All Episodes 2011 - 2019

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An orange-curd-filled birthday cake with chocolate frosting; layer cake; stone-fruit upside-down cake; strawberry cupcakes.

Flaky pâte brisée crust; mile-high apple pie; tomato tart.

Cheesecakes in various sizes and flavors include an Italian ricotta cheesecake and individual cherry cheesecakes.

Variations of the pound cake, from traditional to a version inspired by Asia.

Using buttery pastry for sweet and savory treats such as French Napoleon.

Classic angel food cake; coconut angel food cake with Swiss meringue; brown sugar minicakes; espresso ice cream.

Martha makes devil's food cake, hi-hat cupcakes, and fudgy brownies on this can't-miss show for chocolate lovers.

Puff pastry using only four ingredients; cream puffs, eclairs, profiteroles and cheesy gougeres.

Pavlova with passion fruit; ile flottante; Huguenot torte.

Traditional lemon mousse damask tart with candied lemon peel; chocolate tart shell layered with homemade caramel and chocolate ganache.

Yeast dough treats include pecan sticky buns and pull-apart monkey bread.

Martha prepares herb-buttermilk biscuits and angel biscuits. Also: cream scones with orange-liqueur-soaked currants.

Martha prepares blueberry muffins, puff popovers and cheese popovers stuffed with fried egg, spinach and bacon.

Martha prepares four cookie recipes in the Season 2 premiere. Included: brown-sugar chocolate-chip cookies; sable cookies; old-fashioned sugar cookies; chocolate-ginger-molasses cookies.

Prepared: rhubarb upside-down cake; jam-filled coffee-cake muffins; streusel cake with a confectioner-sugar glaze.

Prepared: shortbread wedges; brown-butter shortbread lemon bars; brown-sugar-pecan shortbread cookies.

Prepared: crème caramel; crème brulee; cherry clafouti.

Prepared: brioche in three different shapes.

Prepared: orange-almond cake with Italian meringue buttercream piping; four-layer genoise cake with passion fruit buttercream.

Tips for making bread, including multigrain, white and rye.

Tips for making soufflés, including cheese, chocolate, lemon and caramel varieties.

Tips for making croissants, including plain, almond, chocolate and ham-and-cheese varieties.

Tips for making tarts, including chewy chess tarts, lemon-meringue tartlettes and tart tatins.

Prepared: Irish soda bread; olive-and-cheese bread; Sally Lunn bread.

Tuile cookies are prepared. Included: lacy tuiles with nuts; brandy snap tuiles; cigarette tuiles dipped in chocolate; fortune cookies.

Prepared: oven-dried-tomato pizza; grape focaccia; tarte flambé.

Peach Cobbler, Blueberry Crisp, Blackberry Buckly, Peach Brown Betty

Oven-baked French toast; a quiche filled with peas and ham; a strata made with fontina cheese, ham and onion; and a German pancake known as a Dutch baby.

Peanut and Jelly Bar Cookies; Brownies; Pecan Bars with a Toffee Topping; and Fruit & Nut Energy Bar

Kris Kringle Bread Pudding; Chocolate Pots de Crème; Old-Fashioned French Baked Custard; Steamed Cranberry Pudding; and Lemon Pudding

Paris-Brest (a wheel shaped ring of cream puffs); Madeleines; and Breton Butter Cake

Peach Crumble Pie; Key Lime Pie (baked in a Graham Cracker crust); and Coconut Cream Pie

Flatbread; Blue Cheese-Pecan Icebox Crackers; Cheesy Crackers; Thyme Crackers with Sea Salt

Four Cupcake Recipes: Blueberry Swirl; Lemon Meringue; Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting; and One-Bite Double Diablo

Italian Panettone with dried fruit and almonds; German Stollen with dried fruit and marzipan.

Adding Chocolate to Baked Alaska; Creating a chocolate cake with a warm center; Chocolate Cream Pie with caramel whipped cream topping.

