Dessert/4 recipes

Lightning-fast sheet cake with boiled cocoa mixture poured over flour and sugar, baked thin at high heat, then drenched in warm chocolate-nut frosting straight from the oven.

I got this recipe out of McCall’s magazine about 35 – 40 yrs ago from the pages of the McCall’s Cooking School and have made it a number of times since.

Brownie cakes in a jar bake a rich, cinnamon-spiced chocolate cake right inside canning jars, then seal them hot for a charming, giftable treat. Walnut-studded, fudgy, and ready to tie with a ribbon.

Better Than Sex Cake #3, the poke cake version: German chocolate cake riddled with sweetened condensed milk and butterscotch sauce, then topped with crushed Heath bars and whipped cream.

Lamingtons made the Aussie way: light sponge cake sandwiched with hot strawberry jam, then rolled in desiccated coconut. A classic afternoon-tea treat with a jammy center and a snowy coconut coat.

Cappuccino cheesecake: a silky cream cheese filling spiked with espresso and cinnamon, set on a buttery toasted-nut crust. Espresso-bar flavor in classic New York cheesecake form.

I would definately say that this is a good recipe to try out, very good and unique.

Chocolate truffle tart with raspberries: a cocoa-rich press-in pastry shell filled with silky dark chocolate ganache and topped with fresh raspberries. Elegant and simple.

Chewy sheet pan cookie bars loaded with chocolate chips, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a full cup of black coffee. Spread, bake, slice, done. 30 minutes start to finish.

Coffee mud pie with a crushed chocolate wafer crust, softened coffee ice cream, and cold fudge sauce. The classic frozen Mississippi mud pie copycat that slices like a dream after a 10-hour freeze.

Chocolate mocha buttermilk cake, an ultra-moist chocolate layer cake deepened with buttermilk and hot coffee, split thin and stacked with mousse and toasted hazelnuts. Rich, tender, and bakery-worthy.

Bourbon Balls with Pecans and Vanilla Wafers recipe

A make-ahead chocolate wafer crumb mix that stores for 6 months. Pull out a cup or two anytime you want a fast no-bake pie crust for cheesecake, mousse pie, or ice cream pie.

Bianco Mangiare is a layered Italian dessert with sponge cake, vanilla-cinnamon milk pudding, chocolate sprinkles, pecans, and cherries. Served cold, this elegant no-bake treat is pure old-world charm.

Rich, fudgy chocolate cake deepened with espresso, baked until the top cracks and the center stays molten for a decadent flourless-style dessert.

Mounds candy bar cake with chocolate cake layers filled with gooey marshmallow-coconut filling and covered in chocolate frosting. A semi-homemade showstopper.