Dessert Recipes

Lemon loaf cake with butter, cream cheese, lemon yogurt, and a whisper of ginger, finished with a tart lemon glaze. A bright, dense loaf with bakery-counter softness from yogurt and cream cheese.

Chocolate mousse is a great dessert for entertaining because 1) it looks pretty, 2) everyone gets their own serving, and 3) you can make it a day ahead of time.

These deliciously moist and lemony ricotta muffins are made with most whole wheat flour and olive oil, which adds health benefits to your diet without losing any great flavor and texture.

Mexican mocha balls: shortbread-style chocolate-coffee cookies with chopped walnuts and maraschino cherries, rolled in extra-fine sugar. Perfect for the holiday cookie tray.

Creamy cheesecake with a lemon-cardamom graham crust, silky vanilla-lemon cream cheese filling, and a gentle low-and-slow oven finish. An Icelandic-Canadian Prairie classic from Winnipeg.

Authentic Italian cinnamon walnut biscotti: twice-baked cookies with toasted walnuts, orange zest, and a cinnamon-sugar crust. Crisp enough to dip into coffee, sturdy enough to ship.

Diabetic Southern peach shortcake bakes sliced peaches under a sugar-substitute biscuit batter with cinnamon and almond extract. A low-sugar cobbler-style dessert ready in 45 minutes.

Authentic biscotti di Prato (cantucci): the traditional Tuscan twice-baked almond cookies, made with no butter for a hard, crunchy bite built for dunking in coffee or vin santo.

Pineapple cake with boiled icing is a one-bowl moist sheet cake with crushed pineapple in the batter and a butterscotch-style brown sugar glaze poured over hot. No mixer required, no creaming, no fuss.

Sugar-free diabetic-friendly white layer cake with almond extract, whipped egg whites, and skim milk. Light and fluffy two-layer cake made with artificial sweetener instead of sugar.

Sour cream peach pie with fresh peach quarters in a tangy custard, finished under the broiler with a caramelized brown sugar crust. A Southern summer classic.

Little phyllo cheesecakes with crispy buttered pastry shells filled with orange cream cheese and topped with orange marmalade. No-bake filling, make-ahead friendly bite-sized desserts.

Light, airy maple chiffon cake with brown sugar, walnuts, and a browned butter frosting. Eight whipped egg whites create the cloud-like texture in this classic tube pan cake.

This deliciously fluffy and nutty almond honey flourless cake will for sure satisfy your sweet tooth.

This silky and rich custard pie always brings back rave reviews.

A delicious apple cake is full of chunks of apples and nuts, frosted with cream cheese icing. It's moist in the inside and creamy on the outside. An excellent cake can be served at any gathering with family or friends.