{"id":1208,"date":"2022-09-29T08:58:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T08:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/most-popular-us-bakes-2022\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:32:49","slug":"most-popular-us-bakes-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/blog\/most-popular-us-bakes-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Reveals Most Popular Baking Recipes For Americans in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Baking has become a staple for many Americans over the years, bringing families together over cakes, cobblers and crumbles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been over 15,000 searches for \u2018baking recipes\u2019 alone within the last month and this is likely to continue as we enter the colder months, as the famous words <em>\u201con your marks, get ready, bake!\u201d<\/em> make a return to our screens. The famous baking series, The Great British Baking Show (GBBS) has marked its return to Netflix with weekly episodes returning every Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing compares to the wonderful aroma of freshly baked bread or cookies which tingles the taste buds. And the beauty of baking is that recipes can be catered to everyone. If you are sensitive to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/premium-food-sensitivity\/\">gluten,<\/a> or have a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/premium-food-sensitivity\/\"> food sensitivity<\/a>, many baking recipes are easy to adapt to flourless alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But are the classic recipes such as a pecan tart still America\u2019s favorite or have modern recipes taken the top spot?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We analyzed 200 popular recipes using Google searches to find out what Americans are looking to bake, including \u201ccream pie recipe\u201d, \u201cpeanut butter cookie recipe\u201d and \u201cchocolate cake recipe\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We then calculated the difference in monthly searches between August 2021 and August 2022, to reveal which recipes are rising in popularity and which aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The top 20 fastest-rising baking recipes in the US are: <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. \u201cMagic cake recipe\u201d 646.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. \u201cPastry heart recipe\u201d 250.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. \u201cFig tarte tatin recipe\u201d 200.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. \u201cKiss cookie recipe\u201d 143.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. \u201cChocolate fudge pie recipe\u201d 136.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. \u201cShortbread tea cakes recipe\u201d 125.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. \u201cBlueberry muffin recipe\u201d 123.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=7. \u201cCream pie recipe\u201d 123.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. \u201cCaprese cake recipe\u201d 100.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10.\u201cLemon meringue cookies recipe\u201d 89.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11. \u201cCranberry pie recipe\u201d 88.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=11. \u201cCream cheese bar recipe\u201d 88.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12. \u201cMonkey bread recipe\u201d 83.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=12. \u201cChocolate chip cookies recipe\u201d 83.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13. \u201cCinnamon roll recipe\u201d 82.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=13. \u201cPeanut butter cookie recipe\u201d 82.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14. \u201cSwiss roll recipe\u201d 81.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=14. \u201cCruffin recipe\u201d 81.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15. \u201cChocolate potato recipe\u201d 80.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=15. \u201cCherry skillet recipe\u201d 80.00%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Magic cake is the fastest-rising baking recipe in America<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magical as the name suggests, Magic Cake looks to be set as the most popular bake of 2022. Searches for \u201cmagic cake recipe\u201d had a 646% increase in the last year, from 590 to 4400 searches per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making a name for itself after going viral on social media, the custard-based dessert is perfect for a quick snack or to serve at a dinner party. Made with only eggs, flour, sugar and milk this can be whipped up in an instant and reduces the need to buy extra ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Classic American staples such as blueberry muffins and chocolate fudge cake continue to prove popular as the two sweet treats made it into the top ten, seeing blueberry muffins rise 123% in the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Country vanilla sponge has been revealed as the bake falling towards a soggy bottom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The traditional vanilla sponge cake has seen a staggering 86% drop in searches within the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This classic moist single-layer vanilla cake has a delicate texture and the old-fashioned browned-butter glaze adds a nutty flavor. However, when trying a new recipe it can be appealing to try something that is more exciting and fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerri Ferraioli, a nutritionist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/\">YorkTest<\/a>, commented on the findings: \u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that magic cake, a viral recipe, has come top place as TikTok users have steamrolled this recipe to new heights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe magic cake recipe is that it\u2019s so simple and most of the ingredients will most likely already be in the cupboards. Magic cake can easily be adapted by adding blueberries which are high in vitamins C and K or could even create a lemon flavored version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith fall fast approaching and the Great British Baking Show back on our screens, Americans are always inspired to search for new recipes. Although it is interesting to see pecan pie decrease in searches as that is always a firm favorite for winter, as well as opera cake. This suggests&nbsp; many Americans are craving quick recipes with fewer ingredients and it will be interesting to see what is popular next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019re cooking and baking, if you\u2019re concerned that there may be an ingredient that you\u2019re intolerant to, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/premium-food-sensitivity\/\">Premium Food Sensitivity Test.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To reveal which recipes had the highest and lowest drop in searches, YorkTest used monthly Google search data from Google Keyword Planner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These searches were filtered to the United States overall, and also each individual state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average monthly searches were taken from August 2021 and August 2022, to establish the difference in interest in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We analyzed 200 popular recipes using Google searches to find out what Americans are looking to bake at home in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"topic_type":[],"symptoms":[],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85989,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions\/85989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"topic_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic_type?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"symptoms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/symptoms?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}