Desserts

Lemon-Rhubarb Bars

These lemon-rhubarb bars taste just like lemon bars but with the added flavor (and pretty color) that comes from our favorite spring vegetable.

Desserts

The Best Carrot Cake Ever

Made with carrots, pineapple, walnuts, and spices we think this easy sheet cake topped with cream cheese frosting is the best carrot cake ever.

Desserts

Blueberry Pound Cake

Easy and elegant, this blueberry pound cake is studded with wild Maine blueberries tossed in cinnamon and sugar, then topped with a sweet glaze.

Desserts

Graham Cracker Pie

This simple graham cracker pie recipe, filled with creamy vanilla pudding, comes from chef Erin French of The Lost Kitchen in Freedom, Maine.

Desserts

Apple Cider Doughnut Whoopie Pies

These Cider Doughnut Whoopie Pies are part apple cider doughnut, part whoopie pie, and entirely delicious.

Desserts

Cherry-Chocolate-Marzipan Tea Cake

The cherry-chocolate-marzipan tea cake gets its rich almond flavor from three sources: almond paste, almond extract, and sliced almonds on top.

Desserts

Poor Man’s Cake (Depression Cake)

Poor man’s cake is an old-fashioned dessert that was especially popular in the 1930s and is sometimes known as Depression Cake, because it didn’t call for butter, milk, or eggs.

Desserts

Maple Dumplings (Grandpères)

Each spring we look forward to maple dumplings, a decadent and boldly delicious maple-season treat.

Desserts

Old-Fashioned Hermit Bars

Sweet and spicy thanks to cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves, these old-fashioned hermit bars are a New England cookie classic.

Desserts

Joanne Chang’s Best Boston Cream Pie

A fluffy filling and pure chocolate ganache glaze add flavor, texture, and style to this Boston cream pie recipe from award-winning Boston pastry chef Joanne Chang.

Desserts

Black-and-White Cookies

Ahh, black-and-white cookies. This Jewish bakery staple is to many Jews what madeleines were to Proust.

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