Dessert, Egg Recipes

Midnight cake with Dutch-process cocoa, buttermilk, and oil for a dark, tender crumb. Filled with raspberry jam and frosted with whipped chocolate cream.

Passover sponge cake with pineapple juice concentrate, almonds, lemon and orange zest, made with potato starch and cake meal. Light, airy, and flour-free.

Pumpkin nut cake baked directly in sealed canning jars for long storage. Warmly spiced pumpkin-walnut cake with cloves, cinnamon, and allspice. A giftable holiday treat.

Rum flan cake with caramelized sugar, a rum-orange custard layer, and a light chiffon cake baked together in a water bath. A magical two-in-one dessert that inverts into flan on top and cake below.

Norwegian cookies (biscotti-style) with chocolate chips and a cinnamon sugar topping. Dough baked in long rolls, then sliced diagonally into crisp strips. One batch makes four dozen.

Chocolate cream cheese gooey butter bars with a chocolate cake mix base, chopped pecans, and a sweet cream cheese topping. A St. Louis-style gooey butter cake in bar form.

A moist English gooseberry cake scented with elderflower and dark muscovado sugar, served warm as a pudding with cream. A traditional Wiltshire bake for Whitsun celebrations.

Carrot square cake with walnuts, golden raisins, and a tangy orange-flavored cream cheese icing. A 9-inch square pan version of the classic carrot cake, perfect for small gatherings.

Apple butter pie: a creamy custard pie made with spiced apple butter, eggs, milk, and half-and-half in a single crust, topped with fresh nutmeg.

Lester's fruitcake is a heirloom holiday loaf: pounds of candied fruits, figs, dates, raisins, pecans, and walnuts bound in spiced molasses batter. Slow-baked, brandy-soaked, aged a month.

French apple cake made with yellow cake mix, lemon pudding, Granny Smith apples, and raisins, finished with a tart lemon glaze. A spiced bundt cake that stays moist thanks to sour cream.

Finnish blueberry yogurt pie (mustikkapiirakka) with a press-in butter shortbread crust and a tangy lemon-vanilla custard. Fresh blueberries bake right into the filling for the iconic dessert of every Finnish summer.

Coconut meringue cookies shaped into little bird nests and filled with candy eggs or jelly beans. A show-stopping Easter dessert that's crisp, light as air, and gluten-free. Makes 20 nests.

Traditional Irish porter cake made with stout beer, currants, raisins, mixed peel, and brown sugar. A dense, rich fruit cake that improves with a week of resting before slicing.

Classic cocoa crinkle cookies rolled in powdered sugar that cracks into a snowy pattern as they bake. Chewy centers, crackled tops, and a deep chocolate flavor from real cocoa powder. Makes 2 dozen.

Wow, this cake was so moist and delicious. My family really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing the recipe.