Dessert recipes

Pepsi-Cola cake with broiled peanut butter frosting: a Southern sheet cake made with a cup of Pepsi and melted marshmallows in the batter, topped with a bubbling brown sugar peanut butter frosting toasted under the broiler. Retro comfort baking at its most over-the-top.

Creamy New York-style cheesecake with sieved cottage cheese and cream cheese, sour cream, and a slow oven-cool method that prevents cracking.

This carrot cake was quite easy to make, and it was delicious. I did make a cream cheese-butter frosting to make my cake more decadent, and it was definitely to die for! Loved it. Thanks for an easy recipe.

Slow cooker apple cake layers a biscuit-style base under sliced tart apples, cinnamon-sugar dust, and apricot jam. A vented crockpot lid keeps the cake from steaming dense.

Chocolate chip cookies with a secret in the technique: beat the margarine and sugars until fluffy and pale before anything else joins the bowl. Crisp edges, soft centers, walnut crunch.

Giant oatmeal chocolate candy cookies with chocolate candies, salted peanuts, and quick oats in a chewy brown sugar dough. Scooped by the quarter-cup for bakery-sized cookies.

Mocha cream baked custard with melted chocolate, coffee, eggs, and cream, slow-baked in a water bath. Topped with whipped cream, almonds, and grated chocolate.

Dense fudge pecan cake with cocoa, chopped pecans, and a glossy chocolate-cream royal glaze. Baked in a springform pan, chilled until firm, then glazed.

Ice cream tacos with cinnamon-sugar-brushed taco shells filled with sliced ice cream rounds. A fun no-bake dessert for kids and parties, ready for any toppings you like.

Not too sweet, very smooth and creamy, but not super rich; strawberries and apricot jam bring lots of fresh and fruity flavor, the phyllo pastry comes out golden brown and crispy. A delicious and guilt-free dessert that everyone will enjoy!

Potato spice cake with mashed potatoes, cocoa, warm spices, raisins, and nuts baked in an angel cake pan. Incredibly moist crumb from the potatoes with old-fashioned chocolate spice flavor.

A two-layer cocoa cake with a cooked fudge frosting made the old-fashioned way, heated to soft-ball stage and beaten until thick. Cake flour keeps the crumb feathery light against that dense, candy-like frosting.

Reese's peanut butter cake stacks two peanut-butter-and-brown-sugar layers with a cream cheese peanut butter filling and a warm pour-over chocolate glaze. The candy bar in cake form.

Chocolate orange cheesecake with bittersweet chocolate, orange oil, and a cocoa-cinnamon graham cracker crust. A rich, fudgy baked cheesecake dusted with cocoa powder.

Five-layer cheesecake with swirled dark and white chocolate layers on a graham cracker crust. Baked with sour cream, cream cheese, and real vanilla.

Mini brownie cups with a cream cheese pastry shell filled with melted semi-sweet chocolate and chopped walnuts. Bite-sized treats baked in mini muffin tins that combine fudgy brownie with a buttery crust.