Have you ever wondered what would happen if Goldilocks jumped down Alice's rabbit hole? Well it might look a little something like my quest for amazing homemade churros. It took some experimenting, you see. The first round of churros? Good but not great. The second batch? Still not quite. Third time? Well you know what they say — third time's the charm!

Looking for edible wafer paper? A cookie cutter in the shape of an anchor? How about cute cupcake liners, or even just a basic frosting starter kit? These five online stores have everything you could ever possibly want for fancy baking and decorating!

Caramel Banana Cake

We all have one. That Dessert. The one that we pull out, with a sly smile, when we want to make a big impression and leave people groaning with pleasure. The fudgiest chocolate cake. The homemade ice cream with caramel swirl. The pie your mother taught you how to bake. What is your personal knock-out, show-stopping, crowd-pleasing dessert pick? 

I haven't made a pie in awhile and I was thinking at this point that I'd hold out until early spring berries made their way into the markets. But recently, I overheard talk of a pie that caught me off guard: Chai-Spiced Banana Cream Pie. I didn't have a recipe, but I could only imagine how amazing the spice-flecked vanilla custard, soft bananas and pillowy whipped cream would taste, so I set to work. More

Spring is definitely in the air, and it's right about now that the idea of entertaining starts to have appeal again. After all, we need to remind each other what we look like without scarves covering our faces. The first get-together of spring needs a special dessert to mark the occasion, don't you think? A fluffy cake or a parfait with billowy whipped cream, something with crunchy nuts and topped with a drizzle of honey. Here are 15 recipes that we think will do the job admirably.

It's Girl Scout cookie season and if you're anything like me, you've been sidetracked at the grocery store by sweet looking Scouts hawking Thin Mints and Samoas. As a former Girl Scout who once did her fair share of hawking, I have trouble saying no. Plus, I like cookies. Last week a little news story brought to my attention a fact I've long known: there's a trick to making them taste even better. More

Who doesn't have vanilla extract in their pantry right now? If not the extract, then maybe vanilla paste or whole vanilla beans. But what about those other flavorings you see on the grocery shelves? Read on for six additional extracts we like to have on hand for making desserts. More

Easy Party Dessert: Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

What comes after breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Why, dessert, of course! We're rounding out a month of meals with the sweet at the end — a whole week of desserts. What would you like to talk about? Is there a new recipe you love? Anything you would like to learn? From baking tips to new favorite recipes, dessert is on the menu this week! 

There are choices we all make each day, some more important than others. What to have as a midday sweet probably falls in the 'not so important' camp. But that being said, having a little something sweet after lunch can do a lot in the happiness realm of things. And if that something is relatively healthy and without too much sugar? Even better. More