Dessert, Egg Recipes

Red velvet pound cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with cocoa, shortening, and seven eggs for a dense, velvety crumb. Topped with cream cheese icing.

Traditional baked Christmas pudding with candied fruits, pecans, molasses, and warm spices, served with brandy sauce. A festive holiday dessert with an optional flambé presentation.

Six thin cake layers stacked high with cream cheese frosting and blueberry pie filling between each one. A showpiece dessert that's much easier to make than it looks.

Buttery laminated dough enriched with cardamom and orange creates flaky Danish pastries through careful rolling and folding for serious bakers seeking a challenge.

Soft, buttery sugar cookies with a hint of lemon zest, made with both butter and oil for a tender crumb. Cream of tartar keeps them pillowy. A holiday cookie jar classic.

Humdingers are no-bake date balls cooked stovetop with eggs, butter, and sugar, then folded with crispy rice cereal and rolled in coconut. A vintage Southern Christmas treat.

Boston cream pie from scratch: tender vanilla butter cake split into four layers, filled with a homemade vanilla pastry custard, and crowned with a glossy milk chocolate glaze.

Scottish marmalade cake with orange marmalade and sultanas baked into a simple creamed batter. A traditional British tea cake with just six ingredients.

Peanut butter meltaway cake layers buttermilk chocolate sheet cake with a peanut butter spread and chocolate buttermilk frosting. Three-layer dessert with classic chocolate-peanut butter pairing.

A light sponge cake rolled with whipped cream, applesauce, and walnuts for an elegant holiday dessert that looks impressive but comes together quickly.

Satisfy your kids sweet tooth with these scrumptious snacks made with coconut.

This very old recipe is famous for the artistic, decorative sculpture arranged on top. The picture in the cookbook has the upper outer edge circled with a braid of dough and cut-outs of ducks arranged flat on the top.

No-molasses gingerbread made with cane syrup instead, giving a milder, less bitter flavor with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Bakes in a 9-inch square pan in 30 minutes. A Southern-style classic.

Moosewood fudge brownies made with unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar and five eggs for an ultra-rich, fudgy bar. A classic from the Moosewood cookbook with just six pantry ingredients and no cocoa powder shortcuts.

Homemade Pecan Sandies copycat recipe with finely chopped pecans in a buttery shortening-based dough baked until golden. A spot-on clone of the classic Keebler cookie.

Surprise your dinner guests with this decadent lemon cake that is rich and moist.