Recipes with sugar

Honey lemon soaked cake baked in a tube pan, pierced while warm, and drenched with a hot honey-lemon syrup. Finished with a dusting of powdered sugar.

A multi-layered chocolate showstopper: fudgy brownie, chocolate ganache, cocoa meringue, mocha mousse, and rum sauce all in one jaw-dropping dessert.

Geneva pear flan, a Swiss shortcrust tart piled with fresh pears, candied citrus peel, raisins and walnut oil, moistened with white wine and finished with a blanket of baked cream. An old-world tart from the French-Swiss border.

A colorful five-bean salad with green beans, lima beans, kidney beans, wax beans, and chickpeas tossed in a tangy sweet vinegar dressing with green pepper, celery, and green onions. Best made overnight.

German-style cabbage fruit salad with shredded cabbage, diced apple, raisins, and a creamy pineapple-lemon sour cream dressing. No cooking, ready in 10 minutes.

Buttermilk scones with a tender crumb and a sugar-dusted top, plus three built-in variations: citrus, raisin, or warm-spiced. Classic British-style scones for tea, brunch, or breakfast.

Crunchy bok choy apple slaw with Granny Smith apple, carrots, and red onion in a tangy sour cream dressing. No cooking required, low calorie, and ready in 15 minutes.

Chicken satay skewers with a creamy peanut dipping sauce. Marinated chicken strips threaded on skewers with ginger, garlic, and soy for Thai-inspired appetizer or main dish.

This deep-dish pumpkin pie swaps the traditional pastry crust for a buttery brown sugar crumb topping with chopped nuts. Sweetened condensed milk and warm spices like cinnamon and allspice make every bite rich and creamy.

Deep-fried sticky rice dumplings filled with pork, dried shrimp, and bamboo shoots in a sweet rice flour dough. A crispy, chewy Chinese dim sum classic that puffs up golden brown in the fryer.

A four-layer cheesecake masterpiece: walnut-graham crust, dense cream cheese filling, silky sour cream topping, and whole strawberries drenched in a Cointreau-spiked raspberry glaze. Plan ahead; it needs 2 to 3 days to reach peak flavor.

Delicate lace cookies made with ground almonds, rolled into cylinders while warm. Precision-timed European cookies perfect for special occasions and holidays.

Baked chicken wings glazed in a sticky homemade sweet-and-sour sauce made from ketchup, vinegar, and sugar. Just 5 ingredients, one pan, and an hour from oven to table.

Espresso hazelnut cheesecake with a butter cookie cinnamon crust, water bath baked filling with roasted hazelnuts, and piped whipped cream with espresso beans.

No-bake peach ice cream cake layered with gingersnap crumbs, toasted almonds, crystallized ginger, peach frozen yogurt, vanilla ice cream, and caramel sauce. Frozen overnight and sliced like a loaf.

Rack of lamb marinated 48 hours in fresh herbs, roasted to perfection, served with complex red wine demi-glace sauce studded with ham and pickles.