Dessert Recipes

Spiced Cherry Orange Jam recipe

This very rich cake from the West Indies is ideal for those who prefer not to ice their Christmas cakes.

Applesauce Cake (Dried Apples) recipe

Poaching pears in red wine is a classic way to make pears into a dessert. Pears are poached in red wine with star anise, cloves and cinnamon sticks infused, which makes the pears tender, soft and tasty. Serve the warm pear with the syrup sauce and some good quality ice cream.

Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie 1 recipe

Pumpkin Chess Pie recipe

Robb's Low-Cholesterol Pumpkin Pie with Oil Pastry recipe

Pumpkin Pie Cognac recipe

Rude's Cayenne Pumpkin Pie recipe

Christmas Ginger Cookies with Almond Frosting recipe.

Eugenie's Baklava recipe

Banana Carrot Cake recipe

Gingerbread that's more like a moist cake from Eastern Canada.

Banana Nut Carrot Cake Squares recipe

A moist, lightly spiced snack cake. I have made this using butter or shortening, and both work fine. The butter method is a bit richer in flavor, though.

Christmas Fruitcake recipe