Dessert Recipes

Light and fluffy and packed with orange flavor and coated in orange sugar.

No frost chocolate chip cake bakes its own topping: a moist date-sweetened cocoa cake crowned with a crackly sugar and chocolate-chip crust. Skip the icing entirely.

Savory cheese cookies with sharp cheddar, butter, and crisp rice cereal. Rolled into balls and fork-pressed flat. A crunchy, cheesy appetizer or snack that bakes in 10 minutes.

Hawaiian pineapple upside-down cake with crushed pineapple, coconut, and maraschino cherries over a brown sugar caramel in a cast iron skillet. From-scratch batter with pineapple juice baked right in.

Soft, cake-like apricot cookies with jewel-toned jam centers that bake up tender and light. Chopped dried apricots in the dough add chewy bits of fruit throughout each cookie.

Cloud-light chocolate angel food cake that's fat-free and cholesterol-free, leavened entirely by whipped egg whites and flavored with cocoa. An airy, guilt-light dessert with deep chocolate flavor.

Deep-fried fruit fritters made with apples, pears, and bananas in a light vanilla batter, served with a warm lemon-bourbon sauce. A Creole-inspired dessert.

Packed with almonds, these glazed almond cookie slices make a great snack.

Crunchy twice-baked biscotti packed with roasted almonds and hazelnuts, scented with vanilla, anise, and almond extract. A big-batch Italian cookie that keeps for weeks and begs to be dunked.

German apple cake loaf with whole wheat flour, bran, Granny Smith apples, golden raisins, and warm spices. A hearty, wholesome apple bread that's dense and fruit-studded.

Frosted peanut butter cake squares bake a tender peanut butter cake under chocolate-peanut butter frosting and chopped peanut butter cups. Bakery-style chocolate-and-PB nostalgia.

Rich coconut custard made with half-and-half creates an extra-creamy filling that's worth the wait. Topped with whipped cream and toasted coconut for bakery-quality results at home.

Georgia peach shortcake with cinnamon-brown sugar biscuit layers, pecan pieces, sliced ripe peaches, and almond-flavored whipped cream. Southern summer dessert at its peak.

Italian layered sponge cake with rum, custard cream filling, coffee zabaglione buttercream, walnuts, and chocolate-dipped almonds. An elegant multi-component dessert.

Fresh pineapple pie with dried apricots, macadamia nuts, and a splash of rum in a flaky double crust. A tropical twist on classic fruit pie with Hawaiian accents.

Kahlua pecan pie cookies with a buttery brown sugar cookie cup filled with a caramel pecan center spiked with coffee liqueur. A two-bite spin on pecan pie.