Whisked Blog

It starts with a whisper, a rumor, a murmur: “I hear it’s supposed to rain this Memorial Day.”

“Really? I heard it’ll be 98 degrees and humid.”

“No no, I have the weather app on my phone, it says there’ll be perpetual darkness with a chance of fog.”

Worrying about the weather for this year’s Memorial Day cookout may be a problem for other mere mortals, but not for you -- you’re making dessert this year, and neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep you from the swift and tasty completion of your appointed dessert.

That said, there are plenty of dessert options out there to choose from, and we’d like to help narrow down which dishes will be best for any Memorial Day weather event.

Via Our Food Stories

You’re mid-way through a recipe and guess what! You’re out of a crucial ingredient. But never fear - there’s probably something in your pantry you can use as a substitute.

In this post, we’re going to look at common baking ingredient substitutions for flours, liquids, leaveners, and fats. You can use these substitutions for recipes like cookies, muffins, cakes, breads, and pies.

Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and that has us thinking about dessert. Sure, you can make something elaborate that will take you all weekend, like an intricately tiered cake, but sometimes you just want something easy. These simple, no-bake desserts are perfect for Mother’s Day and won’t have you stressing late the night before the holiday.

All of the desserts below can be made without turning on your oven - although they’ll require some store bought elements (like pound cakes). If you’re not a fan of Entenmann's (although we harbor a secret love for those white and blue boxed cakes), we’ve linked to great recipes that you can use to make that item yourself.

Spring is a great time for pie baking. At long last, there’s fresh produce at the market to showcase in your pies, like rhubarb and strawberries. We like to pair them with things we can get year round - like apples and lemon - to make a variety of treats.

In this post, we’ll look at five different Spring pie recipes:

• Rhubarb
• Strawberry Rhubarb
• Apple Rhubarb
• Lemon Custard
• Lemon Strawberry Swirl

Sometimes we want beautiful Easter cookies, but we don’t have the time or patience for piping or royal icing. Thankfully, there are lots of other ways to decorate cookies that are festive, fun, and easy!

Iced sugar cookies are fun way to fill your Easter basket and celebrate the holiday. Sugar cookies are versatile because you can cut your dough into any shape you want. Bunnies, eggs, and flowers are some of our favorites for Easter cookies, but feel free to get creative.