Pineapple Empanaditas These miniature empanadas, tender pastry dough wrapped around pineapple filling, are just the right size for afternoon...
Chocolate Soufflé Soufflés may look like a restaurant-only dessert, but they are actually easy to make. Whip them up right after dinner...
Blueberry-Raspberry Sauce Cooked blueberries provide a base for a sauce of whole fresh berries. Serve over lemon sorbet or pound cake.
Key Lime Cake Veiled in swirls of pale meringue, this golden cake with the hidden Key lime filling is ideal for a shower luncheon or...
A Bowl-of-Fruit Cake Celebrate summer's bounty with a simple cake ring overflowing with seasonal fruits. The fruits listed here are...
Rhubarb & Strawberry Crumble Serve this quick and easy strawberry-rhubarb crumble warm, topped with a scoop of nonfat frozen yogurt.
Baked Alaska For these individual Baked Alaskas, the meringue is beaten over simmering water to ensure that the temperature of the...
Peach-Blackberry Ambrosia Here we top lightly sweetened peaches and blackberries with sparkling wine for a refreshing summer dessert.
Apricot-Gingersnap Sundaes Here we cook dried apricots in fresh orange juice until thickened, then spoon the mixture over vanilla frozen yogurt...
Creamy Lemon Mousse The tangy essence of fresh lemon juice and lemon zest in this light and fluffy mousse will brighten up even the darkest...
Ginger-Lemon Stack Cake Three layers of an airy gingerbread with a tart lemon filling between them; this is a dependable, all-occasion cake.
Glazed Poppy-Seed Cake The perennially popular poppy-seed cake looks dressy with a simple glaze—with very little fuss.
Peach-Bourbon Upside-Down Cake Bake this Southern-inspired, moist and fruity cake when peaches are plentiful—from late June through July.
Plum Cake A lightly spiced cake with a dramatic topping of glistening plums—it's perfect for a September birthday.
Buttermilk Custard Pie A Southern favorite, buttermilk custard pie is smooth, tangy and delicious.
Lemon Cream Pie This lightened lemon cream pie is a refreshing dessert any time of the year.
Apricot Mousse Cake Here we layer sponge cake with apricot mousse for a beautiful presentation.
Mango Sorbet Torte Almond-coconut meringue layers are topped with mango sorbet in this pretty frozen torte.
Banana Frozen Yogurt Frozen bananas need to be whirled with just a bit of yogurt to transform into a sweet frozen delight.
Fruit Compote with Coconut Get a vitamin-C boost when you toss strawberries, cantaloupe and kiwi are tossed with crystallized ginger and orange...
Light Lemon Meringue Pie Smooth and soothing; a great classic pie right down to the crust, redefined with a generous amount of lemon and fewer...
Ginger-Melon Soup Instead of cantaloupe, you may also use Persian, Crenshaw or casaba melon in this refreshing ginger-infused soup.
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes Delicate chocolate biscuits are a perfect pairing with summer berries. This drop biscuit is especially quick because it...