Dessert Recipes

Mississippi mud cake loaded with cocoa, butter, and pecans under a thick chocolate buttercream icing. Dense, fudgy, and unapologetically Southern.

White chocolate mousse cake layered between sheets of genoise with candied citrus peel, pine nuts and shaved white chocolate curls. An elegant layered dessert with bright grapefruit, orange and lemon zest running through every bite.

Great-Grandma's lemon cake with real butter, lemon zest and juice, and beaten egg whites folded in for a light crumb. A heirloom loaf cake recipe that makes two freezer-friendly loaves.

Homemade chocolate whoopee pies with fluffy marshmallow creme filling. Soft cocoa cakes sandwiched around a sweet, billowy center for a New England bakery classic you can make at home.

Light apple raisin crepes with an oat bran batter, part-skim ricotta and apple filling, and a warm cinnamon syrup poured over at serving. Just 178 calories per serving.

Classic chocolate cream pie with a deep two-chocolate filling spiked with rum and vanilla, topped with rum-laced whipped cream and grated chocolate. A make-ahead diner classic.

Coca-Cola marshmallow cake with hot nut icing: a Southern sheet cake made with cola in the batter, mini marshmallows folded through, and a warm fudge-pecan glaze poured over while still hot.

Truffle cookies with a frozen chocolate ganache center wrapped in chocolate cookie dough, baked and dipped in chocolate icing. Three layers of chocolate in every bite.

Double-chocolate shortbread cookies dipped on each end in white and semisweet chocolate. Rich, buttery, and elegant with a tender snap and triple chocolate flavor.

Blueberry crunch cake bakes a buttermilk cornmeal cake under a crown of fresh blueberries with a cinnamon-sugar crackle on top. Lighter than coffee cake, sweeter than cornbread. The Southern morning cake that disappears fast.

Carrot and raisin cheesecake on a cinnamon graham cracker crust, spiced with nutmeg and ginger, topped with an orange cream cheese frosting. Carrot cake meets cheesecake in one showstopping dessert.

Buttery walnut cookies made with toasted ground walnuts, piped and baked low and slow until pale golden, then dusted with powdered sugar. Tender, crumbly, and freezer-friendly.

Date pecan snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar with a buttery, crumbly shortbread base. No eggs, no leavening, just butter, flour, dates, and pecans.

Molasses ginger bars with brown sugar, raisins, and a dusting of powdered sugar. Soft, chewy gingerbread-style cookie bars from a big-batch 13x9 pan that cuts into 36 pieces.

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.

Boston cream pie made lighter, a doctored yellow cake split and filled with vanilla pudding, then topped with a chocolate cocoa icing. Egg whites and fat-free fillings keep this classic dessert on the lighter side.