10,000 icing recipes

A three-layer blackberry cake bursting with fresh berries, flaked coconut, and chopped pecans, frosted in a buttercream loaded with more of the same. Starts with a cake mix but finishes like a showpiece.

Rhubarb-strawberry dessert sauce thickened with cornstarch and served chilled. Tart rhubarb and sweet strawberries cook into a glossy, ruby-red topping for ice cream or cake.

Homemade margarita liqueur infused with orange and lime zest spirals in silver tequila with Cointreau. Sip it straight, over ice, or use it as a pre-mixed cocktail base.

Tender fried doughnuts packed with melted unsweetened chocolate and buttermilk tang, drizzled with vanilla icing. Deep-fry to golden perfection in just 3 minutes per doughnut.

Rhubarb oatmeal crunch with a buttery oat-cinnamon crumble crust and a vanilla-glazed rhubarb filling. A classic farmhouse dessert served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Warm fruit crisp loaded with sliced apples and plump raisins under a crunchy oat-pecan streusel. Soaking the raisins in boiling water keeps them tender. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Peeled radishes with red-vein streaks, stuffed with green olives and frozen into ice cubes, then dropped into tomato juice. The creepiest Halloween drink that's actually edible!

Sparkling fruit smoothies blend yogurt, fresh fruit, and a pinch of nutmeg, topped with champagne, sparkling water, or ginger ale. A fizzy brunch drink ready in minutes.

Chinese toffee-coated apples and bananas with crispy batter and caramel sesame coating. Deep-fried fruit dunked in ice water creates a shatteringly crisp candy shell.

Baked Indian pudding with maple syrup is a colonial New England cornmeal dessert sweetened with maple, molasses, and brown sugar, spiced with ginger and cinnamon, baked low and slow into a quivering custard. Serve warm with ice cream.

Soft banana cookies with brown butter penuche frosting: mashed ripe bananas in a cake-like dough, topped with a boiled brown sugar icing that hardens into a shiny, fudgy shell.

Eye Love Mom cookies are peanut butter thumbprints filled with raspberry jam and decorated with chocolate eyes and royal icing. Crafty Mother's Day cookies kids can help decorate.

Neapolitan cheesecake with three layers: strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate on a chocolate crumb crust. A showstopping ice-cream-inspired dessert in cheesecake form.

Almonds have a wide range of culinary uses although desserts and sweet preparations tend to be the most common.

Strained berry sauce with cognac, lemon zest, and cornstarch for a glossy, clear finish. A versatile dessert sauce for ice cream, fruit, or cake.

Ruby fruit punch made with rosé wine, fresh-squeezed citrus juices, and frozen strawberries over ice. A fizzy, crowd-pleasing punch bowl recipe with simple sugar syrup.