Dessert Recipes

Greek honey cake (revani) with walnuts, cinnamon, and orange zest, cut into diamonds and drenched in a warm honey-lemon syrup. A sticky, fragrant Mediterranean dessert soaked until every bite drips.

Real-meat mincemeat in a manageable 20-serving batch. Beef, suet, apples, raisins, citron, and orange zest simmer with strong coffee, molasses, and warming spices into a deeply flavored holiday pie filling.

Fudgy sour cream chocolate cake with a molten caramel filling baked right into the middle. Half the batter bakes first, then melted caramels and condensed milk go on top, followed by the rest of the batter. Gooey, layered, and dangerously good.

A scrumptious dessert that is perfect thing to warm you and your tastebuds up on that cold winter night.

Spiced apple cake layered with cinnamon-nutmeg McIntosh apples and topped with a brown sugar walnut crumble. Baked in a 13x9 pan with orange juice in the batter.

Cherry pie with a tangy sour cream custard and a hint of almond, finished with a golden lattice crust. Use fresh black or red cherries for the brightest flavor. Ready in one hour.

No-bake chocolate cheesecake with melted chocolate chips, cream cheese, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. Silky smooth with zero oven time needed.

Banana cake made with Coca-Cola and yellow cake mix, topped with a billowy sea foam frosting whipped from brown sugar and egg whites. A retro Southern classic that's earned 22 reviews.

Ricotta pudding baked in individual cups until puffed and golden, made with part-skim ricotta, lemon zest, and a folded egg white for souffle-like lift. A light Italian-style dessert.

Deluxe chocolate chunk walnut cookies with semi-sweet chunks and milk chocolate morsels in a chewy brown sugar dough. Bakery-style thick cookies with two kinds of chocolate.

This recipe was created when I made a mistake in making it. It was originally suppose to a brownie type dessert, but I used a jelly roll pan and didn't use enough butter. The end result became a hit and is alway requested and raved about.

Toasting the oats for this hearty muffin enhances their nutty flavor; orange zest contributes a citrus fragrance that plays well with the sweet dates.

Chocolate mayonnaise cake is an old-fashioned secret for incredibly moist chocolate cake. A full cup of mayo replaces butter and adds richness without any greasy taste.

This impossible-style pie makes its own crust from Bisquick batter, gets topped with your choice of blueberry, cherry, or apple pie filling, and finished with a cinnamon-brown sugar streusel. Under an hour, no pie crust skills needed.

Choux pastry puffs studded with chocolate chips and dusted with powdered sugar create elegant French-inspired cookies that look harder to make than they are.

Surprise-center butter cookies with 4 hidden fillings: Andes mints, cherries, chocolate chips, and pecans. Each batch gets its own color-coded icing. A fun holiday baking project.