1,550 baking powder recipes

Painted sugar cookies decorated before baking with egg yolk paint and food coloring. A fun, creative baking project for kids that skips messy icing entirely.

Flaky buttermilk biscuits with fresh parsley, chives, and oregano. Cold butter cut into flour creates tall, layered biscuits with an herb-flecked crumb.

Edna's cranberry cake with a layer of whole cranberry sauce baked between two layers of sour cream batter in a tube pan, topped with chopped walnuts. A holiday Bundt cake classic.

Chocolate biscotti studded with white vanilla chips, twice-baked for that signature crunch. Italian-style cookies built for dunking in coffee, tea, or dessert wine.

Buttermilk cinnamon coffee cake with a crunchy walnut streusel topping baked in a 9x13 pan. A tender, moist breakfast cake with brown sugar, ginger, and a crumbly nut-cinnamon top that's perfect for brunch.

Sunny cocoa drop cookies are light chocolate-orange cookies made with corn oil spread and sour cream, then finished with a glossy cocoa drizzle. Lower-fat drop cookie, four dozen per batch.

Chocolate coconut cake roll spirals a light cocoa sponge around a fluffy cherry-coconut whipped cream filling. Rolled warm so it won't crack, then chilled and dusted with powdered sugar. A retro showstopper.

Grasmere gingerbread: the famous Lake District gingerbread biscuit made with oatmeal, butter, ginger and golden syrup. Cross between a flapjack and a gingerbread, with origins in 1850s Cumbria.

Mock-chiffon chocolate cake with folded egg whites for an airy, light crumb, served with homemade chocolate whipped cream. Uses oil instead of butter for extra moisture.

Norwegian kringla are soft pretzel-shaped buttermilk cookies twisted into figure-eights. A traditional Scandinavian coffee-time treat that needs an overnight chill for flavor.

Raisin pineapple drop cookies with brown sugar, crushed pineapple, and seedless raisins in a soft, cake-like dough. A fruity, old-fashioned cookie that stays moist for days.

Apricot squares with a buttery shortbread base and a chewy brown sugar layer studded with simmered apricots and chopped almonds. Dusted with powdered sugar for a classic finish.

A light, springy chocolate sponge cake made with just six pantry staples and absolutely no eggs or dairy. Two layers sandwiched with fudge icing, dusted with grated chocolate and powdered sugar. Vegan baking at its most unfussy.

Classic cranberry bread with walnuts, fresh orange juice, and grated orange rind. Baked low and slow, then rested overnight for a dense, moist loaf that slices like a dream.

Moist zucchini bread loaded with grated summer squash, brown sugar, cinnamon, and oil for a soft, never-dry crumb. Makes two freezer-friendly loaves, the classic late-summer use for garden zucchini.

Great chocolate cake built from cocoa bloomed in boiling water, cake flour, and butter for a deep, moist crumb. Topped with whipped cream, strawberries, and chocolate drizzle for shortcake.