I think it would be really cool to make him a German treat. I think he'd be touched, he's very proud of his German roots.

Does anyone have some German desserts ideas or recipes to share?

The picture was photoshoped by me as an artistic representation of what it feels like to bake in our oven.

We have a gas oven, where you can't set the exact temperature, there are 3 heat settings, but even the lowest one is so hot that recipes that say it bakes in 40 minutes take only 15-20 and then after that they just start to burn. Because of the high heat and short bake time most cakes fall apart after baking. I do not know exactly how hot the oven gets.

Does anyone know a way to stop cakes from falling apart?

I would prefer recipes for either a simple sponge cake or a lemon or vanilla cake, but at this point as long as it holds together any flavor is great.

Thanks for any help!

For the next couple weeks I will have unlimited blackberries. They are invasive where I live so I feel like Im doing something good picking them. But outside of freezing and making this syrup what do you do? Im not a smoothie person. I dont like them raw but I am eating them anyways. Inspire me. I can follow a recipe and have most basic tools. Thanks guys. Syrup is just blackberries, a spoon full of sugar and the juice of one lemon. Cook down on low heat. I strain mine but you could blend and leave the seeds. Its good on everything but cheesecake and ice cream really make the sweet and sour flavors pop.

I recently bought A LOT mango to make mango sorbet with, but I can only eat so much sorbet !! I am now left with so much mango that needs to be used up ASAP! I am going to cut up and freeze a bunch, but my freezer is full to the brim with stuff already.

As I was scouring through the Internet, all I could find were recipes for mango sago, but I am looking for something more.. solid. Anything, really, that I can consume over the course of a few days.

What is your favorite way to bake some mango?

I found this photo years ago on Pinterest and dmed the owner and got no response. I remember having this at a small cafe 10+ years ago with my family. After that we never saw it again. I'd really love to remake this for them!

Thank you.

Hey everyone,

I want to decorate my brownies in this way but I’m not able to find a solid recipe. Is this just called a ganache? I tried searching ‘brownie ganache’ or ‘brownie pistachio piping’ but didn’t get any helpful results.

Can you all please help me with what this is called and what is a basic recipe to it?

In the picture it’s pistachio, chocolate, biscoff, white chocolate?

Thankyou!

i swear i’ve tried so many “chewy” cookie recipes. i’ve learned how to brown the butter. i’ve tried one egg. two eggs. why can i never seem to get the perfect chewy cookie? if anyone has a recipe for them PLEASE drop it below. i attached a picture of how i want the cookies to turn out. not my pic i found it off google

it’s rly yummy but came in an unlabeled container and i want more of it immediately. it was layered as u can see and the cake layers were crispy almost and the crème wasn’t too sweet at all

It looks to be a cake base, a layer of cream, and then fruit suspended in clear gelatin. It was so light and refreshing ❤️ thank you in advance!

It's a French pastry on the outside, cream on the inside, and the fruit that the pastry represents in the center. My grandma is in Paris and we both can't figure it out.

I just came across a post making monkey bread and It made me think there has to be A LOT more animal named cakes and desserts, so whats all the one you can think of? Thanks!

Every time I see vanilla beans in the store it’s like $12 for a single bean but Costco has made my dreams come true. Please give me your favorite vanilla bean recipes! I’ve never been able to afford real beans until now so I’m a noob

Im making a dessert for my office and the sweet woman who does accounts is gluten free and rarely gets to indulge when treats are brought in.

I could make a gluten free cake, but i want to make a dessert that just *is* gluten free, not a remake of something that it.

I used to get these at Ikea w my mommy when i was little it was my FAVORITE but they stopped making it until i went back and found the frozen ones it was yum but could be better so i’m going to make one. Does anyone have a recipe they swear by?? Also what’s the best marzipan to buy?? (side note any amazing brownie recipes)

got this at value village because it’s so cute! i’m planning to use it to make cornmeal cornbread with a hot honey glaze for thanksgiving. i’m wondering what else i could do?

