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Pate Diana, a silky French-style chicken liver pate with sauteed apples, shallots, and apple wine or brandy, sealed in clarified butter. Elegant make-ahead appetizer that keeps a week chilled.

This buttery and moist old fashioned rum cake will for sure be a hit on your dinner table. It's hard to go wrong with rum and pecan.

Pull-apart breakfast bread with frozen dough, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and pudding mix for a caramel-sticky glaze. An easy monkey bread-style brunch treat.

Sirups kager are traditional Danish brown spice cookies made with dark corn syrup, cinnamon, and cloves. Crisp, warmly spiced, and ideal for holiday cookie tins and Christmas baking.

Easy homemade barbecue sauce with ketchup, onions, butter, paprika, and a finishing splash of lemon juice and Worcestershire. The 15-minute pantry-staple sauce that beats anything in a bottle.

Kahlua chocolate mousse made with dark chocolate, coffee liqueur, instant coffee, and whipped cream. A rich no-bake dessert with a deep mocha flavor that sets overnight.

A great way to start off the day, the king's favorite.

The classic French pastry dough. Make up to 3 days in advance.

Crispy phyllo pastry nests filled with sauteed mushrooms, walnuts, soy sauce, and a hint of nutmeg. Elegant bite-sized appetizers that can be prepped weeks ahead.

Traditional Trinidad coconut bread made with fresh grated coconut, evaporated milk, and a sugar-sprinkled crust. A Caribbean staple that's even better toasted for breakfast the next morning. Makes 2 loaves.

Banana ricotta pizza topped with ham brings sweet-savory flavors together on a crispy crust. Just 5 ingredients and 45 minutes for this unexpected crowd-pleaser.

Super Moist Jam, Pineapple and Pecan Cake with Caramel Icing recipe

Hot milk cake topped with toasted coconut and brown sugar. A vintage sponge cake made by adding boiling milk to beaten eggs, then finished with a broiled coconut topping.

Portuguese biscoitos shaped into rings from hand-rolled dough ropes. A simple butter and egg cookie that bakes golden, lightly sweet, and crisp.

White chocolate cashew pie, a sophisticated cousin to pecan pie with chunks of cashew, melty white chocolate, and a splash of kirsch cherry brandy. Brown-sugar custard, made-from-scratch crust.

Delicious and wholesome scones that are perfect for breakfast or snack.