Rich flourless chocolate cake laced with Grand Marnier orange liqueur, baked low and slow until dense, fudgy, and utterly silky. Just chocolate, butter, eggs, and a splash of citrus elegance. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with billowy whipped cream.
A silky baked custard infused with orange zest, cinnamon, and cloves, set over golden homemade caramel with slivers of candied orange peel. Low-fat, elegant, and worth the overnight chill.
Vienna crescents are flaky yeast-leavened butter cookies filled with sweet pecan meringue and shaped into delicate crescents. A traditional Christmas cookie from Austrian and Hungarian baking.
Chocolate mocha sponge cake bakes a tender egg-yolk-lifted cocoa cake in a tube pan, then layers it with a coffee-spiked vanilla pudding buttercream. Three-layer mocha tea cake with vintage charm.
Orange chiffon cake with citrus zest, seven egg yolks, and whipped egg whites for an angel-food-meets-pound-cake texture. Tall, tender tube cake with floral orange aroma.
Jack-o'-lantern cake: a lemon-scented butter cake wrapped in homemade orange fondant with a black pumpkin face. A showstopper Halloween centerpiece, no special tins required.
Layered summer tart with blueberries, lemon pudding, crushed pineapple, and vanilla whipped cream. A stunning no-bake filling in a golden baked crust.
Bay scallops poached in white wine with a bouquet garni, then draped in a velvety Dijon mustard and butter sauce with capers. A refined French classic from the Savoie region.
Lemon meringue angel food cake with homemade lemon curd filling and glossy Italian meringue frosting. A three-component showpiece cake for serious bakers who want a stunning result.
Strucle z makiem, a traditional Polish poppy seed roll with a rich yeast dough filled with ground poppy seeds, honey, raisins, and candied orange peel, finished with lemon icing.
Old-fashioned veal stew is the French classic blanquette de veau: blanched veal gently simmered with pearl onions, mushrooms, and chicken stock, finished with a velvety egg-yolk and cream velouté sauce.
Sea bass fillets braised in apple cider with tarragon, morel mushrooms, and shallots, served over an egg yolk sabayon with roasted tomatoes and apple slices.
A juicy and scrumptious apple pie that tastes wonderful with any fruit topping or with the traditional whipped cream.
French pear tart with almond frangipane, kirsch-soaked apricot glaze, and vanilla-poached pears. Crushed macaroons fold into the pastry cream for chewy depth, finished with green pistachios.
Deep dish apple pie with a layer of sour cream over tart apples, sealed inside an egg-glazed double crust. The old-fashioned American classic served warm with cheddar or whipped cream.
McCall's legendary No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake, straight from their iconic Cooking School recipe card No. 23!
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