Hedgehogs

These charming chocolate and rum buttercream creatures are known as Igels in Austria. Include them on an assorted miniature tray for a touch of delicious whimsy.

Meringue Bubbles

You taste chocolate right away when you bite into these, but the appearance of a snowy white meringue kiss shape atop a short tender cookie gives no clue.

Apricot and Goat Cheese Tarts

Although a dessert, this tart is more savory than sweet. Apricot slices and crumbles of goat nuzzle in a pistachio crust then everything is baked until golden.

Madeleines

Buttery, cake-y, crisp on the edges, these madeleines with a hint of lemon are great as a snack and ideal for the tea table.

Cheddar-Crust Apple Pie

This apple pie, filled with sweet Golden Delicious apples, has a crust made with extra-sharp Cheddar cheese for a sweet-savory hit in every bite.

Apricot Clafoutis

This French cake, also called a clafoutis, is full of ripe apricots and custardy creaminess the French are so famous for. Top it with cream of creme fraiche.

Blackberry Roly-Poly with Sliced-Lemon Sauce

For this roly poly, fresh blackberries are rolled up jelly-roll style in a milk pastry. A zingy sliced-lemon sauce is serve on the plate as a perfect companion.

Sour Cream Mocha Cake

An adult dessert if ever there was one, this incredibly moist mocha creation takes its minimum age requirement from dark, dark chocolate and lots of espresso.

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Coconut Layer Cake

Layers of vanilla cake alternate with a coconut filling and the whole thing is slathered with a fluffy white icing. Crowning touch: A coating of coconut on top.

Little Nectarine Cakes

Mini vanilla cakes are filled with fresh slices of nectarines, but apricots and peaches would work equally well. A sprinkling of sugar finishes them off nicely.

Portuguese Coconut-Custard Tarts

A creamy custard riddle with flakes of sweet coconut and a hint of lemon are what these cups, called pasteis de coco in the Azores, Portugal, are all about.

Tiramisu

This isn’t your nona’s tiramsu. Here layers of coffee-soaked sponge cake alternate with a cream cheese-mascarpone cheese filling and are dusted with cocoa.

Molten Chocolate Cake

Sometimes called a volcano cake, this much ballyhooed molten dessert is, quite literally, bursting–or rather, oozing–with chocolate.

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Preserved Lemons

Preserved lemons are one of the indispensable ingredients of Moroccan cooking used in fragrant lamb and vegetables tagines, recipes for chicken, and salads.

Chiffon Cake With Lemon Icing

This chiffon cake with lemon icing, whose secret is vegetable oil, has been a favorite since it was created for the Brown Derby Restaurant in the ’20s.

Bread for Day of the Dead | Pan de Día de Muertos

Come Day of the Dead, this rich, sweet Mexican bread is tradition, carefully fashioned and quickly consumed by families as a way to honor the dearly departed.

Hazelnut and Almond Dacquoise

For this dacquoise cake, crunchy-chewy discs of hazelnut-almond meringue are sandwiched between layers of coffee butter cream frosting. An elegant cake.

Lemon Tart With Blueberries

The fresh flavors of lemon and blueberry are at their best here in Flo Braker’s easily assembled, elegant tart.

Classic Sweet Pastry

This classic sweet pastry is also know as pate sucree. The addition of egg and sugar makes the pastry richer and sweeter than an ordinary piecrust.