Baking Projects To Take on Every Week in April

Recipe: Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies

Start the month off right with these 4-ingredient cookies that surely won't last long on your counter. Get the kids involved and you'll have a batch of flour-free ready cookies in just 35 minutes!

Recipe: Peach Dump Cake

When you're craving a fresh, fruity dessert but your fridge is empty, this Peach Dump Cake is a saving grace. Built on boxed cake mix and canned peaches, this dump cake only takes 5 minutes of active time—just toss all the ingredients in the pan and toss it in the oven.

Recipe: Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Buttermilk-Cream Cheese Frosting

Kick off your Easter festivities with cupcakes that the whole family can help bake. For a smaller celebration, cut the recipe in half.

Recipe: Strawberry-Lemonade Cake

Even if you're not hosting a big Easter soiree this year, baking a luscious layer cake is one holiday tradition we certainly won't be giving up. We may be eating this Strawberry-Lemonade Cake for the next two weeks, but we won't be complaining.

Recipe: Cream Cheese Brownies

Take regular brownies up a notch with a beautiful cream cheese swirl topping. Marble the cream cheese any way you'd like—it's meant to be abstract.

Recipe: Blueberry-Cornmeal Cake

If you're looking for an excuse to eat dessert at any time of day, this cake is it. You'll be snacking on this fruit-filled fusion between cornbread and coffee cake all day long.

Recipe: Pineapple Ginger Upside-Down Cake

Once you bake this upside-down cake once, you'll be baking it all spring long. The recipe calls for fresh pineapple, but feel free to use canned to make this tropical-inspired cake completely pantry-friendly.

Recipe: Caramel-Frosted Pound Cake

Homemade caramel frosting meets fluffy, decadent pound cake in this recipe that'll have your head in the clouds. It doesn't get more Southern than this.