Tag: Desserts

Jars of orange marmalade
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Torta Maria Luisa

A simple yet elegant cake from Colombia and El Salvador. Moist layers of white cake are spread with fruit preserves, stacked and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Torta di mele Italian apple tart
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Torta di Mele

Torta di mele is a typical Tuscan dessert. Tuscans are known for finding all kinds of ways to use up leftover bread, and day-old bread is best for this recipe.

Finished tarte tatin
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Tarte Tatin

This ridiculously easy-to-make apple tart was purportedly created by accident at the Hotel Tatin south of Paris as a way to save an apple pie gone wrong.

Freshly baked sweet potato pie
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Sweet Potato Pie

Sweet potato pies are an old Southern American favorite. Compared to that Thanksgiving standby, the pumpkin pie, sweet potato pies are a little bit denser and richer.

A summer pudding on a plate, revealing the fruit inside
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Summer Pudding

What a perfectly smashing summer sweet! With summer pudding, juicy berries are encased in slices of white bread that soak up the juice and turn a brilliant reddish purple.

Sufganiyot jelly-filled donuts
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Sufganiyot

Sufganiyot (singular: sufganiyah) are jelly or cream-filled donuts that are a traditional favorite for Hanukkah, when foods fried in oil are customary.

Serving of strawberry shortcake with whipped cream
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Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry shortcake is a classic American early summer dessert. It comes together quickly and easily and is the perfect way to finish a picnic in May or June.