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Dessert

Don’t feel hemmed in by the phrase “dessert”-- these are sweet things that can be served any time you want. After dinner, “mid-day snack,” and occasionally, breakfast.

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Salty Lemon Shortbread

These tart, salty, buttery cookies are an any-occasion dessert for me. Excellent with coffee or tea, a delightful addition a holiday cookie tin, or a nice way to end a big meal.

Hot Buttered Rum Pudding

If you’re looking for a great, unexpected, dare I say sexy dessert for your next dinner party, here it is folks. It’s a nice wintery dessert, especially when served with a post-meal amaro.

Toasted Rice Pudding

Rice pudding fans, this one’s for you. It’s creamy, nutty, and best served chilled, making it an excellent do-ahead dessert for your next dinner party.

Old-Fashioned Strawberry Cake

This is the time of year for the juiciest, sweetest strawberries, and there’s no better application than this easy, delicious cake.

Mint Chip Ice Cream Cake

This ice cream cake is nostalgic, delightful, and what everyone wants for their birthday.

All-Purpose Chocolate Sheet Cake

This chocolate cake really stands up on its own with a vanilla buttercream frosting—simple and classic.

Simple Fruit Tart

If you’re looking for a way to use your summer fruit bounty, I love this basic, elegant, classy tart. It’s reserved and restrained, it’s prim and proper, it’s creamy and delicious.

Vanilla Pastry Cream, A Perfect Pudding

Thick, velvety vanilla custard. That’s it, that’s the dessert, perfect as is.

Almost Cheesecake

It’s cheesecake in parfait form and you should really make it next time you only want a little bit of cheesecake.

Citrusy Cheesecake

It’s basic, it’s perfect and it’s a classic for a reason. Slightly more citrusy than your average (to use up your winter citrus), almost creamsicle-esque.

Chocolate Banana Bread

This version of banana bread is more cake than bread, and I wouldn’t be able to get away with saying “There’s banana in it, so it’s basically breakfast!” because no, this is not breakfast.

Classic Apple Sauce

Ingredients * 1 pound apples (about 3), cored and chopped (I don’t peel my apples because I like texture, but you can if you want) * 1/4–1/3 cup sugar * Lemon juice or apple cider vinegar for finishing, if needed * Cinnamon, for finishing (optional) Preparation 1. Combine the apples