622 jim recipes

Yeasted coffee cake ring filled with apricot preserves, dried fruit, and pecans, flavored with cardamom and apple juice concentrate. A Scandinavian-style holiday bread.

Gateau de mousse a la nectarine: a refined French entremet of airy nectarine mousse layered with schnapps-soaked genoise, finished with a glossy peach glaze and toasted-crumb sides. A patisserie showpiece.

Plum cake is the grand Victorian celebration fruitcake: pounds of raisins, currants, dates, citron, and almonds bound by spiced butter cake batter. Christmas, weddings, and christenings on a serious scale.

Glazed apple cake: silky McIntosh apple purée folded into a warm-spiced batter, topped with fanned Granny Smith slices and a glossy apricot jam glaze. A bakery-style fall dessert.

Raspberry chocolate swirl cheesecake on a cocoa-vanilla wafer crust. Two batters marbled together for a dramatic black-and-pink presentation.

Raspberry mousse cheesecake copycat from Olive Garden layers a chocolate cookie crust, baked cream cheese filling, and a pink raspberry-whipped cream mousse top. The chain's classic dessert decoded for home.

Grilled raspberry chicken: breasts marinated in maple-raspberry vinaigrette, brushed with a sweet-spicy raspberry glaze and topped with toasted pine nuts. Sweet, tart, and a little fiery.

Baked chicken legs glazed with raspberry jam, balsamic vinegar, and red pepper flakes for a sticky sweet-heat finish that caramelizes beautifully in the oven.

A classic French pear and frangipane tart: vanilla-poached pears arranged over almond pastry cream spiked with kirsch and crushed macaroons, finished with apricot glaze and pistachios.

Cucidati, the traditional Sicilian Christmas fig cookies, with a rich filling of figs, raisins, nuts, chocolate and rum wrapped in tender pastry, shaped into slashed horseshoes and dusted with sugar.

Fudgy brownies layered with a raspberry truffle cream cheese filling and drizzled with chocolate glaze. Three layers of pure indulgence that yield 2 dozen show-stopping bars.

Containing candied fruit and topped off with frosting, this bread is perfect as a small snack after dinner.

Classic cheesecake with amaretto filling and almond-graham crust, topped with warm apricot-liqueur glaze. Rich, creamy, and elegantly finished.

A glazed Christmas ham brushed with apricot-sherry glaze, warmed with cinnamon and star anise, and crusted in brown sugar, served with a crisp, fresh fennel coleslaw in a herby yogurt dressing. A festive feast pairing.

Ischler hearts: Austrian sandwich cookies with almond shortbread, apricot jam filling, and a glossy chocolate-rum glaze. Named after the spa town Bad Ischl, favorite of Emperor Franz Joseph.

Raspberry trifle layers jam-spread ladyfingers, fresh raspberries and split almonds with a homemade wine-laced custard, all crowned with whipped cream. A classic English make-ahead showstopper in a glass bowl.