Dessert recipe collection

Sugarless applesauce cake sweetens with raisins, dried fruit, and unsweetened applesauce instead of granulated sugar. A diabetic-friendly bundt cake spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Easy banana cake using a white cake mix, sour cream, and mashed bananas with chopped nuts. A semi-homemade shortcut that bakes up extra moist in two round layers.

Halloween fig spooks cupcakes built from cake mix studded with chopped figs, topped with a whole dried fig and draped in white buttercream icing for little ghost-shaped treats.

Norwegian fiskepudding: a silky cod mousse bound with cream and cornstarch, baked in a water bath until firm. Classic Scandinavian fish pudding served hot with sauce.

Fluffy gold cake bakes up tender, golden, and rich with four egg yolks and silky cake flour. A vintage layer cake ready for any frosting and any birthday.

Fluffy strawberry pie with fresh berries folded into a light Jello and vanilla pudding filling with whipped topping. A no-bake, mousse-like pie that chills to creamy perfection.

Jewish rugelach with a flaky cottage cheese dough, apricot jam, cinnamon-sugar, walnuts, and currants rolled into golden crescents. A holiday cookie jar essential for Hanukkah or Christmas.

Frangelico cheesecake with hazelnut liqueur blended into a rich cream cheese filling on a graham cracker crust. Just 6 ingredients for a boozy, nutty, crowd-pleasing dessert.

Frangelico chocolate cake with coffee-spiked cocoa frosting. Hazelnut liqueur and strong coffee deepen the chocolate flavor in this rich, two-layer celebration cake.

French apple honey pie built on a honey-spiked applesauce base, layered with Granny Smith slices in concentric rings, and finished with a glossy apricot glaze. Patisserie elegance with no top crust required.

Diabetic-friendly French fudge made with evaporated skim milk, cream cheese, chocolate chips, and sugar substitute. A creamy, lower-sugar chocolate fudge that chills firm enough to cut into squares.

Fresh apricot pie with a double crust, lemon juice, cinnamon, and butter. A classic fruit pie showcasing apricots at their peak with a flaky golden top crust.

Fresh cherries preserved in grappa with sugar, sun-steeped for a week then aged 3 months. A classic Italian after-dinner treat with boozy, fruit-soaked elegance. Only 3 ingredients.

Fresh coconut cream pie layers a silky stovetop coconut custard under a cloud of golden meringue, finished with a shower of toasted coconut. An old-fashioned, made-from-scratch pie with tender custard and crisp-tipped peaks.

Fresh strawberry glace is a glossy ruby cake topping cooked from macerated strawberries, sugar, lemon, and cornstarch. Pours like syrup, sets like jelly, and turns any plain cake into a centerpiece.

Fried apple pies are hand-held Southern hand pies with spiced apple filling tucked into a homemade dough, deep-fried golden and dusted with powdered sugar. Served warm with vanilla ice cream.