344 semi recipes

Rich chocolate cake made with a full cup of cocoa bloomed in boiling water, plus a strawberry shortcake variation with whipped cream and drizzled melted chocolate.

Bread machine doughnuts: enriched yeast dough kneaded by your bread maker on dough cycle, shaped into rings or twists, deep-fried golden, then dressed with chocolate, cinnamon sugar, or jelly fillings.

Candy bar cookies with a buttery shortbread base, gooey caramel-pecan filling, and chocolate glaze topped with pecan halves. Three layers that taste like a homemade Turtle.

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

Eye Love Mom cookies are peanut butter thumbprints filled with raspberry jam and decorated with chocolate eyes and royal icing. Crafty Mother's Day cookies kids can help decorate.

Lucky chocolate chewies, soft brown sugar cocoa cookies studded with semisweet chips and topped with a vanilla glaze. Two dozen cookies in 30 minutes, the kind that vanish before they cool.

Three-layer Southern cookies: a buttery shortbread round spread with gooey caramel-pecan filling, then drizzled with rich chocolate icing. Named after the wildflower and just as eye-catching on a cookie tray.

Rich chocolate fudge cake with instant coffee and sour cream, topped with a glossy fudge nut glaze. A single-layer showstopper for holiday dessert tables.

Chocolate cake layered with peanut butter chip mousse and dripping chocolate ganache glaze, topped with mini peanut butter cups. A three-component showstopper.

A four-layer Snickers pie: graham cracker crust, fudgy chocolate brownie layer studded with Snickers chunks, creamy cheesecake, and drizzled milk chocolate ganache on top. Decadent dessert overload.

Gypsy John is a layered chocolate cake with rum-spiked whipped chocolate filling and a glossy ganache frosting. A rich, elegant dessert cut into squares for easy serving.

Great Chocolate Cake (and Strawberry Shortcake) recipe

Star-shaped chocolate sandwich cookies cut from a chewy cocoa-and-chip sheet bake, then filled with sweet cream cheese frosting. A festive holiday cookie that looks fancy but skips the rolled-dough fuss.

Cherry-stuffed cookies dipped in white and dark chocolate with chopped pecans. Each cookie hides a whole maraschino cherry inside a tender dough shell.

Black chocolate Bundt cake with coffee, honey, and a crack of black pepper, draped in a semi-sweet ganache glaze with Grand Marnier. Deep, complex, and show-stopping.

Just like the title says, this layered chocolate cake is perfect, smooth, chocolaty, creamy and delicious. It is an excellent recipe to impress your family or your friends.