Bakery-style recipes you can make at home!

Welcome!

Julianne, the creator of Beyond Frosting®, has been sharing recipes since 2012. Fueled by her passion for baking for others, she specializes in simple and approachable bakery-style dessert recipes you can make at home. This passion led to her bestselling cookbook No-Bake Treats. Now, as a mother of two, Julianne continues to inspire and teach her boys in the kitchen.

My Favorites

A slice of creamy cheesecake garnished with fresh berries and a swirl of whipped cream on a white plate.

Creamy Homemade Cheesecake

Angled view of an extra thick chocolate chip cookie

Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies

A stack of three cocoa powder brownies on a napkin

Cocoa Powder Brownies

A vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting and sprinkles

Baking Bucket List

Every year I like to share a baking bucket list with my readers, with over 800 recipes on my site, there’s plenty to choose from. These are recipes meant for those with some experience that are looking to try maybe a new technique, or something a little more complicated, and also some tried and true recipes like my banana bread or vanilla cake that maybe you haven’t tried yet.

Reader Favorites

Readers can’t get enough of these recipes! Here’s what home bakers just like you had to say about some of my favorite desserts:

Homemade sugar cookies arranged on a plate.

Easy Sugar Cookies

This sugar cookie recipe is SO GOOD! I love a soft and chewy sugar cookie and this is it!
A stack of three cocoa powder brownies on a napkin

Cocoa Powder Brownies

So simple to make and so delicious!!!! I never use boxed brownie mix anymore, all I use is this recipe now!
A close up of the top of an Oatmeal cookie with Raisins

Soft & Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I’ve tried many recipes through the years but always was looking for a soft, thicker cookie that kept fresh longer. Hurray! These are perfect!! I
Slice of lemon blueberry layer cake on a blue plate

Lemon Blueberry Cake

Frosting is to die for! This cake is so yummy!! I have cream cheese haters in the fam and I have to say, this is better anyway! The family devoured it and said it’s one of their new favorites
a close up of a slice of banana bread on a wire rack

Moist Homemade Banana Bread

This is the best banana bread I have ever made. My go to recipe. I deleted the rest of recipes for banana bread.

All About Frosting

Every home baker needs a stellar frosting recipe. Luckily, I have dozens of frosting variations perfect for your favorite cakes, cupcakes and cookies! If you’re not sure where to start, check out the recipes shown here. They’ll show you how to make a classic buttercream frosting, how to add color, and more.

Craveworth Breakfast Recipes

Take the stress out of a busy morning with these easy breakfast ideas. These recipes are perfect to prepare ahead of time and keep stocked in the freeze for grab-and-go. I am always stocking my freeze with some buttermilk pancakes or waffles for the kids to stash in lunchboxes or grab on busy weekday mornings.

No-Bake Desserts

This year will be NINE years since I released my cookbook, No-Bake Treats. No-bake recipes continue to be one of my favorites to make and to come up with new flavor combinations and new recipes. Here are some of the tried and true no-bake desserts to start with. Once you have a foundation recipe for no-bake cheesecake like this classic one, or even a chocolate cheesecake, you can start to test and explore other flavors.

A slice of creamy cheesecake garnished with fresh berries and a swirl of whipped cream on a white plate.

How to Make a Perfect Cheesecake

Do you feel intimidated by the idea of making a cheesecake from scratch? Don’t be! This video will show you how to make a creamy homemade cheesecake with graham cracker crust. Over 33,000 people have loved this tutorial, which walks you through every step of the process.