Dessert Recipes

Blueberry batter cake bakes its own sauce as boiling water poured over a sugar-cornstarch topping creates a syrupy blueberry layer beneath the risen cake. A self-saucing pudding cake.

Oslo twists are Norwegian fried cookies with crisp, blistered dough twisted through a center slit. Dusted with powdered sugar, this old-world treat shatters at first bite.

Orange slice fruitcake with candied orange, pecans, dates, and coconut in a buttermilk batter. Baked low and slow, then soaked with a citrus butter glaze.

Crispy, chewy, loaded cookies packed with oats, crushed cornflakes, shredded coconut, and chopped pecans. Flatten with a sugar-dipped glass for crackly edges. Makes 4 dozen in just 30 minutes.

Lemon poppyseed spritz cookies are pressed into star and swirl shapes, baked tender, then iced with a pale lemon glaze and finished with a poppyseed sprinkle.

Diabetic-friendly pineapple bundt cake: sugar-substitute cake with chunks of unsweetened pineapple and a juice soak. Low-sugar dessert for diabetic meal plans without losing flavor.

Madu's incredible Pineapple Utopia desert. Note: I strongly suggest that you make two. (That way other people can have some after you eat the first one yourself.)

Hawaiian mood cookies with cream cheese dough, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, and chopped nuts. Soft, cake-like drop cookies with tropical fruit flavors baked on accordion-pleated foil.

An Italian-style cheesecake blending ricotta and cream cheese with a generous pour of amaretto liqueur on a buttery graham cracker crust. Creamy, almond-scented, and baked until just set for a luxurious dessert.

Lemon thins made with just 5 ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and lemon extract. A crispy, delicate drop cookie with bright lemon flavor and golden edges.

Orange coconut chews packed with dates, shredded coconut, and fresh orange zest in a brown sugar base. Chewy, golden bar cookies with a tropical citrus twist.

Peanut butter swirl ice cream cake with a crushed Oreo crust, chocolate wafer cookies, and hot fudge topping. No-bake, freezer-set, and ridiculously impressive for parties.

Traditional Irish apple fritters with thick apple slices dipped in a light egg batter, deep-fried until crispy, then dusted with sugar and brightened with lemon juice.

A chocolate cherry fruitcake made easy with quick-bread mix, maraschino cherries, pecans, chocolate chips, and a splash of kirsch. Fruitcake even skeptics will love.

Crisp, nutty brown sugar cookies with warm allspice and cinnamon made easy using Bisquick baking mix. Ready in 30 minutes, these thin, crunchy drop cookies yield over three dozen from one simple batch.

Apricot almond squares with a cake mix crumb crust, apricot preserves, cream cheese filling, and a coconut-almond crumble topping. Semi-homemade and crowd-ready.