Dessert Recipes

Sweet! Indulge in this collection of favorite dessert recipes from kitchens across the globe. From fruit to fudge, there’s something for every sweet tooth.

Glaze drizzled over the Margarita Cake.

Margarita Cake

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By Nancy Thomas
Got this recipe from a cookbook someone I went to school with has put together. ...
(63 ratings)
A bowl of Cheesecake Dip on a Stick.

Cheesecake Dip On A Stick

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By Whitney Froehlich
Concocted this recipe by a total accident! It was supposed to be used as a ...
(4 ratings)
Stack of Shortbread Cookies - Prize Winning.

Shortbread Cookies - Prize Winning

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By Gloria Bernal
I loved Lorna Doones as a kid. They were pricey, so Mom didn't buy them ...
(3 ratings)
Mini Chip Snowball Cookies in a red holiday tree plate.

Mini Chip Snowball Cookies

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By Barb Janisse
These "snowball" cookies melt in your mouth and are a long time favorite at Christmas ...
Crushed Pineapple Upside Down Cake ready to be sliced.

Crushed Pineapple Upside-down Cake

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By Lyn Starr
Getting more pineapple in every bite, led me to the crushed pineapple. I love the ...
(3 ratings)
Macarons with Peppermint French Buttercream

Macarons

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By Annastiina Salonen
Macarons were already known in the medieval era and the Italian chef of Catherine de' ...
French buttercream

Macarons Fillings

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By Annastiina Salonen
This isn't one recipe, but several optional ones. My macarons recipe, to which all of the ...
Just from the oven cinnamon ooey-gooey goodness

Cinnamon Bun Cupcakes

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By Sherry Monfils
My daugher actually made these at my last visit to her home & I begged ...
Meringue buttercream, peppermint flavor

Meringue Buttercream (swiss & Italian)

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By Annastiina Salonen
For the professional and social media cooks the meringue buttercream is a very popular way ...
I thought I'd share a photo of these Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies, which I baked and displayed on this table runner which a friend had made for me.

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

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By Cindi Marie Bauer
For years I've been making these delicious Chocolate Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies.
These petite size strawberry flavored cookies are absolutely delicious!

Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies

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By Cindi Marie Bauer
These little cookies are packed with lots of flavor. ...
French meringue kisses

French Meringue (meringue Kisses)

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By Annastiina Salonen
French meringue is the basic meringue which many have learned to know first. Unlike the ...
Italian meringue

Italian Meringue

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By Annastiina Salonen
This recipe is about the pasteurized Italian meringue. Out of the soft meringues it has ...
Swiss meringue

Swiss Meringue

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By Annastiina Salonen
The pasteurized Swiss meringue is the satin of meringues – the softest and glossiest. It ...
Lemon bars

Lemon Bars

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By Annastiina Salonen
Lemon bars are a dessert of an American origin with a shortbread crust and a ...
Liisa's instant doughnuts

Liisa's Instant Doughnuts

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By Annastiina Salonen
My grandmother Liisa used to serve the lovely soft instant munkkis (doughnuts or fritters) on ...
Liisa's carrot cake

Liisa's Carrot Cake

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By Annastiina Salonen
Here's another of my grandmother's recipe, called Liisa. The cake is modestly beautiful ja the ...
Evenly baked layer cake

Evenly Baked Layer Cake Base

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By Annastiina Salonen
Here I'm sharing the common Nordic recipe for the simple layer cake base but first ...
Diplomat cream

Diplomat Cream

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By Annastiina Salonen
Diplomat cream is known as crème diplomat in French. It's a mix of pastry cream ...
Shrove Buns, also known as Semlor or Laskiaispullat.

Shrove Buns

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By Annastiina Salonen
Known as Semlor in Sweden and Laskiaispulla in Finland, this recipe is a very traditional ...
Chocolate Hazelnut Yule Log

Chocolate Hazelnut Yule Log

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By Annastiina Salonen
Yule log (bûche de Noël) is a French Christmas dessert which is a cake roll ...
Liisa's cream candies.

Liisa's Cream Candies

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By Annastiina Salonen
This my grandmother Liisa's recipe that has been preserved in my family. The taste of ...
Pepparkaka (Nordic gingerbread) dough

Pepparkaka (nordic Gingerbread) Dough

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By Annastiina Salonen
This is the traditional Nordic gingerbread version known as pepparkaka or pepperkakor, meaning "pepper cake". ...
Almond mass, a Finnish dessert ingredient.

Almond Mass

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By Annastiina Salonen
Here is the basic recipe for the almond mass which is used as the filling ...
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