Dessert

This rich and silky chocolate mousse recipe is really just two easy recipes—chocolate custard and whipped cream—combined to make one elegant dessert.

This fruitcake-like dessert is finished with generous dose of dark rum.

This rich chocolate Doberge cake layers light sponge with chocolate pudding and vanilla buttercream.

Mille-Feuille means “a thousand leaves.” This French dessert is a delicate tower of puff pasty and cream.

Simple in concept (if not in execution) and not too sweet, this sturdy gâteau Basque is suitable for any occasion or time of the day.

Making these chocolate pots de crème isn’t quite as easy as pouring cream into jars, but it’s not far off. If you love chocolate pudding, you’ll adore this dessert.

This classic frosting couldn’t be easier to make and is a must for finishing red velvet and carrot cakes (or a batch of cupcakes). Using vanilla bean paste gives it a pretty speckled look, but if you don’t have it on hand, pure vanilla extract will lend the same flavor.

This banana cream pie recipe reminds me of homemade banana pudding but with a kick.

The variations of this Hungarian cake are endless, but this one is made with ground hazelnuts lightened with meringue.

The quality and freshness of the mint is key to this chocolate-mint cake recipe.

This classic homemade lemon meringue pie recipe is sweet and tart with a fluffy, cloudlike meringue top and crisp and flaky pie crust.

Crème de cassis Chantilly takes the place of classic buttercream in this marguerite cake recipe.

The trick with this all-butter pie crust is that...there’s no trick. It uses ingredients you have on hand and comes together in minutes in a food processor.

Grand Marnier soaking syrup and a rum glaze turn a childhood favorite yogurt cake into a dinner party classic.