- General Cookie Making Tips
- Tempering Chocolate
Cakes
- Making Cake Flour – Quick and inexpensive
- Bûche de Noël (Yule Log) – traditional French Christmas cake
- Cheese Cake
- Cheese Cake w/ Lime Shortbread & Raspberry glaze – romantic plating
- Italian Lemon Ricotta Cake – with homemade ricotta cheese option
- Feuilletne – a thin pastry used in chocolate bars and dessert topping
- Grandma’s Crumb Cake – coffee cake that’s served warm
- German Chocolate Cake – Cake, filling, and frosting recipes
- Maderia – classic British cake, rich and sweet lemon cake
- Napoleon Cake – a 12 layered pastry with Vodka and Brandy
- Pavlova – Meringue cake with lemon curd from New Zealand
- Pistachio Cream Cake – with sesame custard sauce
- Polish Lamb Cake – called Agnuszek or Branek Welkanocny
- Pound Cake
- French Pound Cake – Traditional ratios of flour, butter, sugar, and egg, very sweet
- Italian Pound Cake – Wedding cake with coconut and cream frosting
- Polish Pound Cake – Used for Lamb Cake
- Savoiardi – Ladyfingers or sponge for layered Tiramisu
- Tiramisu – From scratch with biscuit cuillere in lieu of ladyfingers
- Tres Leches Cake: A cake soaked in three different milks
- Sturdy Tres Leches Cake – uses 6 eggs and milk in the leches
- Sweet Tres Leches Cake – uses 3 eggs and heavy cream in the leches
- Traditional Tres Leches Cake – uses 5 eggs and heavy cream in leches
Tarts and Torts
- Crepe Batter – Traditional French method
- Tart Crust – a sweet French tart crust
- Apple Tart – French country pastry
- Blueberry Torte – Grandma’s holiday dessert
- Lemon Curd – for tarts, Cloud Cakes and Scones
- Lemon Tart – with a French recipe for the lemon curd
Pies and Pastry’s
- Flaky pie crust – with butter and shortening
- Baklava – Classic Greek honey/phyllo dessert with vegan option
- Beignets – a New Orleans style fried bread dessert
- Cherry Clafoutis – A dark cherry souffle-like pastry that can be hot or cold.
- Croissant – Traditional French method – takes 48 hours
- Disney Churro Bites – If you been to the park, you know
- Empanadas – fruit filled
- Kouigan Amann – Queen Amann, a sweet pastry made using croissant techniques
Puddings and Sauces
- Crème Anglaise or English Cream – tricking but worth it
- Cream Cheese Frosting – with butter
- Crepe Fruit Filling – cream filling with fresh fruit for crepes
- Countertop Ice Cream – for molded deserts
- Mint Sorbet – start to finish is long, but time required is short
- Panna Cotta – An Italian pudding similar to Crème Anglaise
- Rice Pudding – Old fashion recipe – baked
- Rice Pudding – Rich and creamy – not baked
- Syrup – Homemade syrup – can add to the base for a particular dessert
Cookies
- Almond Vanilla Biscotti – with Amaretto and toasted almonds
- Pistachio Chocolate Biscotti – with dark chocolate coccoa powder
- Oatmeal cookies – just like Mom used to make
- Sugar Cookies – the US Navy’s WWII Recipe
Snacks and Sides
- Apple Granola – soft snack bars dessert
- Baked Apple Oatmeal – Great for snacks or energy bars
- Country Granola – With pumpkin and sunflower seeds and maple syrup
- Granola with Almonds – as bars, cookies, or chucks
- Marzipan
- Rosemary-Sesame Pecans – Nice holiday treat or trail mix for hiking
Cocktails
- Irish Coffee – coffee, sugar, whiskey, and cream
