Dessert Recipes

Devil's food cake loaded with chocolate chips, walnuts, and graham cracker crumbs, then layered with coffee-kissed whipped cream. A semi-homemade showstopper that starts with a box mix but finishes like a bakery original.

Italian-style cheesecake with cream cheese and sieved cottage cheese, flavored with espresso and amaretto, baked in a lemon shortcrust shell with a lattice top.

Mound cake: copycat dessert tasting like a giant Mounds candy bar. Devil's food layers with marshmallow-coconut filling and rich chocolate cream cheese frosting.

Moroccan dessert couscous steamed three times until feathery light, finished with olive oil and cinnamon, then garnished with dried fruits and almonds. A traditional North African sweet.

A moist cinnamon-spiced sheet cake loaded with chopped apples and walnuts, topped with tangy lemon butter frosting for crowd-pleasing potluck perfection.

Classic springerle: traditional German anise cookies embossed with intricate designs, dried overnight, and baked pale, then mellowed for a week into crisp, picture-perfect holiday treats.

Crostata di ricotta is the classic Italian lattice-topped tart filled with sweetened ricotta, grappa-soaked raisins, bittersweet chocolate, and orange zest. Pasta frolla crust, dusted with powdered sugar.

Mango mousse cake with a sponge cake base, fresh mango puree mousse set with gelatin, toasted almonds, raspberry jam, and whipped cream. An impressive layered French-style dessert.

Apricot brandy cake layers a tender, spice-kissed crumb with sticky apricot preserves and brandy buttercream frosting. The secret? Apricot baby food keeps the cake moist and fruit-forward with zero fuss.

Coca-Cola Cake with Hot Fudge Icing and Nuts recipe

Fudgy from-scratch brownies layered with creme de menthe walnut frosting and drizzled with melted chocolate. Three layers of minty, chocolatey bliss in every bite.

Chocolate marshmallow sandwich cookies with soft cake-like chocolate rounds and a fluffy marshmallow cream filling. Homemade whoopie pies for lunchboxes, bake sales, and after-school snacks.

Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cherry recipe

A silky Belgian cream cheese tart with lemon juice and whipping cream, baked in an 8-inch tart shell and brushed with a glossy egg wash. Light, creamy, and elegant.

Christmas cream wafers sandwich tinted buttercream between sugar-coated, fork-pricked butter wafers. A retro holiday cookie that comes together with just five ingredients in the dough.

Gingerbread house cake: a warmly spiced two-layer gingerbread cake filled with cream cheese frosting and candy, then decorated like a gingerbread house. All the festive fun without the structural engineering.