Lemon Bundt Cake; Devil's Food Bundt Cake; Whipped Cream Cake; Applesauce Spice Cake

Breakfast Cookie, Brown Butter Cookie, Macaroon, and Graham Crackers

Bran Muffins with Raisins; Citrusy Orange Muffins; Healthy Morning Muffins; and Coffee Cake Muffins

In this lesson, Martha shares her love of citrus with four favorite recipes: a light and airy orange chiffon cake bursting with flavor, Shaker lemon pie with a three-ingredient filling, mouthwatering lime squares with pistachio graham-cracker crust and an upside-down cake made with three kinds of citrus.

Cranberry tart with currant jelly and cognac; mini chocolate whoopie pies; New York crumb cake; babka.

Pumpkin pecan pie; cheesecake swirled with pumpkin; pumpkin bread; deep dish pumpkin pie.

Some of Martha’s all-time favorite recipes have something in common. They’re made with nuts which lend both flavor and texture. Discover how she uses almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, walnuts, and pecans to create a traditional linzertorte, oatmeal cookies sandwiched together with a creamy peanut butter filling, and a famous walnut cake named after Saint Andrew. Plus, an impressive-looking pecan tart with a secret ingredient.

Learn everything you need to know about making caramel as Martha demystifies the secret to this one ingredient wonder with four irresistible recipes, including a decadent six-layer chocolate cake filled with salted caramel and covered with swirls of chocolate frosting. Learn the technique for making dulce de leche, a creamy caramel confection used to fill shortbread cookies, known as alfajores, and a buttery pound cake with a caramel glaze with Matt Lewis from Baked. Plus, the best chocolate-caramel bar cookies.

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, you’ll welcome Martha’s expert tips for baking the most delicious fruit desserts. A tempting pink applesauce-filled tart topped with paper-thin slices of apple, a rich pistachio brown butter cake studded with sweet Concord grapes, and a pear frangipane tart. Plus, individual apple pies with a surprise ingredient tucked inside with Melody Farrar from the Inn at Pound Ridge.

Learn everything you need to know about baking with phyllo, as Martha shares some of her favorites: ruffled milk pie, an elegant dessert that’s often served as part of a traditional Greek Easter celebration; a savory Moroccan meat pie known as bisteeya; and baklava, a layered pastry made with chopped nuts. Plus, spanakopita, a traditional Greek spinach pie.

With good reason, many desserts include alcohol in the list of ingredients. Learn how Martha spikes four longtime favorites for an incomparable depth of flavor: a traditional fruitcake loaded with candied fruits and nuts to share with family and friends; an easy plum-and-port crostata made with a flavorful port wine; rum raisin pie with a silken vanilla-rum custard and plump golden raisins; and tiramisu, everyone’s favorite Italian dessert.

Join Martha as she shares four of her favorite recipes highlighting the South’s rich culinary heritage. An irresistible banana cream pie that’s perfect for any occasion, a coconut cake loaded with more coconut than you thought possible, and a spoon bread that’s more “pudding” than “bread” and as light as a soufflé. Plus, pecan tassies, petite pastries featuring the flavors and textures of pecan pie.

One of Martha’s favorite meals for entertaining is breakfast, and in this episode she shares four favorite recipes: a classic puffy German pancake known as Dutch baby, oven-baked French toast, make-ahead classics like quiche made with peas and ham and a cheese, ham and onion strata. All are sure to perfectly start the day for family and friends.

Get your day off to a healthy start with a nutritious breakfast cookie. Learn the technique for creating the subtle nutty flavor that makes these brown butter cookies so special and how you can easily transform a simple macaroon with the addition of one or two ingredients. Plus, graham crackers so good you’ll never want to go back to store-bought.

Join Martha for four irresistible crackers that are so easy to make that you can bake them in less time than it would take you to buy them. Learn the technique creating flatbreads so beautiful you’ll think of them as edible works of art and blue cheese-pecan icebox crackers that can be sliced and baked. Plus, a homemade version of a favorite store-bought cheesy cracker, and much more.

