Dessert, Egg Recipes

Zwiebelkuchen, a traditional German onion tart with sauteed onions and bacon in a rich egg cream custard baked in a buttery homemade pastry crust. Served warm in wedges.

Country sponge cake made with six eggs, cake flour, lemon juice, and no butter or oil. Light, airy, and golden brown from a classic tube pan technique.

Mint spritz cookies with peppermint extract and green food coloring pressed into festive shapes with a cookie press. A crisp, buttery holiday cookie ready in 30 minutes.

Mocha swirl pound cake: a buttery, coffee-spiked pound cake batter marbled with melted chocolate and baked in a tube pan. Tight, tender crumb shot through with bittersweet ribbons.

Maple walnut cake made with real maple syrup, buttermilk, and toasted walnuts, topped with a fluffy marshmallow-maple frosting. A two-layer showstopper for fall baking.

Maple squares with dark maple syrup, chocolate chips, and chopped walnuts baked into a chewy bar. A one-bowl, mix-and-pour recipe ready in 45 minutes.

Elvis Presley's pound cake with seven eggs, heavy cream, and cake flour started in a cold oven. A dense, buttery Southern pound cake with a velvety crumb and golden crust.

A Southern classic bundt cake made with butter cake mix, sour cream, and a hidden ribbon of cinnamon-brown sugar-nut filling swirled through the center.

Classic Italian pizzelle cookies made with butter, eggs, vanilla, and a shot of whiskey for depth. Crisp, thin waffle cookies pressed on a pizzelle iron. Makes 16 dozen.

Fresh apple and pecan cake packed with 4 cups of sliced apples and a full cup of nuts. Cinnamon-spiced, oil-based for a moist crumb that stays tender for days. Bakes in a 9x13 pan.

Old-fashioned fig-filled cookies with a honey-sweetened butter dough, rolled into strips or sandwich rounds and baked until golden. Makes 5 dozen with two shaping options.

Holiday fruit cake bakes candied pineapple, red and green cherries, golden and dark raisins, pecans, and oats into a nutmeg-mace spiced loaf. Wraps and keeps for weeks.

Lemon poppy seed Bundt cake with sour cream, fresh lemon zest, and a tangy lemon glaze. Moist, tender crumb from cake flour and a full pound of sour cream.

Traditional German Pfeffernusse cookies with five warm spices, candied citron, and lemon. Tiny spiced rounds that dry overnight and ripen for days before eating.

The iconic Silver Palate apple cake loaded with chunky apples, walnuts, and apple brandy in a moist oil-based batter spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and mace. Finished with a warm glaze.

A densely spiced cake loaded with chopped dates, walnuts, and hot applesauce, finished with a brown sugar base that bakes into moist perfection.