Recipe Sifter

Irish tea cake with cream cheese and buttermilk batter studded with dried currants, finished with a bright lemon glaze. Tender crumb that keeps for days.

Rich coconut custard made with half-and-half creates an extra-creamy filling that's worth the wait. Topped with whipped cream and toasted coconut for bakery-quality results at home.

Soft whole wheat rolls with potato flakes for pillowy texture, brushed with egg wash and topped with crunchy rolled oats. Honey-touched dough makes 16 pull-apart rolls.

Italian layered sponge cake with rum, custard cream filling, coffee zabaglione buttercream, walnuts, and chocolate-dipped almonds. An elegant multi-component dessert.

Moist chocolate truffle cake with melted semi-sweet chocolate, cocoa, butter, and whipped egg whites. Dense, fudgy, and barely set in the center. Just a dusting of powdered sugar.

Light and fluffy and packed with orange flavor and coated in orange sugar.

Overnight souffle layers buttered bread, mushrooms, onions, bacon, Anaheim chilies, dill, and cheddar between an egg-cream-Dijon custard, then chills overnight and bakes into a puffy strata. The make-ahead brunch hero for holiday mornings.

Revani is a Greek semolina cake soaked in cinnamon-clove-orange syrup and scattered with almonds. Dense, honey-wet crumb with a warm spiced finish. A true Mediterranean sweet.

This traditional bread served in Mexico celebrates the Epiphany! Usually hidden inside is a coin or toy baby and whoever finds it gets to make the tamales for Candelmas!

Homemade bread stuffing with cubed Italian bread, toasted pecans, fresh thyme, and buttery sauteed onion and celery. Bound with egg and chicken stock for a moist, herb-fragrant holiday side dish.

Palm Beach brownies are dense, fudgy, and almost truffle-rich. The Maida Heatter classic with eight ounces of unsweetened chocolate, espresso, almond extract, and walnuts. Yields 36 squares.

Fudgy chocolate crinkle cookies rolled in sugar and baked until the edges set but the centers stay soft and chewy. Made with real melted unsweetened chocolate.

Layered Austrian bar cookies with a buttery shortcrust, apricot preserves, a fluffy pecan meringue filling, and a lattice top. Old-world baking at its finest.

Oatmeal, whole wheat flour and honey make this delicious bread, fluffy inside and crusty outside, with the nice and tangy flavor. It is a great breakfast bread, or you can have it at any time.

Holley's classic cheesecake with a graham crust, dense sour cream filling, tangy sour cream topping, and a Grand Marnier-spiked hot fudge sauce. The crowd-pleasing dessert that tastes like a celebration.

Dark chocolate brownies made with both unsweetened and semi-sweet chocolate plus brown sugar for chewy edges and a fudgy center. The bake-sale classic with deep chocolate flavor.