Dessert Recipes

Tiramisu-style cake with three sponge layers soaked in espresso-rum syrup, filled with mascarpone cream, and finished with cocoa powder and chocolate shavings. A classic Italian pick-me-up.

Blushing grapefruit marmalade turns ruby red grapefruit and lemon into a pink-blush preserve with bittersweet citrus depth. A traditional small-batch marmalade with liquid pectin set.

Easy angel cookies use just three ingredients: angel food cake mix, water, and chopped fruit. Light, puffy, and ready in 20 minutes with no eggs, butter, or oil.

Four-ingredient baked apples stuffed with raisins and cinnamon, brushed with orange juice. Low-fat, diabetic-friendly, and ready in 45 minutes.

Homemade blueberry marmalade with real orange and lemon slices. This small-batch canning recipe yields 9 half-pint jars of jewel-toned spread that's half jam, half citrus marmalade.

A rustic blueberry pie baked right in a cast-iron skillet with a golden pastry lid and no bottom crust. Just 5 ingredients and 30 minutes from stove to table.

Fruit compotes are a typical dessert for a Sabbath meat meal.

Honey icing made with a boiled sugar-honey syrup poured over beaten egg whites with melted marshmallows. A fluffy, glossy frosting with floral honey sweetness for cakes.

Julekake is a traditional Norwegian Christmas bread with cardamom, candied fruits, and raisins, topped with confectioners icing, almonds, and candied cherries.

Khvorost are crispy Russian fried dough twists dusted in cinnamon sugar, made with a vodka-laced dough for extra crunch. Served with apricot sauce for dipping.

Fudgy brownie cookies made from boxed mix, lightened with yogurt and egg whites instead of oil and eggs. Frosted chocolate treats at 85 calories each.

Homemade apple jelly made in the microwave with apple juice, pectin, and red hot cinnamon candies for a spicy-sweet twist. Yields 6 half pints in under an hour.

These are cute little turkeys made out of oreo cookies and candy pieces. They are even easy enough for young children to help make. Gobble! Gobble!

Ossi di Morti (Bones of the Dead) Italian cookies flavored with cinnamon and clove oil, baked hard and meant to be dunked in coffee or tea. A traditional Italian All Souls Day treat.

This raw vegan key lime mousse SO easy and epitomizes the "blend and chow in under 5 minutes" philosophy that I am so fond of. Just throw all the ingredients in your blender and puree until smooth. Chill and Devour. How easy is that?

This dessert souffle is loaded with refreshing strawberry flavor, and it is so light, you don't have to worry about calories or fat. And it is so tasty.