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Spooky Halloween spider cake shaped from two round layers with black frosting, licorice legs, and gumball eyes. A fun green gelatin surprise hides inside the body.

Soft, cinnamon-swirled quick bread made with buttermilk and vanilla, topped with a crumbly streusel that bakes into golden ribbons. No yeast needed. One loaf, one hour, pure warmth.

Caramelized onion focaccia: bread machine dough topped with deeply browned onions, mozzarella and parmesan. The dimpled Italian bread that makes any wine pour feel like a celebration.

Lower-calorie chocolate ripple cake baked in a clay pot with a coconut cream cheese swirl. Made with nonfat cream cheese, egg whites, and fat-free sour cream. Serves 12.

Watch this decadent cake recipe disappear swiftly. With its thick frosting and rich chocolate layers, it's a huge hit at any event.

Pina Colada party cake: white cake mix doctored with pineapple juice and toasted coconut, soaked with pineapple syrup, topped with rum-extract frosting. Tropical island flavor, no booze required.

Deep-fried cranberry jelly fritters with a light, crispy batter. Canned cranberry jelly gets cut into strips, dredged, battered, and fried golden. A quirky, crowd-pleasing holiday snack.

Blueberry cookies with fresh blueberries, brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon zest, topped with a citrus powdered sugar frosting. Soft, cakey drop cookies.

Greek-style fried salt cod (bakaliaros) in a light flour batter, served with skordalia. Soaked overnight, boiled, battered, and pan-fried until golden.

Champagne-battered prawns fried light and shatteringly crisp, the bubbles in the sparkling wine making the airiest batter, served with a homemade cocktail sauce and lemon. A flirty little dish made for sharing.

Goreng pisang are crispy fried bananas in a light rice flour batter rolled in brown sugar. A popular Asian street food dessert served with ice cream.

A light, airy strawberry souffle made with whipped egg whites and fresh berry puree, drizzled with a warm strawberry-orange sauce. Elegant, low-calorie, and stunning.

This is a fairly close approximation to what a parmigiana dish should be like.

A multi-day Sichuan duck project: dry-rubbed with toasted spiced salt, air-dried overnight, steamed, battered, and deep-fried to shattering crispness. Includes a tea-smoked variation. Worth every step.

Old-fashioned chocolate pudding cake bakes with a cocoa batter on top and a brown sugar water layer that transforms into hot fudge sauce underneath. Drizzled with raspberry jam.

Light currant bran muffins made with buttermilk, egg whites, molasses, and safflower oil. Drop-style batter chills 4 hours for a crispy edge and chewy center. Low-fat and fiber-rich.