Dessert Recipes

Buttery scones studded with mini chocolate chips and orange zest, baked golden then drizzled with both melted chocolate and white chocolate. A bakery-worthy breakfast treat in under an hour.

No-butter orange oatmeal cookies sweetened with banana, honey, and orange juice concentrate. Soft, fruity, and loaded with walnuts and golden raisins.

No-bake fruit and nut bars with dates, apricots, toasted almonds, and corn cereal in a brown sugar caramel. Chewy, crunchy, and ready in 40 minutes.

Orange carrot cake baked in a tube pan with grated carrots, cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange zest, finished with a tangy orange glaze. A bright twist on classic carrot cake.

Rhubarb tart with orange glaze layers tart-sweet rhubarb over buttery puff pastry, then gets brushed with a reduced citrus syrup. Two rectangles, one sheet pan, one of the easiest stone-fruit-season desserts going.

Three-layer praline creme pumpkin pie with a spiced pumpkin custard, brown sugar pecan streusel topping, and an orange-scented cream cheese whipped topping. A holiday showstopper.

Orange-butterscotch cheesecake on an oat-and-brown-sugar crust, scented with orange zest and crowned with homemade butterscotch sauce. Bright citrus and deep caramel in one dramatic dessert.

Raspberry souffle: a Chambord-spiked raspberry puree folded into stiff-peak egg whites, baked in a water bath until towering and puffed. Light, no-yolk, dramatic French dessert.

Fresh berries with a blended sweet yogurt sauce made from low-fat yogurt, jam, and citrus zest. A light, 5-minute no-cook dessert that's diet-friendly.

Orange butter cake with fresh orange juice, zest, brown sugar, and graham cracker crumbs in the batter, finished with a Grand Marnier-spiked tropical cream cheese spread.

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.

Orange walnut madeleines: shell-shaped French teacakes with orange zest, cardamom, and chopped walnuts, finished with a dusting of powdered sugar. Elegant holiday cookies to pair with coffee.

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.

Chocolate cake made with pureed green tomatoes, brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange zest, finished with a glossy dark chocolate glaze. Unexpected end-of-garden dessert.

Piped orange butter cookies dipped in bittersweet chocolate. Fresh orange zest and a folded egg white create a light, melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Sugar-free apple pie sweetened only by frozen apple juice concentrate. Sliced apples simmered with cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg in a pre-baked pie shell. Diabetic-friendly dessert.