Cupcakes are the treat that makes everyone smile. Join Martha as she shares four scrumptious recipes: blueberry swirl, lemon meringue, red velvet, and double diablo mini cupcakes for your favorite chocolate lover. Plus learn the best techniques for frosting, and much more.

Milk chocolate pistachio tart; Flourless Roberta heart cake; and Chocolate/Hazelnut biscotti.

Apricot Bowties; Cheese-Filled Danish; and Brown Sugar Cinnamon Danish

Preparing pizza, pretzel, and strudel doughs.

Sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce; Mini apricot tart tatins; Simple pear tart; and No-knead bread with flavorful seeds.

Coconut-Lemon Cake; Coconut Cookies; Coconut Crunch Cake; and Frozen Coconut and Roasted Pineapple Cake

Napoleon; Ice Cream Sandwiches; Coffee Cream Pie; and Milk Chocolate Ganache-Filled Cappuccino Chocolate Bites

Four desserts feature the antioxidant-rich green tea.

Souffle with Passion Fruit; Mango Upside-Down Cake; and Biscuit Topped Raspberry-Rhubarb Cobblers.

Learn everything you need to know about pie baking as Martha shares the secrets to three of her favorites. A delectable peach crumble pie that’s perfect for entertaining and a classic key lime pie with a simple-to-make crumb crust, and a four ingredient filling. Plus, a show-stopping coconut cream pie that’s billowing with whipped cream.

Everything you’ll need to create extraordinary holiday breads, including an impressive Italian panettone and a classic German stollen studded with dried fruit and marzipan. Plus, the technique for braiding authentic Easter bread embellished with symbolic bright red eggs. These are sure to be the centerpiece of your holiday table.

Kris Kringle Bread Pudding; Chocolate Pots de Crème; Old-Fashioned French Baked Custart; Steamed Cranberry Pudding; and Lemon Pudding

One of Martha’s favorite meals for entertaining is breakfast, and in this episode she shares four favorite recipes: a classic puffy German pancake known as Dutch baby, oven-baked French toast, make-ahead classics like quiche made with peas and ham and a cheese, ham and onion strata. All are sure to perfectly start the day for family and friends.

Today on Martha Bakes, learn the innovative technique for preparing brilliantly colored fruit curds for three special desserts: an irresistible pucker-worthy lemon tart with a rich brown butter-cookie crust, cupcakes filled with passion fruit curd, and a raspberry curd filling for an elegant genoise fit for any celebration!

Some of Martha’s favorite chocolate desserts have something in common: they’re made with ganache. In this lesson, learn how this two-ingredient wonder can be incorporated into three remarkable desserts, including a rich dark chocolate filling for an almond-based tart shell, and a sinfully delicious chocolate ganache frosting for a fudgy devil’s food cake. And, for the kid in us all, who can resist milk chocolate pudding cupcakes?

In this lesson, Martha demonstrates how her favorite sponge cake recipe can be adapted to create three spectacular desserts. Learn how a thin sheet of sponge cake can be swirled into a raspberry whipped cream jellyroll. Next, layer sponge cake for an unforgettable multi-tiered caramel buttercream cake. Plus, learn the technique for piping the same batter into delicate ladyfingers for a mouth-watering tiramisu ice cream cake. One recipe, three delicious possibilities!

Frangipane, a sweet nut cream, is a common component of many well-loved baked goods. In this lesson, discover how Martha incorporates frangipane, made with a variety of nuts, into four remarkable recipes: the beloved French pastry known as Bostock, a classic English bakewell tart, and an apricot tart made with a hazelnut frangipane. Plus, a pecan-frangipane coffee cake that is sure to become a family favorite.

A few of Martha’s favorite breads have something in common—they’re made from special dough inspired by Japanese milk bread. Learn step-by-step how to make this amazing dough that, when baked, creates soft, springy textured breads and rolls. Discover how to make a basic Japanese-style white bread loaf and two other variations using the same dough: cinnamon-raisin swirl bread with raisins and to-die-for jalapeno-cheddar rolls that are sure to amaze your dinner guests.

