Hot Dessert Recipes How-Tos
How To: Make homemade watermelon sorbet
If you have an ice cream maker and a food processor, you have everything you need to make delicious watermelon sorbet at home. Watch this video to find out exactly how to make this delicious, healthy, mildly alcoholic sorbet recipe.
How To: Bake a tie shaped cake for Father's Day
If your dad is a suit-and-tie type of guy, why not celebrate that on Father's Day by making him a delicious Tie-shaped cake? This video will teach you how to make a chocolate tie cake that will make the whole family weep with pleasure.
How To: Cook your own peanut butter chocolate candy bars
Did you know it really isn't very hard to make your own candy bars at home? This video will teach you a simple recipe for making delicious peanut butter and chocolate dipped candy bars at home without any special equipment.
How To: Make Oreo Bald Eagles for a 4th of July Party
Bald Eagles are an endangered symbol of America. If you want to celebrate them without actually having one, live or dead (either is illegal) watch this video to learn how to make cute little Oreo Bald Eagles, a dessert for American patriots.
How To: Prepare a deep dish pear and apple pie with flaky pie dough
To tell you the truth, our favorite thing about pie is the crust. Sure, we have our go-to fillers like chocolate mousse (drool), sliced apples, and pumpkin (perfect for fall), but when it comes to determining whether or not a pie is good, it all comes down to the crispiness of the crust.
How To: Bake banana pecan muffins with a crunchy, crumbly top
Nippier fall weather - and the beginner of sweater season - means we're sure to be consuming lots more warm, sweet comfort foods to keep us nice and toasty even when it's dreary outside. From pumpkin spice muffins to warm apple cider, there's a lot to choose from during the fall season.
How To: Bake an easy apple crumble with apricot jam and orange juice
Heading to a potlock tomorrow but can't swallow the idea of slaving over the stove for hours in the kitchen making the perfect French onion soup and olive oil drizzled baguettes? Save yourself a panic attack as well as time by baking this apple crumble.
How To: Make a healthy, vegan fresh living cobbler with raw fruits and nuts
Are you trying to be a vegan, but can't live without those decadent, juicy desserts? Well, this video recipe might just be your solution. It's a fresh living cobbler, made with fresh, raw, uncooked fruits and nuts, so that you get all of the life-force, all of the enzymes intact, along with the delicious vitamins. Watch and learn how to make this vegan cobbler dessert!
How To: Make a delicious strawberry jello cake
The wonderful tastes of jello and yellow cake combine forces into a dessert that packs a powerful punch of flavor— a jello cake. Using yellow cake mix and a box of jello (any flavor), you can create a wonderful dessert the whole family can enjoy. Plus, it's two desserts in one! What could be better than that?
How To: Make a quick apple crisp with Rachael Ray
Fall is officially in full swing, which means a whole new supply of in season fruits and vegetables from corn to eggplants to apples. Make use of the deliciousness of freshly picked fall apples by making this apple crisp with Rachael Ray.
How To: Ship a cake without a mess using parchment and bubble wrap
Your family is your family no matter where they are, but if members of your family are living far away in another state or even another country it becomes hard to keep in touch and show you care as often as you want. And making cakes for them is nigh impossible, giving the shipping problems.
How To: Make sweet blackberry pie (clafoutis) with fresh thyme
This is a blackberry pie recipe that has a special ingredient— thyme. Actually, the technical and fancy name for this dessert is blackberry thyme clafoutis, but who cares about fancy names. Pie suits this blackberry dessert just fine. You'll need a hand mixer, power mixer or a food processor for this dessert recipe, along with the following ingredients:
How To: Make a mixed strawberry, raspberry & blueberry cobbler
When berries are in season, make sure you take full advantage of their sweet bounty, and what better way then in a fruit pie dessert? We're talking mixed berry cobbler, here, and it's simply irresistible. This video recipe will show you how to make this homemade mixed berry cobbler using blackberries, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries.
