Cake

(Pompe à l'Huile)

Tocqueville presents this elegant soufflé-like dessert with mint ice cream and mint syrup.

This is best eaten the day it's made — left to sit longer, the cake can get a bit soggy from the fruit.

Prunes and Cognac add moistness and great flavor to this rich chocolate cake.

An easy cake to make, this is lovely topped with spice-scented sautéed pears and sweetened cinnamon-spiced whipped cream.

This is what Nutella would taste like in cake form; it was the first recipe Gina created for our original dessert menu.

Sandra Sowis of Allenhurst, New Jersey, writes: "My mother loved bananas and used them in anything she could dream up. She made this banana cake for my birthday more than ten years ago, and it has traditionally been my birthday cake ever since." Active time: 40 min Start to finish: 1 1/2 hr

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

A nice ginger flavor and good texture combine for a lovely dessert.