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Spiced pound cake with mace, vanilla, and almond extract baked in a Bundt pan until golden and dense. Powdered sugar in the batter creates an ultra-fine, velvety crumb that melts on your tongue.

Yule log cake (buche de Noel) is the classic French rolled sponge cake for Christmas, made from a delicate whole-egg genoise baked thin, filled, rolled, and decorated to look like a wintry wooden log.

A flourless chocolate torte for Passover made with cocoa, eggs, toasted almonds, and butter. Baked thin in a jelly-roll pan and cut into layers, this elegant Pesach dessert rises on whipped egg whites alone.

Mint iced brownies stack three layers: a fudgy pecan brownie, a cool green peppermint buttercream, and a glossy semisweet chocolate glaze. A chocolate-mint holiday favorite, with the brownie base baked fast in the microwave.

A no-bake rum cream pie with a buttery chocolate cookie crust, silky rum custard folded with whipped cream and fluffy egg whites, topped with grated semi-sweet chocolate. Chill overnight and slice into boozy, cloud-light wedges.

These traditional babkas are rich, egg-yolk-laden yeast breads with golden raisins and a hint of lemon zest, baked in fluted pans and dusted with powdered sugar. Best eaten fresh within a couple of days.

Frozen cookie sandwiches with chocolate chip cookies, whipped topping, mini marshmallows, and peanut butter chips. Easy no-churn summer treat using refrigerated cookie dough.

Tender sour cream pastry rolled with apricot jam, walnuts, and raisins into elegant strudel cookies. These make-ahead sweets are perfect for holiday cookie trays.

Bread machine focaccia topped with melted mozzarella for a pizza-bread hybrid. Five-ingredient hands-off Italian flatbread you can scale up with herbs, olives, or roasted vegetables.

Tastes delicious when filled with very lean beef cooked with a little green pepper, lean shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, tomato, and a good shot of hot sauce. Of course a nice Mexican beer with it makes it extra good.

Traditional Slovak pirohy (pierogi) with a tender egg dough boiled and bathed in browned butter. Choose from cottage cheese, dill potato, or sweet-savory cabbage filling.

Vegetarian mincemeat with fresh pears, mixed dried fruit, candied peel, glace cherries, dates, almonds, citrus zest, and whiskey. A meat-free version of the British holiday classic.

Georgian khachapuri with hand-stretched dough layered with butter, folded envelope-style around a spiced red bean filling with caramelized onions and fresh cilantro.

Hawaiian cake layered with cream cheese vanilla pudding, crushed pineapple, whipped topping, coconut, walnuts, and maraschino cherries over a yellow cake base. A retro potluck showstopper.

Golden whole wheat challah made without eggs or dairy, braided into a tender loaf with optional raisins, sesame, or poppy seed toppings.

Braided honey yeast bread with an optional golden saffron tint and raisins, mixed in a food processor for easy kneading. A beautiful three-strand loaf brushed with honey for a glossy, sweet crust.