Dessert recipe collection

Cranberry cake wreath bakes a tart-sweet cranberry and orange batter in a ring mold for a festive holiday centerpiece. Fresh cranberries pop against an orange-scented crumb, with walnuts for crunch.

Add less milk if you want a little stiffer frosting for piping.

Cassis cheesecake with white chocolate folded into the filling, creme de cassis liqueur, and a tangy sour cream topping with almond. A French-inspired cheesecake with subtle blackcurrant and almond notes.

Buffalo chip cookies are a kitchen-sink cookie loaded with oatmeal, corn flakes, chocolate chips, and chopped nuts for maximum crunch in every bite. One bowl, no chilling, makes 4 dozen.

Always welcomed! Very classical chocolate chip cookies!

Dark Christmas cake is the real, old-fashioned fruitcake: dense with raisins, currants, figs, dates, and almonds, deepened with brown sugar, prune juice, and brandy, then aged in brandy-soaked cheesecloth. Make it now, slice it at Christmas.

Classic Kentucky pecan pie with dark brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, and a heap of pecans on top. The Dear Abby reader-favorite recipe from the back of newspapers nationwide.

White chocolate cheesecake with an almond-oatmeal-graham crust, folded with whipped egg whites for an airy, mousse-like texture. Slow-cooled in the oven for a crack-free finish.

A key lime chiffon pie: tart key lime curd lightened with gelatin, fluffy meringue, and whipped cream, set in a graham crust. An airy, cloud-light take on key lime pie, far lighter than the condensed-milk version.

Don't let the name fool you, there is no dirt in it anywhere. I named it this because of how it looked when it was all finished. With that said, I was in a baking mood and decided to combine my 2 favorite cookies together. I have no regrets. My kids said they loved them and this recipe was a keeper.

A basic sweet pie crust perfect for sweet desserts with detailed instructions.

Make-ahead pumpkin chiffon pie with a cloud-light gelatin filling of pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg folded into stiff egg whites. Lighter than classic pumpkin pie and a Thanksgiving prep-day winner.

Double almond ice cream layers almond extract through a custard base and folds in butter-sugar caramelized almonds. Two hits of almond, both flavor and crunch, in a classic French-style ice cream.

Wow your family this Thanksgiving with this decadent pumpkin pie that will have everyone asking for a second slice!

Double pecan pie: a layer of crushed pecans beneath a gooey corn syrup filling, crowned with pecan halves, all in a tender homemade crust. Twice the pecans, twice the crunch.

Basket cupcake recipe is another popular one at Easter, usually frosted with frosting, coated with colored coconut flakes, topped with a few jelly beans or candy coated small chocolate eggs, using pipe cleaner or licorice laces as handles, cute and pretty!