Recipe Sifter

Chocolate raspberry layer cake: a moist buttermilk-cocoa sponge cut into three layers and filled with an airy raspberry cream of Italian meringue folded into raspberry whipped cream. A showstopping, lighter-than-it-looks dessert.

Blueberries and cream cheesecake bakes 5 packages of cream cheese over a vanilla wafer crust, finished with a glossy fresh blueberry topping. Make ahead, chill overnight for clean slices.

Cornmeal crepes with a slight gritty sweetness, spread with apricot jam, folded into quarters, and served with sugared strawberries and vanilla yogurt. A light, fruity breakfast or dessert.

Buttery sandwich cookies stuffed with a slice of Baby Ruth candy bar, baked into pockets of melted peanut, caramel and nougat. Tender shortbread-style dough, six ingredients.

Double brownies stack a fudgy chocolate-walnut brownie under a brown-sugar butterscotch blondie, baking both layers together for one bar with two distinct flavors in every bite.

Savory Parmesan and sage muffins made with powdered buttermilk for tangy flavor. Includes both conventional oven and microwave directions for quick baking.

Upside-down rhubarb muffins with a caramelized brown sugar and butter rhubarb topping. Warm nutmeg-spiced muffins flipped to reveal a sticky, tart rhubarb crown.

Rose geranium cookies made with rosewater and chopped geranium leaves baked into a soft, floral butter cookie. A unique garden-to-cookie-sheet treat.

Rhubarb cream pie with a tender custard filling and a glossy peaked meringue top. Diced rhubarb bakes into a sweet-tart cream base before meringue made from the reserved whites finishes the pie under high heat.

Eggless chocolate banana snack cake with mashed ripe banana, cocoa, brown sugar, and a vinegar-baking soda lift. Topped with melted chocolate chips. A no-egg, no-dairy 8-inch square cake.

This egg-free, dairy-free chocolate wacky cake uses applesauce and vinegar for a moist, tender crumb. A Depression-era classic that mixes right in the pan and bakes in under 30 minutes.

Chocolate, cinnamon and doughnuts together, it sounds delicious doesn't it? These golden, brown and crispy doughnuts won't last long.

Fuss-free chocolate pound cake is a dense, buttery cocoa cake with a fine, velvety crumb baked in a tube pan. No frosting needed, just a tender slice of deep chocolate. Easy from-scratch comfort baking.

Chocolate chip walnut pie with melty chocolate chunks, toasted walnuts, and brown sugar baked into a flaky pastry crust. Cookie-meets-pie hybrid that begs for vanilla ice cream on top.

Orange meringue pie, a sunny twist on lemon meringue with a silky fresh-orange custard, a flaky blind-baked crust, and a cloud of glossy toasted meringue. A splash of grenadine gives the filling its rosy glow.

Cinnamon rolls with walnuts and raisins, finished with an orange-vanilla-almond icing. Big-batch recipe yields 40 rolls for crowds, brunches, or freezer stashing.