10,000 baking recipes

Black currant tea brownies layer cassis-infused fudge squares with a glossy berry preserve and a silky black currant tea ganache. A boozy, perfumed showstopper.

French-style fruit fritters: apple, orange, or pineapple slices macerated in lemon and sugar, dipped in an egg-white-lightened batter, and deep-fried golden. Serve with powdered sugar or syrup.

A family favourite for the holidays. Easy to make and so good!!

Golden butter cake loaves with toasted almond crust on the bottom and sweet almond glaze on top. Easy recipe using cake mix with impressive bakery results.

Zimtsterne are German cinnamon star cookies: a chewy ground-almond and cinnamon dough crowned with a crisp white meringue glaze. Naturally gluten-free and a staple of the German Christmas cookie tin.

Lattice-topped raspberry pie with a glossy, pre-cooked filling that sets up sliceable, never runny. Heaps of raspberries thickened with cornstarch under a golden woven crust. A blue-ribbon berry pie.

Mocha crumb cake built on a boxed cake mix spiked with cold coffee and warm spices, finished with a broiled brown sugar granola topping. A quick-to-mix sheet cake with bakery-style crunch.

Granny Smith applesauce tarts with golden hot-water pastry shells filled with honey-sweetened, lemon-brightened chunky applesauce. A lighter, old-fashioned dessert.

Rollerblade cookies: boot-shaped honey-ginger cookies with toasted oats pressed on as skate wheels. A fun, low-sugar kid-friendly cookie cutout project.

Farfallette Dolci are Italian bow-tie fried pastries flavored with orange and almond, tied into loose knots and dusted with powdered sugar. A traditional Italian Carnevale sweet with a crisp, delicate shatter.

Kosh tili are Central Asian fried dough twists (also called bow ties or angel wings) made with yogurt and eggs, deep-fried until puffed, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Devil's food bundt cake soaked twice in a light rum and corn syrup glaze for a deeply boozy, ultra-moist chocolate rum cake. Caribbean-French inspired.

Peek-A-Bows are lace cookies made with corn syrup, brown sugar, and finely chopped nuts, rolled into cylinders while warm and tied with ribbon for a festive gift cookie.

Caramel shortbread squares with a buttery crumble base and thick, chewy toffee layer made with condensed milk and corn syrup. Chills overnight and inverts for clean slicing.

French meringue strips with a buttery shortbread base topped with vanilla meringue, cinnamon sugar, and chopped almonds. Elegant bar cookies that yield 8 dozen.

Eggnog thumbprint cookies filled with rum-spiked buttercream and dusted with nutmeg. A buttery shortbread base with a creamy holiday filling. Perfect for Christmas cookie tins.