Our 24 Best Cakes, Cookies and Other Treats for Your Coziest Fall Yet

[ad_1] It’s Bake Time! Have a good time the launch of our baking publication (and begin of the season) with these crowd-pleasing recipes.

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An angled image of an apple cake on a platter with two slices taken out." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-cake-1-pghf-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Brown butter, bourbon, almond and a touch of citrus fragrance Vaughn Vreeland’s boozy apple crunch cake. Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. By Vaughn Vreeland

Vaughn Vreeland is a supervising video producer for NYT Cooking. An avid baker and residential cook dinner hailing from North Carolina, Vaughn will be seen making his newest creations on the NYT Cooking YouTube channel, Instagram and TikTok.

Revealed Sept. 25, 2025 Up to date Sept. 25, 2025

The start of fall is a altering of the guard. The air con is clocking out. It’s time for the oven to step in and the warming flavors of nutmeg, allspice, cardamom, apple, maple and citrus to fill the air.

Contemplate this checklist of 24 treats a strategy to welcome the season. Sticky buns, Bundt truffles and blondies, snacking truffles, cookies and cider doughnuts: Every invitations you to decelerate, to cease and scent the sweets. (Save all of them on New York Instances Cooking.)

As you replenish on all of the canned pumpkin and recent cranberries you may muster, we have now some information.

We’re launching a baking publication and video collection, known as Bake Time.

By The New York Instances Cooking

Every week, I’ll ship a batch of recipes, together with suggestions and tweaks for making issues your personal. And as soon as a month, I’ll share a recipe we are able to all make collectively, together with a video the place I'm going deep on simply how one can make it. So dig out the sweaters from underneath your mattress, mud off these loaf pans and prepare. It’s bake time!

Signal Up for Vaughn Vreeland’s Bake Time E-newsletter <img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of doughnuts and muffins tossed with cinnamon sugar against a green background." width="2048" height="1366" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Apple-Cider-Donuts-pwmg-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. Is it actually fall should you haven’t had an apple cider doughnut? This simple take from Erin Jeanne McDowell yields the basic flavors and textures at residence (and can absolutely make your own home scent unimaginable). No must exit and purchase a doughnut pan, should you don’t have one — this recipe will be baked off into muffins!

Recipe: Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A swirled loaf finished with a light purple glaze is photographed from overhead on a platter. It’s partly sliced, with one slice sitting off to the side." width="2048" height="1366" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm/22-FALLBAKING-PB&J-POUND-cake-hqjm-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. My loaf cake amplifies the various joys of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Creamy peanut butter lends fats and nuttiness, making for a magnificently moist pound cake that’s ribboned with layers of jam. The cake is then topped with a stunning jammy glaze, together with roasted peanuts for texture and a mandatory hit of salt in each chew.

Recipe: Peanut Butter and Jelly Pound Cake

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="Eight reddish sugar cookies sit on a mint-green plate." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm/22-FALLBAKING-gochujang-caramel-cookies-kzbm-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. Eric Kim swirls a mix of gochujang, a spicy and fermented Korean pink chile paste, and brown sugar, right into a easy sugar cookie dough. What emerges from the oven is without delay easy to make and beguiling to eat. Take it from Adam LeClair, a reader: “Please simply make these. They’re wonderful. Simply … wonderful!”

Recipe: Gochujang Caramel Cookies

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A slab of cake, topped with a pillowy frosting and pecans is photographed at an angle. Three square slices sit off to the side." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk/22-FALLBAKING-Sweet-Potato-Snacking-Cake-fzlk-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. Transfer over, carrot cake! Candy potato cake is right here to remain. Grated candy potato, maple syrup and a whisper of spice make up the bottom of my simple recipe, however the brown butter-cream cheese frosting, which is tangy and nutty with notes of caramel, is the actual star.

Recipe: Candy Potato Cake With Brown Butter Cream Cheese

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of a batch of light-brown crinkled cookies." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv/22-FALL-BAKING-Earl-Grey-Sugar-Cookies-cqwv-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> David Malosh for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Simon Andrews. “Like sugar cookies, solely fascinating,” as one reader astutely put it. For daring, floral taste that doesn’t compromise on texture, Yossy Arefi steeps Earl Gray tea in melted butter, fairly than incorporating the tea leaves into the dough of those five-star tender and chewy cookies.

Recipe: Chewy Earl Gray Sugar Cookies

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A side image of an icing-topped scone sitting on a pink plate." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Blueberry-Scone-kvgf-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. These scones from Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery and Cafe in Boston, tailored by Dorie Greenspan, have a texture uniquely their very own. Butter is integrated in two phases, making them flaky like a standard scone, but they’re tender like a spongecake due to crème fraîche, buttermilk and egg yolk.

Recipe: Joanne Chang’s Maple-Blueberry Scones

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A slice of cake topped with apples and nuts is photographed at an angle." width="2048" height="1366" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl/22-FALLBAKING-Boozy-Apple-Crunch-Slice-gqcl-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. A riff on German apfelkuchen, my apple-packed cake is bound to be a showstopper at any fall perform. The sturdy batter is infused with brown butter, almond, bourbon and lemon, then topped with a mix of slivered almonds and coarse turbinado sugar. It will get one other soak of bourbon after it’s baked — for good measure.

