Dessert Recipes

Easy pound cake creams sugar with margarine, beats in eggs and vanilla, then bakes in a tube pan starting from a cold oven for a tender, tall crumb. Six ingredients, no leavening, no fuss.

Thai-style bananas simmered in sweetened coconut milk with a pinch of salt. A 4-ingredient dessert that doubles as a hot or cold treat, ready in 25 minutes.

Simple cookie bars with a cake-like base topped with fruit pie filling and powdered sugar. A vintage sheet pan dessert that feeds a crowd with minimal effort using canned filling.

No-bake club cracker cookie bars layered with a boiled brown sugar filling, topped with melted chocolate, peanut butter, and crushed peanuts. Chill and slice.

A no-egg, no-butter, no-milk chocolate cake you can mix right in the pan. Eight pantry staples, 40 minutes, and zero cleanup headaches. The classic "wacky cake" that's been saving dessert since the Depression era.

Decadent fudge pie with amaretti cookie crust and rich chocolate filling spiked with amaretto. Dense, brownie-like texture with a boozy almond edge.

A delicious, rich and smooth cheesecake that can be decoratived versatilely.

Chocolate buttercream icing made with melted bittersweet chocolate, butter, shortening, meringue powder, and powdered sugar. A stable, pipeable frosting for decorating cakes.

Hear these three ingredients, and use them to make brownies.... Chocolatey, creamy, rich...

Cantaloupe fruit salad with fresh pineapple, apple, raisins, coconut, and walnuts served with low-fat yogurt. A tropical no-cook fruit bowl with crunch from nuts and chewiness from coconut.

Apple spice custard cake: a doctored boxed cake mix loaded with fresh apples, then crowned with a tangy sweetened condensed milk and sour cream custard topping. Easy potluck dessert in under an hour.

Frosted Christmas brownies baked in a pizza pan, topped with vanilla buttercream and decorated with piped holly leaves and red candy berries. A festive holiday dessert.

If you want something new, then try this delicious cake that uses lemon-lime soda to give it a unique flavor.

Spiced brown sugar bundt cake with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and cloves, baked with chopped pecans and finished with a butterscotch glaze. Holiday-table ready.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this delicious fudge made with puffed rice cereal and seedless raisins.

A big-batch brownie sheet cake made with cocoa, buttermilk, and a hint of cinnamon. The boiled cocoa mixture gives the crumb an intensely fudgy texture. Ice it while warm for a glossy, melt-in finish.