Recipe Sifter

Dense chocolate pound cake with cocoa and cake flour, topped with silky boiled fudge frosting. Butter and shortening combo creates tender crumb that bakes for 90 minutes.

Three-layer chocolate souffle cake filled and frosted with homemade chocolate pudding made from scratch. Light, airy layers meet thick, velvety custard.

Chocolate tofu cake that bakes up silky like cheesecake but lighter, blending firm tofu with ricotta, cream cheese and cocoa, spiked with Irish cream and coffee liqueur. A water bath keeps it custardy smooth.

Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting recipe

Chocolate-dipped biscotti flavored with Pernod, bourbon, and anise seed with chopped almonds baked twice for a crisp, crunchy snap. Dipped in melted chocolate chips the day they're served for a glossy finish.

Authentic Mexican chorizo made with pork, toasted ancho and pasilla chilies, whole spices, and vinegar. Cure it for 3 days and the flavor deepens into something store-bought can never touch.

Christmas Eve couscous with a spiced vegetable stew of squash, carrots, broad beans, and zucchini, served with harissa, chickpeas, raisins, pine nuts, and yogurt. A vegetarian North African feast.

Overnight cinnamon rolls with a refrigerator-rest yeast dough, swirled with cinnamon-brown-sugar butter and finished with vanilla butter icing. Make-ahead breakfast that bakes off fresh in the morning.

Classic dill pickles brine fresh cucumbers in a sweet-salty vinegar solution with whole bunches of fresh dill. A traditional small-batch refrigerator pickle ready in 2-3 days.

This cake is light and airy with a creamy coconut buttercream filling and delicate meringue frosting. Sooo good!

White turkey chili with cannellini beans, leeks, green chiles, and a flour-thickened broth seasoned with cumin, coriander, and chili powder. Big-batch chili for crowds.

Showstopping cranberry orange holiday wreath bread filled with cranberries, orange segments, pecans, and bran, drizzled with vanilla glaze. A festive yeast bread centerpiece for Christmas brunch.

Cranberry sauce cake with pecans, orange zest, and a cranberry butter frosting. Moist, fruity, and easy to mix in one bowl for holidays or anytime.

Creamy garlic mushroom pasta with assorted mushrooms, shallots, and a splash of sherry finished in heavy cream. A restaurant-style vegetarian pasta that comes together in one skillet.

Creamy linguine with sun-dried tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, shallots, garlic, and white wine in a half-and-half sauce finished with Parmesan. Restaurant-style Italian pasta at home.

Try a different kind of bread with this scrumptious recipe that calls for shrimp, sweet bell peppers and red hot pepper sauce.