Recipe: Boozy Apple Crunch Cake

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A side image of several stacks of golden blondies studded with white chocolate and butterscotch chips." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq/25FD-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-Blondies-zlhq-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Rachel Vanni for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Spencer Richards. This recipe, which my colleague Margaux Laskey tailored from On a regular basis Annie, could appease nearly anybody with sturdy opinions about which chew is finest. White chocolate and butterscotch chips add sweetness, and a fast chill earlier than reducing, in case you have the time, ensures clear, even squares.

Recipe: Pumpkin Blondies

Signal Up for Vaughn Vreeland’s Bake Time E-newsletter <img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of a cake with a bite taken out and chocolate oozing onto a plate." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Lava-Cake-ctkq-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Ryan Liebe for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Simon Andrews. Indulgent, not too candy, molten within the middle: This cake is made for cuffing season. Whether or not you’re attempting to impress somebody on the second date, shock your accomplice after an extended day of labor or simply deal with your self for submitting a mission on time, Yossy Arefi delivers.

Recipe: Chocolate Lava Cake for Two

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of a pecan studded loaf on a blue and white platter." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp/22-FALLBAKING-Miso-Pecan-Banana-Bread-hkgp-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Ryan Liebe for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Barrett Washburne. Prop Stylist: Megan Hedgpeth. Banana bread is an anytime deal with, equally welcome at breakfast, as a noon pick-me-up or a sneaky 1 a.m. nibble. Bryan Washington’s model makes it all of the extra irresistible, infusing it with miso, which provides a fancy, salty chew that counters the sweetness of ripe bananas. Toasted pecans lend some satisfying texture and bolster the miso’s nutty notes.

Recipe: Miso Pecan Banana Bread

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A cast-iron skillet filled with baked apples topped with a crisp crumble and scoops of vanilla ice cream." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc/22-FALLBAKING-Skillet-caramel-apple-crisp-wlhc-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Christopher Testani for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Eugene Jho. When you’ve loved a dessert baked in a cast-iron skillet, huddled round a hearth with family members, you’ve reached peak fall. The caramel sauce on this crisp from Yossy Arefi infuses the apple filling and yields sufficient to pour what’s left over vanilla ice cream.

Recipe: Skillet Caramel-Apple Crisp

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of a pink glazed Bundt cake with some slices taken out to reveal some cranberry inside." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Bundt-CAke-qhtw-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> David Malosh for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Hadas Smirnoff If there have been a draw back to fall baking, it could be a scarcity of vibrant, tart seasonal fruit. Dorie Greenspan studs this attractive Bundt with cranberries, the “It” Woman fall fruit, and surrounds them with tender, virtually melt-in-your mouth citrus and spice cake, making every slice an beautiful stability of consolation and zing.

Recipe: Cranberry Spice Bundt Cake

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of rectangular cookies swirled with chocolate and vanilla, and studded with candied ginger." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk/22-FALLBAKING-Chocolate-Marble-Shortbread-fwbk-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Mark Weinberg for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Yossy Arefi. Regardless of their cozy disposition, fall bakes can look as stylish because the streets of Paris throughout trend week. These beautiful, high-contrast cookies from Yewande Komolafe mix some intense flavors — chocolate, toasted sesame, candied ginger, citrus, oh my! — in a symphony of swirls. They’re virtually too fairly to eat. Virtually.

Recipe: Spiced Chocolate Marble Shortbread

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A side image of an orange, cream-topped tres leches cake finished with lime zest and coconut." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk/22-FALLBAKING-Thai-Tres-Leche-Cake-vmpk-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. This eye-catching dessert, created by the chef Sam Yoo and tailored by Ligaya Mishan, is a marquee dish at Golden Diner in Manhattan, and rightfully so. Pleasantly bitter Thai tea infuses the three-milk soak, checking the sweetness whereas including complexity and a deep orange hue. Topped with tangy whipped cream, lime zest and toasted coconut, this cake will get higher the longer it soaks, a scrumptious lesson in persistence.

Recipe: Thai Tea Tres Leches Cake

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of a swirled pumpkin roll on a platter, next to two slices." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm/22-FALLBAKING-Pumpkin-roll-lqhm-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. For those who’re craving a sublime pumpkin dessert that goes past cinnamon and nutmeg, Samantha Seneviratne’s pumpkin roll matches the invoice. The sponge itself is gentle and springy, and its barely spiced, earthy pumpkin taste pairs superbly with the daring, bittersweet coffee-caramel cream cheese filling.

Recipe: Pumpkin Roll With Espresso-Caramel Cream

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of a burnished cheesecake with a slice taken out." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw/22-FALLBAKING-Basque-Cheesecake-vmqw-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Barrett Washburne. Basque cheesecake, like this one from Marti Buckley, tailored by Tanya Sichynsky, is a perfect low-effort, high-reward dessert. The hallmark of this fashion of cheesecake, from the Basque area of northern Spain, is its deeply caramelized exterior and creamy, velvety inside (there’s additionally no crust!). Whereas it bakes, it puffs up like a soufflé, then sinks into itself, forming an outer ridge and custardy middle.

