Mother's Day

Make Mother's Day memorable with something special, something sweet, and something she'll love.
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Giant Cinnamon Roll for Mother's Day Brunch
If your cinnamon roll game could use a refresh, you’ve come to the right recipe. Baked in a cast iron skillet, this giant cinnamon roll delivers the best of both worlds: a soft center and slightly crisp edges. We like to cut and serve this cinnamon roll like a slice of pie to showcase the intricate design created during assembly. To get this beauty on the breakfast table without waking up at the crack of dawn, check out the baker’s tips, below.
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Big Batch Mother's Day Breakfast: Sheet Pan Chocolate Croissant
While this giant chocolate croissant isn’t technically a croissant, it delivers on the buttery, flaky, chocolatey satisfaction of a pain au chocolat. Made with puff pastry that’s sandwiched with a smooth, gooey chocolate filling, this blown-up version of a chocolate croissant skips the hours of laminating dough. It can be assembled in about 20 minutes and makes a deliciously messy brunch-stopping pastry.
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1h 30m
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Mother's Day Strawberry Mousse Cake
This easy, elegant springtime dessert features rich, tender sponge cake filled with a light strawberry mousse. For extra pizzazz, make a Mary Ann-style cake (pictured at right) using our Charlotte Cake Pan; to use an alternate pan, see directions in “tips,” below.
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1h 25m
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Easy Mother's Day Dessert for the Chocolate-Loving Moms
Of all the million ways to make chocolate mousse, this is our go-to method. It is streamlined (as in, fewer dirty dishes) and difficult to mess up, plus it skips the raw egg. Most importantly, it produces a rich yet airy mousse with an intense chocolate flavor. It’s delicious straight up, no adornments necessary, but don’t let that stop you from adding one more dollop of whipped cream on top before serving.
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3h 20m
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Light and Beautiful Valentine's Day Dessert: Strawberry Mousse Cake
This easy, elegant springtime dessert features rich, tender sponge cake filled with a light strawberry mousse. For extra pizzazz, make a Mary Ann-style cake (pictured at right) using our Charlotte Cake Pan; to use an alternate pan, see directions in “tips,” below.
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1h 25m
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Celebrate Mother's Day with a striking (and easy!) Basque-Style Cheesecake
Beneath this cheesecake's blistered exterior you’ll find a meltingly smooth and creamy interior that just may change your cheesecake game forever. Developed by Santiago Rivera (chef and owner of La Viña in San Sebastian, Spain) this unique crustless cake, with its blackened top, appears in various forms in American restaurants and around the internet; our version here was adapted from several different sources.
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Mother's Day Cake
Chelsweets turns King Arthur Baking's Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberries into a gorgeous ombré masterpiece! Each shade of pink is naturally-colored with freeze-dried fruit.
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Chocolate Almond Flour Torte
Rich, dark, and dense, this chocolate cake is the perfect finish to a celebratory meal or spoil a well-deserving mom on Mother's Day. The almond flour ensures moist, tender texture, while our Triple Cocoa Blend, espresso powder, and bittersweet chocolate all contribute to an extra-indulgent chocolate experience. In sum, this is one dessert you won’t want to skip.
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1h 20m
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Beautiful Mother's Day Dessert: Strawberry Cream Shortbread
This is a wonderful "fancy" dessert. The buttery, golden crust and creamy strawberry filling complement one another beautifully. Garnish with fresh strawberries for an extra-special presentation. A Mother's Day hit!
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1h 20m
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Mother's Day Cake: Peanut Butter-Fudge Buckeye Cake
Chocolate-loving moms will adore this treat on Mother's Day. The state tree of Ohio is the buckeye; and if there were an official Ohio state candy the buckeye, a ball of sweet/creamy peanut butter enrobed in chocolate, would be it! We replicate the flavors of the classic buckeye candy in this towering four-layer cake, highly recommended for your next birthday party. Looking for something a bit more casual? Bake filled buckeye mini cakes; for complete directions see "tips," below.
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1h 55m
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Praline French Toast: Mother's Day Breakfast Turned up a Notch
Variations on this recipe have been floating around for quite some time, but they all come down to this: bread, milk, eggs, and sugar, baked into a smooth, custard-y, sweet breakfast casserole. This is a perfect do-ahead dish: simply prepare the day before, refrigerate it, and bake the next morning. Salty bacon is the perfect accompaniment.
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8h 55m
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Breakfast for Mother's Day: Cinnamon Bread
This soft white loaf features a lovely spiral of cinnamon-sugar inside. It makes a delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich. And, of course, it's ideal for cinnamon toast, and French toast — perfect for Mother's Day!
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Easy Mother's Day Dessert: No-Churn 2 Ingredient Ice Cream Pie
Mother's Day baking just got SO much simpler! For those days when you can’t be bothered to turn on an oven (or even spend much time in the kitchen), this pie is the answer. Based on a simple, foolproof method for making no-churn ice cream, all it requires is beating together heavy cream and a can of sweetened condensed milk, then scraping into a graham cracker crust and freezing until firm. When it comes to such an easy pie, the hardest part might just be the waiting until it’s ready to eat.
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6h 10m
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Mother's Day Cake: Honey Lemon Cake
This incredibly moist and tender cake marries honey and lemon in perfect harmony. Neither flavor overpowers the other, but each is distinct in every bite. It's the ideal cake to enjoy alongside a cup of tea, hot or iced.
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Mother's Day Dinner: Organic No-Knead Pizza Crust
This is not your typical thin-crisp or soft-chewy pizza crust. It's somewhere in between; thin in spots, thicker in others, with crackly-hard edges and lots of chew. Made with organic flour, it's a tasty base for any of your favorite toppings.
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