Forget Everything You Know About Frosting: This is The One Hey friends, Jackson from Food Meld here. Let’s have a real talk about frosting for a second. We’ve all been there: you spend hours baking the most perfect, moist, tender layer cake. It’s a masterpiece. Then you slather on a frosting that’s too sweet, too gritty, or just… meh. It’s a total kitchen heartbreak, and I’m here to make sure it never happens to you again. What if I told you there’s a frosting out there that’s so fluffy, so cloud-like, and so impossibly smooth that it practically pipes itself? … Learn more

Sweet Potato Cupcakes: Your New Favorite Fall Bite (With a Toasty Twist!) Hey friends, Jackson here from Food Meld. Let’s talk about that moment at the holiday table. You know the one. You’ve just polished off a plate of turkey and all the fixings, you’re feeling perfectly content, and then… someone brings out the dessert tray. Your eyes lock onto something incredible. Your stomach, which just declared itself full, suddenly finds a whole new compartment labeled “For Pie and Cake Only.” That’s the kind of magic I live for, and it’s exactly the feeling I wanted to bottle up when … Learn more

Pumpkin Spice Crème Brûlée: Your New Favorite Fall Dessert Hey friends, Jackson here from Food Meld. Let’s talk about that moment. You know the one. You’re at a fancy restaurant, the main course plates are cleared away, and the server brings over the dessert menu. Your eyes scan past the chocolate cake, glide over the cheesecake, and then—bam—they land on it. Crème Brûlée. You order it, partly because it feels classy, but mostly because you’re secretly there for the grand finale: that satisfying crack of the sugar crust. It’s a tiny moment of culinary theater that never gets old. But … Learn more

Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce: The Coziest, Booziest Dessert You’ll Ever Make Hey friends, Jackson from Food Meld here. Let’s talk about magic. Not the rabbit-in-a-hat kind, but the kind that happens in your oven. The kind that transforms a few simple, humble ingredients—stale bread, milk, eggs, sugar—into a dessert so soul-warming, so deeply comforting, it feels like a hug from the inside out. I’m talking about my all-time favorite: Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding, and we’re not stopping there. We’re crowning this beauty with a warm, silky, and gloriously boozy bourbon sauce that takes it from “really good” to “where-have-you-been-all-my-life” incredible. … Learn more