Dessert Recipes

Snickers bar brownie cake with a German chocolate cake mix crust, melted candy center, and crumbly chocolate streusel top. Four-ingredient dump cake magic.

Sailor's duff: a steamed molasses pudding from the age-of-sail tradition. Moist, dense, and warmly spiced, traditionally served with hard sauce or vanilla cream.

Almond float with mandarin oranges: a delicate Chinese-restaurant dessert of agar-agar almond jelly squares served in cool mandarin orange syrup. Light, dairy-flexible, and refreshing.

Buttery pound cake soaked in a homemade liqueur syrup. Choose your favorite spirit: rum, amaretto, hazelnut, orange, or raspberry. Stores up to 6 months frozen.

Pineapple bread pudding made entirely in the microwave with crushed pineapple, buttery custard, and stale bread cubes. Warm, tropical, and no oven required.

Ergolavi Greek almond cookies made with just four ingredients: ground almonds, sugar, egg whites, and vanilla. Naturally gluten-free finger-shaped cookies with a chewy, marzipan-like texture.

No-bake frozen peppermint cheesecake with a chocolate wafer crust, cream cheese filling, crushed candy canes, and whipped cream. A pink holiday showstopper.

Classic German Bavarian vanilla cream (Bayerische Creme) with egg custard, vanilla ice cream, and whipped cream set in a mold. A rich, silky no-bake dessert garnished with fresh fruit.

Two egg cake is a versatile vanilla cake made with just two eggs, cake flour, and shortening. Bake it as a loaf, layer cake, or cupcakes and frost however you like.

Frozen raspberry parfait, a silky no-churn mousse of cooked raspberry puree, framboise brandy, meringue, and whipped cream. A classic French dessert frozen for hours.

Famous lemon meringue pie shortcuts the curd using a packet of lemon pudding pie filling boosted with extra fresh lemon juice and butter. Topped with French meringue, ready in under an hour.

Italian anise biscotti: twice-baked Italian almond cookies flavored with pharmacy-grade anise oil and toasted whole almonds. Crisp, dunkable, perfect with espresso.

A layered no-bake blueberry pie with a creamy pineapple cream cheese base and a glossy blueberry-lemon topping. Chilled in a pre-baked shell and finished with whipped cream.

Black Forest rugalach pastries with a cream cheese dough wrapped around boozy cherry, dark chocolate and walnut filling. The Jewish bakery classic given a chocolate-cherry overhaul straight out of the German cake playbook.

A simple fruit-filled cake with a gummy, tender crumb and a cinnamon-sugar crust on top. Use any jar of pie filling you like: cherry, blueberry, apple, or peach. Just 7 ingredients and 15 minutes of prep.

Buttery Swedish Melting Moments cookies with almond and orange extract literally dissolve on your tongue. Six ingredients, one hour chill, and you've got 2 dozen tender, crumbly Scandinavian treats.