How To: Make chocolate chip cookies stuffed with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Who doesn't love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups? They've been a chocolate candy delight since the late-20s, and they're not going anywhere, except maybe in your chocolate chip cookies. Cookies implanted with miniature peanut butter cups would rock any bake sale!
How To: Make Japanese jasmine tea shaved ice for summer
Chances are you've had shaved ice before. As a kid, it's hard to go through the summer without nomming on one of these sweet, cold treats, usually chipped ice topped with various rainbow hues of orange, mango, or grape syrup.
How To: Make chocolate panna cotta desserts with agar instead of gelatin
Sometimes it's hard to change habits, but in this case, switching from gelatin to agar isn't hard at all, especially once you taste the creamy delight of this chocolate panna cotta recipe.
How To: Bake a creamy and delicious banana cream pie
Seriously, what's not to love about a banana cream pie? Naturallly creamy, sweet bananas, crispy pie crust, and mountains of whipped cream make this comfort food dessert one of our all-time favorites.
How To: Use springform pans for serving and making thick batter cakes
Springform cake pans intimidate lots of home cooks - With a rigid, industrial ring around the side and a metal clasp, it looks difficult to maneuver. But this shape is actually super beneficial if you haven't quite mastered transfering a cake perfecting from the pan to a cake stand. The ring comes apart to let you serve the cake on the cake pan itself.
How To: Make spooky sweet chocolate candle desserts for Halloween
During Halloween, party planning can get really hectic. Between baking and cooking party food to picking up plates and utensils at the store to putting up black and orange streamers, there's more than enough stuff to do to give you a panic attack.
How To: Make Indian sweet sooji ka halwa with raisins and cashews
Sooji ka halwa is a traditional Indian and Asian treat that consists of a thick, sweet confection loaded with various mix ins, including pistachios, almonds, cashews, and raisins.
How To: Make blonde white chocolate brownies with maple syrup sauce
Despite what their name implies, brownies don't have to be, well, brown. Substituting white chocolate for milk chocolate, this recipe for blonde brownies topped with maple syrup sauce is too decadent to pass up.
How To: Make sweet Thai sticky rice with mango slices
We swear we see someone order this dish every time we go to a Thai restaurant. Sweet sticky rice blended to a perfectly fluffy and chewy consistency, a sprinklin of sesame seeds, and juicy mango slices make this Thai sticky rice dish delectable.
How To: Make an emperor's crumbs Austrian dessert (aka császármorzsa / kaiserschmarrn)
In the mood for a tasty dessert? This Austrian dessert should do the trick, plus it's super easy to make! It's one of Central Europe's favorite sweets. It's Austrian-German name of kaiserschmarrn, translates to "emperor mishmash," but it's usually called simply emperor's crumbs. In Hungary, it's referred to as császármorzsa, or sometimes just smarni.
HowTo: Create a Ten-Layer Jell-O Mold
If inspired by the Gowanus Jell-O competition (1, 2), here's a manageable starting point. Brett Bara demonstrates how to make a "wiggling tower of colorful goodness": Previously, Make Blingy Jewels out of Jell-O.
How To: Make rustic cherry and almond cupcakes with mascarpone frosting
Use fresh cherries, sugar, cinnamon and almonds to make these delicious cupcakes. The mascarpone frosting is made with real butter, mascarpone cheese, icing sugar and a fresh vanilla pod. Mix, bake, frost and top with cherries for a delicious dessert.
How To: Make an amazing apple pie from scratch
Apple pie, the most american thing here, besides hot dogs, and about the only thing left that isn't completely processed! Well, sort of. Regardless, this amazing video shows you in, great detail, the steps to baking an awesome apple pie completely from scratch.
How To: Make frozen chocolate dipped bananas with nuts and coconut flakes
In the heat of summer, the urge to chow down on something cold and sweet becomes stronger than ever. But then there's the dilemma of actually having to go outdoors into 100 degree weather, get in your stuffy car, and drive to the grocery store to purchase your popsicles or ice cream cups.
