Dessert Recipes

Serve with vanilla icecream or a dollop of best available double cream

Applesauce raisin and nut cake bakes a moist, cinnamon-scented sheet cake using hot applesauce, butter, raisins, and chopped nuts. Old-fashioned thrifty home cake, no eggs needed.

Finnish sticks are buttery almond shortbread cookies rolled into finger-thin ropes, brushed with egg, and topped with chopped almonds and sugar before baking crisp.

No-bake pina colada wedges with cream cheese, rum, pineapple, and coconut frozen into a creamy dessert and cut into slices. A tropical frozen treat that tastes like a cocktail in dessert form.

Simple eggless spice raisin cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, and plump raisins. A pantry-staple loaf cake with no eggs, no milk, ready in an hour. Great for surprise visitors.

Country apple pie layers six cups of fresh apples with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a flaky double crust, baked in two stages for a golden top and tender filling. The American classic done right.

Old fashioned checkerboard cookies stack vanilla and chocolate dough cylinders into striped logs, then slice and bake for crisp shortbread cookies with a stunning chess-pattern face. A vintage tea cookie.

Homemade crepes stuffed with fluffy chocolate cream cheese filling, drizzled with a flaming creme de cacao and brandy butter sauce. Sinfully rich and dramatic.

Soft persimmon cookies spiced with allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon, loaded with dates and walnuts. Fall harvest baking at its finest.

Fresh tortoni made with vanilla ice cream, whipped topping, almond extract, and chopped almonds. A no-bake Italian frozen dessert in individual cups.

Chocolate bourbon balls are no-bake holiday treats made with crushed vanilla wafers, walnuts, honey-sweetened melted chocolate, and a splash of bourbon. A Southern Kentucky tradition.

A fresh strawberry and blueberry pie with a buttery coconut crumble topping baked until golden and bubbling. Tapioca-thickened filling keeps every slice neat. Summer berry baking at its finest.

Oatmeal sheet cake with peanut butter cups baked on top and chocolate frosting. A nostalgic 13x9 dessert that hides peanut butter pockets in every bite.

These delicate, buttery spritz cookies are infused with almond flavor, shaped into crisp wafers, and dipped in a smooth semi-sweet chocolate glaze. Finished with optional almond slices, they’re perfect for holiday trays or an elegant treat any time of year.

These tarts are irresistible when made with home-candied angelica, as dull as ditchwater when store-bought is used.

Grilled angel food cake with skewered nectarines basted in lemon-sugar glaze and topped with fresh blueberries. A light, summery grilled dessert.