Dessert recipe collection

Obsttorte, the German fruit torte built on a buttery pressed shortbread crust, filled with whole fruit set in a glossy fruit glaze, edged in almond meringue, and crowned with vanilla whipped cream. Works with any fruit you love.

October cake with yams, apples, walnuts, and raisins in a maple syrup batter spiked with orange marmalade and Grand Marnier. A dense, spiced autumn loaf cake.

Off-The-Wall Chocolate Cake starts with devil's food mix, then gets a cream cheese swirl loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts dropped right into the batter. Done in 1 hour.

Official Government Chocolate Chip Cookie Units recipe

Bonnie Graber of Oak Creek sent this recipe for an old-fashioned kitchen sink cookie that would be good any time of the year.

Traditional British steak and suet pudding with seasoned beef sealed in suet pastry and boiled in a basin. A classic old-fashioned English pub dish.

This is a classic recipe, these chocolate pound cakes are always great!

Old-fashioned crumb cake: a tender cinnamon cake under a thick, buttery brown-sugar crumb topping. The classic coffee cake, best served warm with a cup of coffee.

Old fashioned fruit cake with blackberry jam, fig preserves, watermelon rind preserves, candied cherries, pecans, and cocoa. Baked low and slow in a cast iron skillet.

These cookies have been around my family for years.Kids and adults love them.They have a great molasses taste and it is very hard to eat just one.

This buttery and moist old fashioned rum cake will for sure be a hit on your dinner table. It's hard to go wrong with rum and pecan.

A traditional European-style fruit cake -- Although fruitcakes have a bad reputation, this one is *excellent*.

Old-fashioned crumb cake made with sour milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The same flour-butter mixture forms both the spiced cake batter and the crumbly streusel topping. One bowl, one pan.

Classic French currant tart with a vanilla butter pastry shell, silky pastry cream, fresh red currants, and a kirsch-currant jelly glaze edged with toasted almonds.

Old-fashioned lemon chess pie with butter, sugar, eggs, and fresh lemon juice and zest. The Southern five-ingredient classic, baked into two 9-inch pies with a self-formed crackly crust on top.

One bowl chocolate fudge made in the microwave with just semi-sweet chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and walnuts. Five ingredients, no candy thermometer, no stovetop.