How To: Make a simple and quick peach cobbler with cake mix
Peach cobblers aren't traditionally the fastest desserts to make. They require creating the pie crust, cutting up the fresh peaches, and then assembling it all together into a pretty looking cake.
How To: Make a quick and easy caramel apple cheesecake
If you've ever stuffed a caramel apple into your mouth around Halloween then you know just how delicious the combination of apples and caramel sauce is. The caramel offers a melting, sweet complement to the tart and crisp apple.
How To: Make chocolate cake topped with flan and caramel sauce
What's better than chocolate cake, flan, and caramel sauce? All three combined into one heavenly creation? We're serious: Take a bite and your life - or at least your foodie life - will be complete. This "chocoflan" can be served at any special occasion or as a treat for your family after dinner.
How To: Make miniature iced cheesecake pops on a stick
After having a slice of New York cheesecake for the first time we thought that life couldn't get any better...that is, until we encountered these lovely iced cheesecake pops! Basically these tiny desserts are cupcakes on a stick. And instead of adding frosting on top as you'd do with a traditional cake, these cheesecake pops are dipped into a layer of chocolate, cake crumbs, and can be covered with a coating of frosting if desired.
HowTo: Make a Rubik's Cube Cake
Here at WonderHowTo we love the rubik's cube. We also love cake decorating. So what better than a rubik's cube cake? It looks somewhat complicated, but it surely can't be as complicated as solving the cube itself!
How To: Bake a vanilla pound cake in a bundt pan
Have you ever wondered the secret to baking a moist and delicious poundcake? This light, vanilla-flavored cake is baked in a circular bundt pan and is a sweet dessert to end any meal. Use this recipe for an award winning cake every time!
How To: Bake a strawberry pie
Strawberries are a delicious summertime food, and they become even more of a treat when baked into a pie. The recipe for this tasty strawberry dessert involves berries, sugar and whipped cream baked into a tasty pastry crust.
How To: Bake delicious peanut butter cookies
Peanut butter cookies and milk are a favorite food among cookie lovers everywhere! Baking these sweets, topped with crushed peanuts, isn't hard. The recipe for this delicious dessert involves peanut butter, butter and sugar baked to heavenly perfection.
How To: Double Your Amount of Canned Frosting
This is a quick baking tip to increase your amount of icing. Does the can of frosting you bought at the store not have enough to frost your cakes or cupcakes? Use this quick tip to easily double the amount of canned frosting you have for your desserts!
How To: Bake lemon chiffon cake
Lemons, though tart, can be used in baking to make a sweet pastry or cake. Lemon chiffon cake is a popular dessert. This video gives you step-by-step cooking instructions and an easy recipe to make your own delicious lemon chiffon cake.
How To: Make a banana cake with gooey caramel icing
Bananas + cake and whipped topping = Foodie heaven. We don't know why we've always loved the combination of bananas and cake/ice cream/whipped anything (maybe it stems from having thousands of banana splits as a kid?), but we do know it's delicious!
HowTo: Blood Slide Candy (à la Dexter)
Season 5 of Dexter is set to premiere on September 26th, and it's looking bloody as ever. The trailer for the highly anticipated season debuted at this year's Comic-Con. Things aren't looking so good for Dex... Not a fan (yet)? Instructables user Forkable offers a brief synopsis, and more importantly, an edible party favor for your upcoming premiere party.
How To: Make rum-filled nutmeg thumb print walnut encrusted holiday cookies
This holiday cookies are a favorite for many dessert lovers… or more accurately… rum lovers. They're basically a butter cookie, but with a delicious and fluffy rum filling in the middle. These delicious desserts are called "rum-filled thumb prints" and will not disappoint. The key is to encrust the cookie dough in walnuts, then bake! And the nutmeg goes perfectly with the rum.