Learn to make the perfect cookie for every occasion. Next from Martha Bakes, four fantastic cookies—fruit-and-nut filled giant kitchen sink cookies, vanilla sugar cookie sorbet sandwiches, and maple-pecan shortbread squares—all so good you’ll never buy store-bought again. Plus, the most decadent double-chocolate sandwich cookies. Can we ever have enough cookies?

Next, from Martha Bakes, all the techniques you’ll need to make pizzeria classics at home. Learn a recipe for make-ahead pizza dough and the all-important trick you’ll need for creating a crisp crust on a spinach and three-cheese pizza. Martha shares her expert tips for making a mouth-watering sausage and roasted red pepper calzone and a pizza made in a skillet and topped with wild mushrooms for a deep dish-like pizza sensation. Recipes your whole family will enjoy!

Want to bake but don’t want to create a mess in the kitchen? Look no further than Martha’s four impressively simple one-bowl desserts: starting with brown-butter coconut cashew blondies and then…skillet baked plum cake. You’ll love the single-serving size fudgy brownie sundaes so simple; they are a must have in every baker’s repertoire. And for a savory twist, Scottish oatcakes, best served with cheese or jam.

Many of your favorite French bakery staples are made with layered yeast dough that relies on a technique called lamination. Join Martha in the kitchen as she shares her culinary tricks of the trade in three classics: traditional kouign-amann, a specialty from Brittany, unforgettable sugar and spiced cinnamon-sugar knots, and a recipe for snails, which you can easily adapt to your own taste. These treats are the perfect start to any day!

Cream puff, éclair and napoleon lovers, pay attention…this episode is for you! Martha shares the technique you’ll need to prepare one-pot pastry cream for three spectacular desserts: a magnificent cherry tart with cherry spiked pastry cream, decadent coffee pastry cream-filled cream puffs with chocolate glaze. Plus, a favorite Polish dessert called Kremowka, featuring a cream mousseline sandwiched between golden brown puff pastry. All guaranteed to garner rave reviews!

Many show stopping desserts have one thing in common. Next on Martha Bakes, three fantastic meringue based desserts—snowy-white individual pavlovas with a brightly colored orange curd filling, a stunning chocolate dacquoise cake layered with chocolate ganache and coffee buttercream, and a light-as-air tinted pretty-in-pink angel food cake.

The Season 6 finale shows how to make a classic cheesecake with an apricot finish; chocolate cream tart; and Atlantic Beach tart.

Join Martha Stewart as she explores the wonders of New England. Pure maple syrup in a creamy maple custard pie, cranberries for a jewel-like tart with an easy press-in walnut crust, and a reinvented classic – Boston cream pie cupcakes. Plus, a buttermilk-blueberry tart that’s sure to dazzle your dinner guests!

Join Martha as she shares four mouthwatering regional favorites from the Mid-Atlantic. In this episode, Martha introduces a local summertime favorite, Baltimore peach cake; teaches the technique for perfectly twisted Kaiser Rolls, and whips up a delectable black raspberry crumb cake. Plus, black and white cookies – a New York City favorite. Homemade treats your family will adore!

In the Midwest, baking for community get-togethers is commonplace. Today on Martha Bakes, four regional classics meant for sharing: Martha’s polka dotted double-crusted sour cherry pie, classic St. Louis gooey butter cake, and kransekake, a Norwegian celebratory cake. Plus, a simple yet delightful sweet custard pie made with navy beans. Homemade treats fit for any gathering!

The Northwest is known for their world-class produce. Join Martha as she celebrates the best of the season with an unforgettable flaky biscuit-topped blackberry cobbler, outstanding chewy fig bars, and a moist and chocolaty Idaho potato cake. Plus, the most delectable hazelnut cookies, made with just five ingredients. All guaranteed to garner rave reviews!

Today on Martha Bakes, three of Martha’s favorite Southern classics: hummingbird cake, an irresistible layer cake with banana, pineapple and pecans; sweet potato pie, a tasty alternative to pumpkin pie, and old-fashioned hot milk cake covered in swirls of chocolate whipped cream frosting. Plus, learn a fantastic finishing touch for your next cake or cupcake.

