10,000 icing recipes

Australian melting moments biscuits: cornstarch-tender shortbread cookies sandwiched around vanilla buttercream icing. Makes 30 sandwich biscuits in 2 hours.

This custard peach pie is a great way to use seasonal peaches. The custard is creamy and sweet, and the pecans in the crust and topping are a yummy addition. It’s hard to resist this delicious treat!

Traditional Sicilian fruit-filled pastries stuffed with figs, dates, chocolate chips, nuts, and warm spices, glazed with a lemon icing. A holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Buttery pecan crust meets silky pumpkin custard in these bite-sized holiday treats. Each mini tart delivers cozy autumn spice with a crunchy toasted nut crown.

Ischler cookies are an Austrian classic from Bad Ischl: ground-almond shortbread rounds sandwiched with raspberry jam and crowned with espresso-spiked chocolate icing. Spa-town pastry royalty.

This fresh strawberry tart is a winner at any occasion, the fresh strawberries are arranged on top of the creamy and citrus mascarpone cheese that is spread in the buttery and flakey baked shell, after that, we have a port glaze over the strawberries. Give your palate a super luxury enjoyment.

Kahlua chocolate nut squares pack coffee liqueur into a brown sugar bar studded with semi-sweet chocolate and walnuts, then crowned with browned butter Kahlua icing for a grown-up bake sale showstopper.

Low-fat apricot cardamom bars with apricot nectar, finely snipped dried apricots, and applesauce in the batter, finished with an apricot icing drizzle. Fragrant and easy.

COMMENT: What makes this dessert so irresistible? As it bakes, a pudding sauce forms beneath the cake layer. Cocoa-based and made without eggs, its an old-fashioned treat that should be served with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and a big spoon.

Three-layer Southern cookies: a buttery shortbread round spread with gooey caramel-pecan filling, then drizzled with rich chocolate icing. Named after the wildflower and just as eye-catching on a cookie tray.

Three-layer orange cream brownies with a fudgy walnut brownie base, fluffy orange buttercream middle, and a glossy chocolate icing top. The Terry's Chocolate Orange in bar form, cut into 36 perfect bites.

Potato fudge cake is an heirloom chocolate-spice cake made moist and tender with grated raw potato, warm spices and almonds, crowned with gooey marshmallow icing and a bittersweet chocolate drizzle.

Old-fashioned turn-of-the-century molasses bundt cake with two cups of unsulfured molasses, cake flour for tenderness, and a dusting of powdered sugar. Serves warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Toasted coconut layer cake with zesty lime-lemon curd filling and fluffy coconut-crusted seven-minute icing. A tropical showstopper that's equal parts tangy and toasted-sweet.

Yeasted honey twist coffee cake coiled into a spiral, brushed with a honey-butter topping, and drizzled with vanilla icing. A rich, soft dough with lemon and nutmeg.

Surprise packages are butter cookies with a chocolate mint wafer hidden inside each one, iced and decorated to look like tiny Christmas presents. A fun holiday baking project.