Another year is over, which means it's time to look at all the recipes that made it great. From cake-inspired nuts, to a maximalist cinnamon roll, to a coffee cake so good we've named it our Recipe of the Year, it's been a year full of stellar baking. Below, a list of the most popular Roasts of the Week this year. If you haven't made these recipes yet, now is the time!
1) Carrot cake scones with cream cheese frosting
This cake mix was beloved this year, and it's easy to see why: They're lighter and quicker than carrot cake, but still packed with the shredded carrots, toasted pecans, and comforting spices that make its namesake their wonderful. A dollop of sweet cream cheese frosting makes them a special occasion.
Get the recipe: Carrot cake scones with cream cheese frosting
Buy the recipe: Carbonated sugar
2) Peanut Butter Cake
This quick and easy snack cake punches above its weight. With loads of peanut butter incorporated directly into the batter, the result is a soft, rich, very peanut buttery cake that can be paired with any number of creams and toppings, from a marshmallow-y Seven-minute frost that evokes a Fluffernutter sandwich on plain chocolate cream.
Get the recipe: Peanut Butter Cake
Buy the recipe: Pure King Arthur Vanilla Extract
3) No-Knead Everything Bread
Our best bread recipe of the year, this amazingly simple loaf packs a big punch thanks to a generous layer of Everything Bagel Topping. It's like a chewy loaf and artisan bread combined into one — one you'll happily want to eat every day for breakfast. (Watch our video on how to do it!)
Get the recipe: Without kneading everything Bread
Buy the recipe: Everything Topping with Bagel AND High gluten flour
4) Giant cinnamon roll
It's a giant cinnamon roll – need we explain more? OK, we will. Baked in a cast iron skillet, this maximalist recipe delivers the best of both worlds: a soft center and slightly crisp edges. Cut and serve this cinnamon roll as a slice of pie to show off the intricate design – it might just be your new festive cake alternative!
Get the recipe: Giant cinnamon roll
Buy the recipe: Vietnamese cinnamon
5) Pain de Campagne (Bread of the country)
This bread is called the only sourdough bread recipe you needand for good reason: It can be done withthe firstYou make sourdough straight from your fridge, it's mostly by hand (no boiling!) and it has a flexible schedule that you can fit around your timeline. And the bread itself? It has an open crumb, shiny interior and wonderful height. What more could you want?
Get the recipe: Pain de Campagne (Country Bread)
Buy the recipe: Unbleached bread flour
6) Crumb Lover's Coffee Cake
This Heavy Coffee Cake was our most popular version Recipe of the Year 2023: Fresh Coffee Cinnamon Cake. But it is not the only one that you all loved! Other fan favorites included Triple Chocolate Coffee Cake, Coffee cake with raspberry cream, Blueberry Coffee Cake with Almond CrunchAND Coffee cake for birthday.
Get the recipe: Crumb Lover's Coffee Cake
Buy the recipe: Vietnamese cinnamon
7) Simple Vegan Lemon Cake
You don't need to be vegan to appreciate this moist and luscious cake. Super smooth and delicious from all that lemon, it comes together by hand (no electric mixer needed) and will be on your table in less than an hour. For the brightest and most lemony flavor, be sure to use it lemon juice powder.
Get the recipe: Easy Vegan Lemon Tart
Buy the recipe: Powder with lemon juice
8) Brownie Cookies
You all loved the brownies this year, including these Brownie Cookies, which combine the softness of brownies with the chewiness of chocolate chip cookies. Both brownie batter and cookie dough are made using melted butter, which means they come together quickly and can be mixed by hand.
Get the recipe: Brownie Cookies
Buy the recipe: Callebaut Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips AND Double Dark Cocoa Blend
9) Chocolate Sour Dough Cookies
It turns out that the best thing you can do with sourdough is put it in cookies. These extra-large cookies have thin, crispy edges, chewy centers, and a pronounced buttery flavor from the addition of browned butter. And did we mention they're loaded with a full pound of chocolate (milk ANDdark), which melts into irrepressible puddles?
Get the recipe: Chocolate Sour Dough Cookies
Buy the recipe: Valrhona dark chocolate AND Valrhona milk chocolate
10) Cardamom buns
These stunning buns are perfumed with an aromatic blend of fragrant cardamom, spicy cinnamon and dark cocoa. Brush the gorgeous spirals with a cardamom infused glaze and then top Swedish pearl sugar for a perfect finish.
Get the recipe: Cardamom buns
Buy the recipe: Cloud Forest Ground Cardamom AND Black cocoa
11) South Shore Pizza Bar
Originating from the bars, taverns and dives of the south coast of Massachusetts, bar pizza is characterized by a very thin, round crust covered entirely with sauce and cheese to create a crispy edge. Be sure to plan for this pie, as the dough requires a long chilling time in the refrigerator before it is ready to be baked and baked.
Get the recipe: South Shore Bar Pizza
Buy the recipe: SAF Red Instant Tip
12) Sugar Crust Apple Cobbler
A perennial favorite of King Arthur, this apple cobbler is designed to showcase the pure flavors of fresh apples. Its cupcake-style filling with a crunchy sugar crust is the perfect complement to the soft, juicy baked apples underneath.
Get the recipe: Sugar-Crusted Apple Cobbler
Buy the recipe: Vermont Mulled Cider AND Vietnamese cinnamon
13) Sheet French Toast
This French toast is the breakfast shortcut you didn't know you needed. In the same time it takes to make a slice on the stove, you can bake an entire pan of French toast in the oven. Add a dollop of raspberry-lemon compote for a bright accompaniment to the richness of the toast.
Get the recipe: Flaky French Toast
Buy the recipe: King Arthur Sheet Pan
14) Hard chocolate cake
For a deep, rich chocolate cake, look no further than this recipe. The tart presence gives the cake a complex finish, and the slightly bitter hops from the beer act as a counterpoint to the sugar. It is also a very expensive cake, and its dark color comes mainly from beer and cocoa powder.
Get the recipe: Hard chocolate cake
Buy the recipe: Double Dark Cocoa Blend AND Belcolade Bittersweet Chocolate Wafers
15) Green Goddess Herb Cookies
These eye-catching biscuits, inspired by the iconic salad dressing, are made with fresh basil, parsley and chives, which give them a bright flavor and colour. They are also soft and delicious, thanks to the addition of buttermilk and mayonnaise to the dough.
Get the recipe: Green Goddess Herb Cookies
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Cover photo and food styling by Liz Neily.