Dessert Recipes

An instant favorite, these dessert bars are full of flavor!

Easy fresh fruit parfait with sliced strawberries and bananas set in Jello and topped with whipped cream. Just 10 minutes of prep for a light, colorful no-bake dessert.

Simple walnut raisin cake with brown sugar and warm spices, simmered then baked low and slow for moist tender squares ready in an hour.

Frozen chocolate marshmallow pie spiked with coffee liqueur and topped with slivered almonds. A fluffy, no-bake dessert that works as individual tarts or one show-stopping pie.

Finnish butter cookies with almond extract, brushed with egg white and topped with sugar and ground almonds before baking. Delicate, crisp shortbread-style cookies with a nutty sparkle.

Painted peach cake: cake-mix shortcut tube cake with cream cheese, sliced peaches, and red cinnamon candies baked right in. Pretty pink-flecked pound cake in under an hour.

Bakery-style soft cookies loaded with chopped milk chocolate, shredded coconut, and walnuts. A blend of butter, shortening, and cake flour creates an irresistibly tender crumb.

Streuselkuchen: the classic German yeast-risen crumb cake topped with a buttery brown-sugar cinnamon streusel that bakes into a thick, craggy crust. The German bakery favorite for kaffee und kuchen.

Chocolate orange cheesecake with bittersweet chocolate, orange oil, and a cocoa-cinnamon graham cracker crust. A rich, fudgy baked cheesecake dusted with cocoa powder.

Gooseberry burnt creams are a British dessert with tart gooseberry puree topped with whipped fromage blanc and double cream, finished with a crackable caramel sugar shell. A fruit-forward creme brulee.

Cider apple cake: a sheet cake layered with thin-sliced apples and a cinnamon-pecan-sugar streusel, built on a batter moistened with dry apple cider. Autumn on a plate.

Chewy toffee almond bars with an oat and brown sugar shortbread crust topped with a buttery caramel almond layer. A batch makes 48 bite-sized treats.

Chewy orange granola cookies loaded with oats, raisins, sunflower seeds, and honey. Flavored with orange juice concentrate, cinnamon, and cloves for a spiced citrus twist.

Norwegian cookies (biscotti-style) with chocolate chips and a cinnamon sugar topping. Dough baked in long rolls, then sliced diagonally into crisp strips. One batch makes four dozen.

Pan di Spagna is the classic Italian sponge cake, made with just eggs, sugar, flour, and cornstarch. No butter, no leavening. The base for tiramisu, zuppa inglese, and Italian layer cakes.

This is really a tasty coconut cake, sour cream mixing very well!