Recipe Sifter

Orange chocolate crunch cake with fresh orange segments baked into the batter, topped with a crunchy layer of brown sugar, chocolate chips, and walnuts. No butter needed.

Jam shortbread bars sandwich a layer of cherry or raspberry preserves between two almond-rich shortbread layers. A buttery, almond-scented sliced bar for tea trays and holiday tins.

Rich chocolate layer cake with cocoa, hot coffee, and a hint of almond extract. Colette's recipe bakes into two moist 9-inch layers that are begging for your favorite frosting.

Holiday almond wreath cookies piped from a star tip and decorated with red and green candied cherries. Buttery almond shortbread in a festive Christmas-tin shape.

A show-stopping 4-layer banana cake with stiff meringue folded into the batter, filled with vanilla custard, and frosted with a silky cooked flour-butter frosting laced with almond extract. This is banana cake at its most dramatic.

Holiday chocolate butter cookies with cocoa, almond extract, and just 6 ingredients. Perfect for cookie presses, rolling into balls, or decorating with melted chocolate and sprinkles.

Glazed almond cookies rolled in sliced almonds, baked until golden, then drizzled or dipped in amaretto chocolate ganache. A festive nut cookie for cookie tins and holiday trays.

Classic three-layer white cake with vanilla and almond extract, topped with rich chocolate frosting. A heritage recipe using egg whites for a pure, snowy crumb.

Fresh cherry pie with almond extract and a double crust, baked golden and bubbly. Uses real cherries, not canned, for bright fruit flavor. Freezer-friendly too.

These are extremely low in fat, and the taste is more slightly bitter dark chocolate than the milk-chocolate sweet of most brownies, however if you love chocolate, they're a great treat!

Soft drop cookies made with mashed fresh strawberries, chopped walnuts, and almond extract, finished with a rosy pink strawberry glaze. Three dozen cookies that taste like summer.

Cocoa bars with a buttery shortbread base and a fudgy cocoa-almond topping baked on top. Two-step build in one pan, sliced into 24 squares while warm.

Almond crunch cookies rolled in sliced almonds and drizzled with a glossy chocolate ganache glaze. Buttery, nutty, and baked low and slow for a tender crumb.

This is an elegant cookie with a sweet almond flavor.

Butter cookie press poinsettias for Christmas with red flower shapes and hand-formed green leaves topped with silver dragees. A beautiful, festive holiday cookie with almond and vanilla flavor.

Buttery German almond crescents dusted with powdered sugar, made with ground almonds and double extracts for a melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie.