- General Cookie Making Tips
- Tempering Chocolate
Cakes
- Making Cake Flour – Quick and inexpensive
- Bûche de Noël (Yule Log) – traditional French Christmas cake
- Cheese Cake w/ Lime Shortbread & Raspberry glaze – romantic plating
- Grandma’s Crumb Cake – coffee cake that’s served warm
- 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
- Tiramisu – From scratch with biscuit cuillere in lieu of ladyfingers
- Tres Leche Cake – A cake soaked in three different milks.
Tarts and Torts
- 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
- Disney Churro Bites – If you been to the park, you know
- Empanadas – fruit filled
Puddings and Sauces
- Crème Anglaise or English Cream – tricking but worth it
- Cream Cheese Frosting – with butter
- Countertop Ice Cream – for molded deserts
- Marzipan – a quick inexpensive way to make fresh marzipan
- 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
Cookies
- Apple Granola – soft snack bars dessert
- Almond Vanilla Biscotti – with Amaretto and toasted almonds
- Feuilletne – a thin pastry used in chocolate bars and dessert topping
- Pistachio Chocolate Biscotti – with dark chocolate coccoa powder
- Granola with Almonds – as bars, cookies, or chucks
- Oatmeal cookies – just like Mom used to make
- Sugar Cookies – the US Navy’s WWII Recipe