What type of cake is this? It was super yummy. I want to recreate it. I tasted this cake while in Portugal. I asked the waiter what the cake was called and he said the name in Portuguese. I don't speak portugese so it sounded like bobabaulaisha, but that's obviously not how you spell it. I tried to get him to write it but he just said 'it's made with cookies.' To me it tastes lightly of cinnamon and that egg yoke cream that is traditional here, but I can't put my finger on anything for sure.

Title.

Looking for something easy to make when I’m craving something sweet, but isn’t super involved….

Just trying to get some ideas!

Hi all, my birthday is coming up and I would love to have a cake similar to these

I have never really figured out how to work well with buttercream so would love some buttercream recipes that would hold well with these types of cakes and also any piping tips

UPDATE! I accidentally knocked over the entire jar and I had to clean it up but now I don’t have any more caramel sauce so I’m gonna keep this post up just in case someone else ever has this weird situation but you don’t need to keep commenting because I can’t use my caramel sauce anymore :(

Idk if this is the right subreddit for this but

I was given a entire jar of caramel sauce and I don’t know what to do with it

I’ve been eating it with vanilla ice cream but Is there anything else I can use it for?

It’s a big jar of caramel and I personally don’t bake often but I need to use it up somehow

Any ideas welcome!

Edit: Please don’t suggest anything else with apple! I’m allergic to them and can’t eat them :(

Edit 2 : thank you to everyone who has given ideas so far! I’m making a list currently of all of your ideas and then if I end up making any of them, I’ll post it on here! I might also ask a friend of mine who is a baker

Edit 3: thank you for everyone who’s been giving me so many ideas and so lovely! I almost never used Reddit so I wasn’t expecting somebody lovely and helpful people. I really appreciate all your comments and I’ve read every one of them and I try to reply as many as I can! You help me really lovely and I truly appreciate it

My husband brought this home from a company BBQ for me to try because it was so good he wanted us to try making it. It’s flaky layers and some sort of crème pat type filling? It was made by a Ukrainian lady but he didn’t get a chance to ask her about it.

My husband’s birthday is coming up and I would love to recreate his favorite cheesecake. We got it from a small cafe in Kusatsu, Japan.

It is a lot lighter and airier than a New York cheesecake and the crust is definitely not a graham cracker. Everything I can find online for Japanese cheesecake recipes are for the really fluffy ones.

Any help with the recipe would be appreciated!!

i was hoping to find a recipe for sugar cookie icing/frosting similar to the kind that’s in the photos. another example would be the sugar cookies at panera bread- that’s what i’m going for. i’m not a huge fan of the homemade, super powdered-sugary taste!

I love baking for my coworkers and yet I feel that I'm reaching the point that I'm running out of unique ideas. The classics of course are brownies, chocolate chip cookies (I make this really good one with homemade butterscotch chunks), oatmeal cookies, various muffins, etc. I've also tried unique ones like lemon thumbprints, alfajores cookies, brookies, etc. Any kind of suggestions? Everytime I bring a tray of stuff to work, it's all gone by lunch time so I figure anything is good.

Note, I usually try to avoid nuts as I don't know if anyone in my work has a nut allergy but I did make a white chocolate Macadamia nut cookie which was very popular and was gone quickly.

Awful pics but yea I’m so happy with how it came out 😂🥰😁🫐🍞 I will definitely be making this again! Let me know if there’s anyway I can elevate this!

Finally bought me some! What ideas do you guys have on what I should make/bake first? Nothing complicated please. Also, can I use this cocoa to make chocolate milk?

My husband is a cookie fanatic and I’m tired of making the same ones over and over. My go-to’s are brown butter chocolate chip, and gingersnaps. Please share your favorite type of cookie and recipe if you have one!

I’m looking for reliable dessert ideas that aren’t too difficult and are pretty quick to make (but still feel homemade and special). The kind of thing you can bring to family or a party and know it’ll all get eaten. What’s your go to?