Join Martha as she shares four iconic recipes highlighting New England’s rich culinary heritage. A cheddar-crusted apple pie featuring a unique twist on a traditional flavor pairing; old-fashioned steamed Boston brown bread that’s made in a can; and a delicious citrus curd-filled deep-dish lemon-blueberry tart. Plus, hermit bars, a molasses-based bar cookie that was baked to last…but won’t!

Along the Gulf Coast, tremendous pride is taken in serving guests, from the most elegant hors d’oeuvres to the tallest of layer cakes. In this lesson, Martha shares her invaluable techniques for preparing three spectacular desserts: an irresistible Southern caramel cake, Mississippi mud tart with an easy press-in crust, and a Lane cake that’s sure to take center stage at any celebration. Plus, cheese straws, a quintessential Southern party snack.

The Pennsylvania Dutch community is known for its cakes, pies, and pastries. In this lesson, four recipes showcasing their rich culinary heritage: citrusy Montgomery pie, irresistible cream cheese-filled pumpkin whoopie pies, and the most tender apple dumplings. And for all you chocolate lovers, chocolate whoopee pies with vanilla butter cream. Recipes that are sure to become family favorites!

Entertaining in the South Atlantic wouldn’t be complete with a delicious dessert. Today, a few of Martha’s regional favorites: Virginia peanut pie, a cross between a peanut butter cookie and peanut brittle; a birthday favorite of Martha’s, Lady Baltimore cake; and the ever-popular strawberry shortcake. And an inventive accompaniment to your next slice of pie.

The Western States are paradise for home bakers and chefs alike. Join Martha as she shares four extraordinary regional favorites: Blum’s coffee crunch cake, known for its honeycomb covering; gateau Basque, a Nevada specialty filled with pastry cream and brandy-soaked cherries, individual pineapple upside-down cakes, and date bars, made with California’s favorite desert fruit. Recipes so delicious, you’ll want to take a trip out West!

Southwestern cuisine is deeply rooted in Spanish, Mexican, and Native American culinary tradition. In this lesson, Martha shares treasured recipes from the region including aniseed-flavored cookies called biscochitos, flan, a rich custard topped with caramel, and a remarkably moist tres leches cake. Plus, discover the secret behind the flakiest cookies and pastries ever!

Some of Martha’s all-time favorite desserts hail from the South. Join Martha in the kitchen as she shares three show-stopping regional desserts—tangy buttermilk pie, decadent bourbon bread pudding with a boozy bourbon glaze, and a delectable carrot cake with a heavenly orange cream cheese frosting. Plus, learn how to transform carrots into brilliantly colored finishing touches for your next carrot cake.

Today on Martha Bakes: join Martha as she makes four mouthwatering regional favorites from the Great Lakes—Belgian rice pie, an unforgettable blitz torte with decadent layers of cake and crispy meringue, and Indiana sugar cream pie, otherwise known as “Hoosier pie.” And for a savory twist, a quick bread made with cheddar from America’s dairyland.

In the Season 8 premiere, usual ingredients are replaced with more wholesome substitutes in three updated classics: rhubarb and raspberry rye crisps; flaky buttermilk barley biscuits; and a lofty spelt layer cake lightened with whipped cream and berries.

Healthy variations of coffee-shop favorites, including apple cider doughnut cake made wholesome with whole-wheat flour and applesauce; tender maple-glazed pumpkin spelt scones; and dunk-worthy seeded graham biscotti.

Three favorite cookies are updated with more wholesome pantry ingredients: pecan, oat, and dark chocolate chunk cookies; chewy molasses crinkles made extra flavorful with quinoa flour; and slice-and-bake buckwheat-espresso cookies.

Nutritious and healthier crust alternatives. Included: a free-form plum galette with a crunchy cornmeal crust; decadent and dairy-free chocolate-coconut pie; and whole-wheat, olive oil crusted mushroom tart made with tahini.

Custardy-herb quiche with a malty rye crust; blueberry coffee cake with muesli topping; a seeded quick bread.

