A cookbook can change your life. Two years ago I reviewed one called “Southern Cakes,” which did just that. Like most people, I’d always thought making a cake from scratch was only for the heroic. In ...

Thin Mints are arguably the best-known Girl Scout cookie. The confections are crunchy, chocolatey and minty fresh — and it’s hard not to eat a whole sleeve of them. Here, we’re turning them into cake ...

Not many dessert flavor combinations show off contrasting elements working together quite like mint and chocolate. The cooling sensation pinging against with rich chocolate is simply amazing, bringing ...

PREPARATION: Heat oven to 350 degrees and grease 2 (9-inch) pans. Line bottoms with rounds of wax paper and grease paper. In a large mixing bowl, with electric mixer, cream butter and add sugar ...

The Blonde Who Bakes, Whitney Berge, is sharing her favorite buttercream frosting recipe to use on holiday cakes and cupcakes. What's even better, you can use this frosting as a base for any flavor.

This pretty dessert is for all the chocolate mint lovers out there, the ones who clamor for mint chip ice cream and can’t wait for the Girl Scouts to deliver Thin Mints. The people who, like me, steal ...

Her signature brownies featured a layer of creamy, sticky mint frosting topped with a chocolate shell that cracked into gooey ...

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