Dessert/3 recipes

Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte is the authentic German Black Forest cake: three genoise layers soaked in kirsch syrup, filled with kirsch buttercream and sour cherries, and draped in whipped cream with chocolate curls.

A show-stopping layered blueberry pie with a white chocolate-coated crust, cooked blueberry filling, a fluffy blueberry Bavarian cream layer, and whipped cream on top. Five layers of blueberry heaven for your most impressive dessert spread.

For the best taste, use good-quality caramels in this rich, gooey bar that keeps best refrigerated. It's from Jan Christofferson of Eagle River.

Favorite Molasses Apricot Cookies with Icing recipe

No-bake energy balls made with dried apricots, walnuts, coconut, and wheat germ, bound with orange juice and rolled in chopped nuts.

Potato chip cookies: a six-ingredient sweet-and-salty shortbread-style cookie with crushed potato chips folded into a buttery vanilla dough. The salty crunch is the whole point.

Love apricots, and this double apricot bread was right up to my ally. The bread was so moist and delicious. Breakfast, snack, or dessert. Yum, yum!

Make-ahead chocolate chip cookie dough that keeps in the fridge for up to 4 weeks. Sour cream keeps them soft and chewy, pecans add crunch, and you can bake a fresh batch whenever the craving hits.

Snickers candy bar cake made by melting chopped Snickers and peanut butter right into a buttermilk batter, then folding in whipped egg whites for a light, tender crumb. Caramel, nougat, and peanut in every bite.

Berliner doughnuts (Berlin pfannkuchen) are jam-filled fried yeast doughnuts dusted in sugar. A German bakery classic with pillowy enriched dough and a hidden jelly center.

Genoise cake brushed with amaretto and layered with a whipped chocolate ganache filling. Italian sponge meets boozy almond and dark chocolate for a classic celebration dessert.

Versatile Czech kolace dough made like pie crust with shortening, egg yolks, and yeast. Chills overnight, then rolls out on powdered sugar for filled pastries in any shape.

Streusel apple pie with a creamy sour cream custard binding tender chopped apples and a hint of lemon zest in a single crust. A tangy, rich twist on classic apple pie, easy enough for any baker.

Surprise family at the next Thanksgiving dinner with this delicious cake that is sure to make your aunts proud.

Impossible fudgy nut pie that makes its own crust as it bakes. Melted sweet chocolate, brown sugar, and biscuit mix blended smooth then topped with chopped nuts.

Easier to work with. The original recipe called for brandy or grape juice, but I found that if you substitute the orange juice concentrate, it has a nicer flavour.