Seeded whole-wheat English muffins; seeded Saratoga torte; light and crispy whole-grain seeded wafer crackers.

Learn Martha's culinary tricks of the trade in three breakfast favorites: hazelnut hot-cross buns studded with dried cherries, honeyed whole-wheat bread perfect for the novice baker, and gooey, pull-apart whole-wheat monkey bread.

Create three sure-fire bake sale hits with wholesome ingredients that will satisfy parents and kids alike: lemon-yogurt cupcakes with fresh raspberry frosting, whole-wheat sticky buns, and zesty orange-barley pound cake.

How to make bakery style cookies. Included: Farro Chocoloate-Chunk Cookies.

An Italian-inspired lemon-cornmeal cake; spiced pumpkin pie with a crisp rice crust, and a flourless chocolate-walnut tort that's naturally gluten-free.

Transforming time-tested bread recipes using alternative flours: honey-wheat Parker House rolls; whole-wheat pita bread, and molasses-oat bread.

Transforming three vintage cakes with healthy updates. Included: roulade made with oat flour and fresh berry cream; a gluten-free chocolate buckwheat torte, and zucchini-almond cake with cream cheese frosting.

Three breakfast snacks. Included: Irish-style brown bread made with rye flour, light whole-wheat popovers, and whole-wheat date nut quick bread.

Scandinavians are famous for their baking prowess. And when it comes to cookies, they do not disappoint. Today on Martha Bakes, three traditional Scandinavian favorites: the now famous Danish butter cookie sold in their iconic blue tin, a spicy nutmeg cookie called muskotsnittar, and unbeatably tender jam-filled Finnish stars. Recipes that you’re your family will soon be fond of!

Today on Martha Bakes, learn how to make three incredibly delicious cookies from down under: chocolate mint sandwich cookies based on a beloved Australian favorite, iconic ginger biscuits made with a flavor-packed trifecta of ginger, and melting moment cookies with a passion fruit filling that literally melt in your mouth when you bite into them. All guaranteed to garner rave reviews!

Maple cream sandwich cookies; chocolate chip cookies; oatmeal raisin cookies.

The holidays are what unite the baking traditions of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The once holiday recipes have since become year-round favorites. On today’s show, Martha shares some of the most popular: whimsically shaped chräbeli that get their distinctive flavor from anise, show-stopping jam-filled linzer cookies, and pfeffernusse, flavored with warm spices. Homemade treats fit for any gathering!

Join Martha as she shares three iconic recipes highlighting Latin America’s rich culinary heritage. Cinnamon-sugar coated polvorones get their name from the word polvo, meaning “dust” in Spanish, bite-sized sandwich cookies known as casadinhos, which is the Portuguese word for married, and Guatemalan champurradas made with locally grown sesame seeds. Recipes so delicious, you’ll want to travel to Latin America!

One thing Eastern Europe is known for are the treasured recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation. On today’s show, Martha shares a special memory of her mother teaching the recipe for a family favorite, Polish chrusciki. Then she shows Russian goose feet that owe their feather-light texture to secret ingredient, jam-filled kolaches, and pryaniki which get their name from the Russian word for well-spiced. Special treats your family will adore!

The 20 regions of Italy each have their own distinct culinary traditions but one thing Italians commonly share is their love of cookies. Today, Martha shares three favorites: chestnut-filled baci di dama from the Piedmont region, Tuscan twice-baked cookies known as cantucci, and brutti ma buoni made from a mouthwatering combination of chopped hazelnuts, bittersweet chocolate, and meringue. Recipes guaranteed to please!

Calling all anglophiles! Join Martha as she shares three classic cookies, or as they say, “biscuits” from Great Britain: traditional English shortbread baked in a ceramic mold, Welsh Bakestones, an interesting cross between a chubby cookie and a scone, and Celtic knots known for their intricate trefoil pattern. Delicious for teatime or anytime!

