A smidge of almond extract delivers a boost of flavor to our best vanilla cake recipe, and the cream cheese buttercream frosting takes it over the top.
Join Brad Leone, Zaynab Issa, Melissa Miranda, and Chrissy Tracey in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as they each prepare a cool fruit-based dessert perfect for warm summer nights. From cantaloupe candy and fresh berry sorbet to grilled mangoes and cheesecake, there's sure to be something here for every person at the cookout.
See Zaynab's full recipe for her lemon ricotta cake here: https://weigt-finish.today/recipe/any-berry-lemon-ricotta-cake%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="StackedRatingsCardWrapper-RIFgn jsPKbl SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-ilztYA cpHIzM search_result_item-6a96ad7db3a5fd8cc8758fdb">
Pastry chef Caroline Schiff joins Bon Appétit to make her perfect chocolate cake: an ultra-moist, four-layer showstopper with silky chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream and a glossy chocolate sauce soak. From using oil and sour cream for a soft, tender crumb to balancing dark and milk chocolate with flaky sea salt, Caroline shares her best baking tricks for creating a rich yet surprisingly light chocolate cake from scratch.
Pastry chef Caroline Schiff shares her ultimate chocolate chip cookie recipe using two special ingredients. Discover how brown butter and malted milk powder create irresistibly chewy centers, crisp edges, and deep toffee-like flavor for the perfect cookie.
For more recipes like this one, preorder Caroline’s cookbook Daily Dessert, out 10/13/26: https://www.pastryschiff.com/cookbook/
Bon Appétit spends the morning with oven master May Nguyen at Breadbelly, San Francisco’s acclaimed Asian-American bakery. Every morning, May races against the clock to bake, finish, and garnish hundreds of pastries before sunrise. Discover how kaya buns, croissants, milk bread, black sesame pastries, and more come together in just 2.5 hours.
When it comes to all things culinary, Test Kitchen chef Molly Baz has attempted many complicated and rarefied cooking techniques, but she's never tried pancake art. Join her as she tries to master the instagramable medium that is pancake art through a series of 7 challenges.
Check out Brek Nebel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pancakebrekfast/
Visit Jasmine Rezonable's website: http://getcakedla.com/
World-famous pastry chef Dominique Ansel (creator of the Cronut) joins Bon Appétit to demonstrate how to make the perfect croissant at his NYC bakery. Learn every step, from mixing and fermenting the dough to laminating with French butter, shaping, proofing, and baking for that signature flaky, golden crust and moist honeycomb interior.
