Dessert Recipes

Mohn kuchen: a traditional German poppy seed cake with a pressed shortbread base, creamy cooked poppy seed filling, and buttery streusel top. Dense, nutty, old-world dessert.

Fudge-almond cheesecake on a spicy gingersnap crust, flavored with almond and vanilla extracts, then topped with a glossy semi-sweet chocolate fudge layer. Rich, creamy, no-crack method.

Apple almond pie sets chopped apples and toasted sliced almonds in a custardy corn syrup filling. A pecan-pie-style technique applied to apples for a single-crust dessert with a glossy top.

By using most whole wheat flour, half amount sugar and frosting, makes this Mexican fruit cake much healthier, but still super moist and just enough sweetness for satisfy your sweet tooth.

Hmmm, these cookies were so good. Nothing is like chocolate chip peanut butter cookie, just by reading these words is making me salivate. These cookies were so easy to make, and tasted absolutely delicious. I don't have to say much, you know what I mean :)

Old-fashioned rhubarb cake with a sour cream batter, brown sugar sweetness, and a crackly mace-sugar topping. Tender, tangy, and a much-loved way to use spring rhubarb in a single 8-inch square pan.

These deliciously moist and lemony ricotta muffins are made with most whole wheat flour and olive oil, which adds health benefits to your diet without losing any great flavor and texture.

Lemon loaf cake with butter, cream cheese, lemon yogurt, and a whisper of ginger, finished with a tart lemon glaze. A bright, dense loaf with bakery-counter softness from yogurt and cream cheese.

Grandma Woodall's old-fashioned chocolate brownies made with melted unsweetened chocolate, canola oil, and a simple mixing method. Cake-like, family-recipe brownies in a 9x13 pan.

Traditional German Kasekuchen made with sieved cottage cheese, sour cream, and raisins in a buttery cookie crust. A lighter, tangier European-style cheesecake.

Creamy cheesecake with a lemon-cardamom graham crust, silky vanilla-lemon cream cheese filling, and a gentle low-and-slow oven finish. An Icelandic-Canadian Prairie classic from Winnipeg.

This silky and rich custard pie always brings back rave reviews.

Raspberry truffle trifle layered with sponge cake, homemade custard, raspberry sauce, and chocolate truffle sauce. A showstopping make-ahead dessert for 16.

Quite easy to make, and these cupcakes were very moist and delicious. I doubled the bunch, and froze them in the freezer. Now I have two week worth snacks :)

Delicate, light and thin Swedish lemon cookie that is as light as an angel's wings.

Easy chocolate brownie with nuts is baked in a pie plate.