Join Martha as she explores the alluring and exotic cookies of the Middle East. Learn how the warm spices, dried fruit fillings, and fragrant ingredients deliver big flavor in three irresistible treats: date-filled Ma’amoul stamped with a geometric pattern, unusually textured Iranian rice cookies found at every festive occasion, and tahini cookies—the Middle Eastern version of your favorite peanut butter ones.

On today’s show, Martha demonstrates how to create the authentic flavors of Greece using a variety of unique ingredients: walnut and honey baklava with layers of buttered phyllo, mastiha lends a gently pine and anise flavor to kourabiedes, and twice-baked paximadia flavored with ouzo, sesame seeds, and a hint of orange. All fit for a celebration!

For a country as small as the Netherlands, the Dutch have a huge variety of cookies. On today’s show, Martha shares three famous cookie recipes and how they got their unusual names: speculaas traditionally formed using carved wooden molds, stroopwafels made from two waffles sandwiched together with caramel, and buttery, crisp arnhemse meisjes, cookies named for the girls of Arhhem.

In Italian, la dolce vita means the sweet life so it seems fitting that Italians eat cookies at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On today’s show, Martha shares three scrumptious recipes including Sicilian buccellati cookies filled with a delicious combination of pecans, figs, and raisins, Italian wafer cookies known as pizzelle, and the distinctive diamond-shaped zaleti found throughout Venice. You’ll definitely want to add these to your repertoire!

When it comes to baked goods, no one does it better than the French. Today on Martha Bakes, time-tested techniques in three renowned French cookies: papillons with their caramelized exteriors and flakey layers within, French meringues in a rainbow of colors and flavors, and perhaps the most popular cookie in France, sablés Bretons.

Today on Martha Bakes, learn techniques how to transform one basic recipe into a three stunning celebration cakes: a trend-worthy naked berry chiffon cake, a confection-topped caramel chiffon cake perfect for every sweet-tooth, and an awe-inspiring woodland stump cake that’s truly a modern yule log masterpiece. Amazing cakes fit for any special occasion!

It’s hard to believe the unusual 5-ingredient dough known as pâte à choux could be the foundation of so many popular desserts from profiteroles to cream puffs. Today on Martha Bakes, learn how to make this magical dough for three spectacular filled desserts: pâte à choux swans swimming in a pond of chocolate, custardy coconut eclairs, and a gorgeous, towering pink croquembouche. Impressive desserts fit for royalty!

Today on Martha Bakes, take your bread baking skills to the next level with everything you need to know to make three boulangerie quality breads: a crusty golden brown artisanal boule, a unique “edible landscape” onion and leek focaccia, and a buttery, multi-layered brioche feuilletée. Breads so remarkable your family and friends won’t believe you baked them yourself!

We all have our favorite go-to cookies, but sometimes an occasion calls for something really special. On today’s show, Martha shares three recipes that turn the humble cookie into an art form: “faux bois” vanilla and chocolate shortbread decorated with chocolate bark and pistachio moss, embellished wreath cookies with sugared flowers and pretty-as-a-picture cherry blossom cookies.

Meringue is the foundation for so many captivating desserts and on today’s show, Martha shares three different meringue-based desserts: an ethereal meringue wreath with jewel-like sugared berries, chocolate angel food cake with a decadent milk chocolate frosting, and almond dacquoise bombes, the fancy cousin of baked Alaska. Scrumptious desserts you’ll want to make again and again!

Everyone loves pastries for breakfast and they’re even better homemade. Join Martha as she teaches how to make an easy-to-prepare sweet yeasted dough in three addictive recipes: sinfully delicious pear and frangipane pastries, a cinnamon and brown butter swirl designed for pull-apart shareability and mouth-watering jam-filled croustades. Professional quality breakfast pastries you can serve to family and friends.

On today’s show, Martha teaches techniques to transform everyone’s favorite tarts into patisserie-quality showstoppers your family and friends will love. Learn time-tested tips and techniques for creating a red fruit tart piled high with colorful berries, lemon custard tarts filled with a citrusy curd, and a pretty, rosy pink apple tart. Amaze your family and friends with these homemade, professional-looking tarts.