Baking

This cake has been a favorite since 1965, when a girl won a baking competition with her grandmother’s secret family recipe.

Chef Reem Assil’s cookie bar version of ma’amoul—a holiday cookie enjoyed for Eid, Christmas, and Easter—is scented with espresso and orange blossom water.

French toast meets bread pudding and cheese blintz with whispers of Danish in this breakfast bake from Vivian Howard.

Chef Reem Assil's version of Ma'amoul Med Bil Ashta—a holiday cookie enjoyed for Eid, Christmas, and Easter—that's famous in Lebanon.

Lemony sticky buns are the best buns.

This light and fluffy coffee and walnut cake recipe is inspired by the classic British cake—but the mocha frosting takes it over the top.

What makes the cake so special is its texture. The egg whites make the base of the cake fluffy and the top of the cake gets richness and creaminess from yolks.

Good things come to those who wait—three days, to be exact.

Pastéis de nata have a melt-in-the-mouth, fragile, flaky crust and a not-too-sweet custard that is caramelized and darkened in spots.

To make classic Hong Kong egg tarts, fill flaky pastry shells—or store-bought dough—with a vanilla-scented custard and bake until just set.

Kunafa is one of the most ubiquitous pastries across the Middle East and is such a simple dessert to make that it can be on the table in an hour.

Basbousa is a semolina cake that's soft, dense, and flecked with texture throughout.

This easy Egyptian bread pudding (called Om Ali or Umm Ali) is made with puff pastry, perfumed with rose water, and topped with an assortment of toasted nuts.

These date-filled cookies—qrass bil-tamr—are a typical Ramadan sweet, offered to guests and snacked on during the night before the fast begins again at dawn.

Maamoul are delicate pastries—filled with pistachios, walnuts, or dates—that are served on special occasions like Eid Al-Fitr and Easter.

Warbat is a popular snack during the month of Ramadan. The flaky pastry is drizzled with rose water syrup and sprinkled with vivid green crushed pistachios.

Melon pan is a traditional sweet bun from Japan made of an enriched dough with a crispy cookie layer on top.