Birthday Recipes

Grab your party hat! Everything you need to plan the best party is right here, from photo-worthy birthday cake recipes (or the best cakes from stores, if that’s your thing) to extra-special birthday dinner ideas.

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    The Best Birthday Cake Ideas

    Blow out the candles and make a wish. These tasty birthday cake ideas, from fudgy chocolate to pink lemonade, will make every celebration special.

    85 Kids Birthday Party Food Ideas

    Scratching your head when it comes to what to serve at your kid's party? We're here to help! Here are...




    Vanilla Frosting

    Don't know how to make icing for cake but don't want to settle for store-bought frosting? This four-ingredient easy vanilla...

    Swedish Visiting Cake

    This old-fashioned Swedish visiting cake recipe is infused with almond flavor and has a sweet and crunchy almond topping.


    Copycat Domino’s Cookie Brownies

    This copycat recipe for Domino's cookie brownies delivers the fudgy, the gooey, the chocolaty and the chewy.

    Copycat Marshall Field’s Chocolate Cookies

    Department store cookies were a storied shopping tradition that is deeply missed. Relive the glory days with this copycat Marshall...


    Copycat Chick-fil-A Brownies

    It's official: Chick-fil-A is the best at everything—including dessert. We present this copycat Chick-fil-A brownies recipe as evidence.


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    Strawberry Pretzel Dessert Jars

    Need to bring a dish to pass this weekend? This make-ahead layered dessert, adorable in individual Mason jars, will disappear...


    Frosted Chocolate Cake

    This recipe is my mother's oldest and most popular chocolate cake recipe. I always thought it should have a fancier...

    Bittersweet Chocolate Cheesecake

    I'm a great-grandmother, and my whole family enjoys this dessert. I received this recipe from my niece. It's very chocolaty....


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    Brownie Torte

    My mother-in-law first shared this recipe, and now it's often requested for birthdays and other special occasions. I like to...


    Strawberry Ice Cream Charlotte

    My family loves ice cream cake, so they were delighted when I first presented this dessert. It's light, delicious and...


    Berry Mini Cheesecakes

    There's always room for some mini desserts! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen


    Chocolate-Cherry Brownie Cake

    My grandmother taught me the tricks to making this cake, and I've added my own special touches. The melted chocolate...

    Almond Chocolate Cake

    When our son and daughter were teenagers, our house was the hang-out for their whole group of friends. This rich...


    Chocolate Angel Cake

    When I was married in 1944, I could barely boil water. My dear mother-in-law taught me her specialty—making the lightest...


    Earthquake Cake

    This decadent and chocolaty earthquake cake is packed with shredded coconut, chopped pecans and craters of cream cheese frosting.


    Strawberry Brownies

    The secret to these scrumptious strawberry brownies? A boxed cake mix makes these pink brownies light and fluffy and very...


    White Chocolate Raspberry Cake

    With creamy frosting, fluffy vanilla-almond cake layers and a vibrant raspberry filling, this white chocolate raspberry cake is the ultimate...


    Vegan Chocolate Cake

    A few secret ingredients—homemade vegan buttermilk, coffee and applesauce—make this the best vegan chocolate cake recipe ever.


    Chicken Salad With Greek Yogurt

    This 15-minute Chicken Salad Chick copycat recipe has become one of my very favorite meals. But it needn’t even be...


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    Chocolate Fudge Cake

    Chocolate fudge cake is the cure for any chocolate lover's sweet tooth and a staple in baking 101. Here's how...


    Homemade Kahlua

    This homemade Kahlua recipe transforms four simple ingredients into a rich coffee liqueur in about 15 minutes. It's great for...

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    Sugar Cookie Martini

    We’ve concocted a sugar cookie martini that tastes exactly like a fresh-out-the-oven, vanilla-scented Christmas sugar cookie. The glass is even...


    Chocolate Liqueur

    Every home bar and pantry should have a bottle of chocolate liqueur on hand for cocktails, hot cocoa, desserts and...


    Amaretto

    This recipe for homemade amaretto liqueur is just what your bar cart needed!


    Homemade Grand Marnier

    Love orange liqueur? Use our Grand Marnier recipe to make your very own right at home.


    Hazelnut Liqueur Recipe

    Stop right there! Before you buy that bottle of Frangelico, you might just have all you need to make this...


    Oreo Pie Crust

    Learn to make this Oreo pie crust recipe and you'll never buy store-bought again! Use the two-ingredient Oreo pie crust...