Recipe: Basque Cheesecake

Signal Up for Vaughn Vreeland’s Bake Time E-newsletter <img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A side image of a sticky bun topped with pecans." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt/22-FALLBAKING-Maple-Sticky-Buns-wmzt-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Johnny Miller for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Rebecca Jurkevich. Home made sticky buns are all the time definitely worth the effort, and as a rule, they’re additionally manner higher than something you can purchase. A super brunch centerpiece, these spiced treats from Yossy Arefi use buttermilk within the dough so that they’re particularly tender, tender and able to cushion the sticky toasted pecan topping.

Recipe: Maple-Pecan Sticky Buns

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of a dozen chocolate cookies topped with sprinkled sea salt." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw/22-FALLBAKING-Chewy-Brownie-Cookie-lcbw-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Mark Weinberg for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. My 30-minute cookies are all one of the best components of a brownie — chewy on the edges, fudgy within the center — in cookie type. The toughest half? “Getting the batter off my brow after licking the bowl clear,” wrote Debbie S., a reader. “BEST COOKIE EVER.”

Recipe: Chewy Brownie Cookies

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of a burnished lemon pudding with a scoop taken out." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj/22-FALLBAKING-Baked-Lemon-Pudding-pkfj-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> David Malosh for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Simon Andrews. Whenever you want a palate cleanser from spice-laden sweets, this baked lemon pudding from the Irish pastry chef JR Ryall, tailored by David Tanis, is bound to hit the spot. Although it’s ready like a soufflé, it's neither that, neither is it a pudding, as its title suggests. It’s one thing altogether extra particular: Whereas it bakes, the combination separates into two distinct layers, custardy on the underside and spongy on prime.

Recipe: Baked Lemon Pudding

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="An overhead image of marshmallow topped blondies that have been cut into squares." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb/22-FALLBAKING-Smores-Brownies-vmjb-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Johnny Miller for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Erin Jeanne McDowell. Smores Blondies Generally, you need cozy campfire vibes with out all of the fuss. These blondies from Erin Jeanne McDowell seize the essence of an autumnal s’extra, messy like the actual factor however so good you simply don’t care. The blondie base has all of the malty notes of graham crackers fused with melty chocolate, and the marshmallows on prime are impressively toasted with out creating a hearth hazard.

Recipe: S’mores Blondies

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A side image of lemon bars filled with a cranberry curd." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg/22-FALLBAKING-Cranberry-Lemon-Bars-chzg-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Johnny Miller for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Susan Spungen. In these bars from Genevieve Ko, cranberry and lemon, two delightfully lip-puckering elements, complement one another extremely effectively. Additionally, for one thing this pretty, they’re sneakily simple to make and may have your crowd asking for them time and time once more.

Recipe: Cranberry Lemon Bars

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A chocolate-covered carrot cake is photographed at an angle. A single slice is taken out and set to the side." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc/22-FALLBAKING-Bolo-de-Cenoura-hfbc-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Linda Xiao for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. You might have by no means had carrot cake like this earlier than. Yewande Komolafe’s recipe for bolo de cenoura, a model usually present in Portuguese and Brazilian bakeries, comes collectively in a single blender or meals processor. The chocolaty topping is a riff on brigadeiros, and Yewande’s frosting is made with coconut condensed milk, which provides it a refined nuttiness.

Recipe: Bolo de Cenoura (Carrot Cake)

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="A dozen muffins coated in cinnamon sugar are photographed from overhead." width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/22/multimedia/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj/22-FALLBAKING-Snickerdoodle-muffin-ztwj-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Christopher Testani for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Yossy Arefi. You may have all of the goodness of a snickerdoodle cookie for breakfast, with none of the judgment. These snickerdoodle muffins from Sheela Prakash characteristic a double dose of cinnamon — within the batter and within the topping — whereas yogurt offers them that signature snickerdoodle tang with out cream of tartar.

Recipe: Snickerdoodle Muffins

<img class="ResponseImage_image__HGbHr imageblock_image__pBQ9O" alt="" width="2048" height="1365" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf-master495.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 495w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf-master768.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 768w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf-master1050.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 1050w, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/09/25/multimedia/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf/25FD-FALLBAKING-Brown-Sugar-Buttermilk-Cake-lgcf-superJumbo.jpg?format=pjpg&quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1160px"/> Joseph De Leo for The New York Instances. Meals Stylist: Monica Pierini. For those who’re within the temper for a fall baking mission that pays dividends, look no additional than this beautiful centerpiece from Yossy Arefi. Tucked between layers of fluffy brown sugar buttermilk cake is a vigorous Swiss meringue buttercream, which will get its tender pink hue from cranberry jam. Maintain any leftover jam to your morning yogurt (however the cake can be an awesome breakfast).

Recipe: Brown Sugar Layer Cake With Cranberry Buttercream

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