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Holiday Baking

Holiday baking recipes for festive gatherings and gifting, from cookies and cakes to bars, candy, breads, and celebration-worthy desserts.

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Latest Holiday Baking

Find your next favorite holiday baking from the Effing Delicious kitchen.

A festive slice of peppermint chocolate Christmas cake with mint buttercream, ganache drip, and candy cane sprinkles.

Cakes

Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Cake with Mint Frosting

There’s nothing like slicing into a richly chocolatey, peppermint-scented cake to kick off the holiday season. My peppermint chocolate Christmas cake recipe...

Three-layer gingerbread caramel cake with cream cheese frosting and dripping caramel, on a cake stand.

Bakery-Style

Gingerbread Caramel Layer Cake with Warm Spices

The first whiff of this gingerbread caramel layer cake recipe wakes up every sense with cinnamon, ginger, and the sultry pull of...

A Christmas cranberry white chocolate cake with white frosting, fresh cranberries, and white chocolate curls on top, shown sliced on a holiday table.

Cakes

Christmas Cranberry White Chocolate Cake with Tart Berries

If the holiday season had a signature cake, this Christmas cranberry white chocolate cake recipe would be it: plush white chocolate cake...

Chocolate shard celebration cake decorated with rich chocolate buttercream, tall handmade dark chocolate shards, and delicate chocolate shavings on top.

Cakes

Bakery-Style Chocolate Shard Celebration Cake with Dramatic Finish

Some cakes are meant to be a little over the top, and this bakery-style chocolate shard celebration cake recipe is definitely one...

Christmas

Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Bars

Few things signal holiday coziness quite like the scent of cranberry white chocolate cookie bars coming out of the oven: buttery vanilla...

Chocolate

Fudgy Small-Batch Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

You gotta make these small-batch chocolate crinkle cookies if you're craving a proper fudgy chocolate cookie without baking a whole tray! I...

Thick bakery-style ginger molasses cookies with crackled, sugared edges and soft chewy centers stacked on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Thick & Chewy Bakery-Style Ginger Molasses Cookies

Imagine the scent of warm ginger and caramelized molasses drifting through your kitchen, swirling with promises of chewy decadence and a little...

Golden coconut macaroons with crisp toasted ridges and chewy centers on a parchment-lined baking sheet

Golden Coconut Macaroons Recipe with Crisp Edges and Chewy Centers

I’ve never understood why coconut macaroons sometimes get a reputation for being dry, because a good one should be anything but! These...

Three-layer chocolate toffee crunch cake with creamy chocolate frosting, two layers of crunchy toffee filling, and chocolate-covered toffee pieces decorating the top.

Cakes

Chocolate Toffee Crunch Layer Cake Recipe with Moist Layers and Homemade Butter Toffee

Chocolate cake is already hard to resist, but add homemade butter toffee and suddenly things get a whole lot more interesting! What...

Peppermint chocolate slice-and-bake cookies with crushed candy rims and chewy cocoa centers

Holiday Peppermint Chocolate Slice-and-Bake Cookies Recipe

Chocolate and peppermint are practically made for the holidays, and these holiday peppermint chocolate slice-and-bake cookies bring both flavors together without making...