European dinner party cakes recipes

Bailey's and Mascarpone Cake

This is a wonderfully moist cake laced with Bailey's Irish cream. You will find it very hard not to eat more than one slice!

Apricot Clafoutis copyright 2011 art of living.PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati

This recipe is from my latest book and winner of the Gourmand World…

Ciambellone Classico (Classic Pound Cake-Italian Style) copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati

This is the classic Italian pound…

Mango Gateau with peaches and cream

A Gateau is a French style sponge cake traditionally made with cream and may be a multilayered cake. I made…

Chocolate Souffle

After having a yummy souffle on a cruise recently, I came back and started making them myself. This is the best I've found so far. A simple,…

Easy Cinnamon Apple Strudel

This is super simple and truly delicious. I made it for John's birthday dinner, since he loves cinnamon apple desserts with vanilla ice cream.…

Tea-Time Orange Cake Recipe

With some Kinnow Oranges in hand, the first and the obvious recipe choice was a Tea-Time Orange Cake. The tanginess of oranges, the subtle sweet…

My Old-Fashioned Delicious Red Velvet Cake

The colorful history of red velvet cake recipe dates back to the 1940s. It is said that the recipe was actually…

Molten Chocolate Cake with Fresh Raspberries

These individual molten chocolate cakes are simple and elegant, and they bake in under 10 minutes. You can use…

Bica mantecada with corn flour

A dense cake, popular in Northwestern Spain, usually made with bread flour and lots of butter, here with the addition of corn flour.

Lorraine Pascale's Let them eat cake, cake

This is recipe from her new book Fast, Fresh and Easy Food, and this cake is quick to make as it follows the…

Bolo de bolacha maria - Maria cookies cake

This is a traditional Portuguese Cake that is very easy to make. Nowadays you can find Maria cookies in just…

Olive Oil Cake

Tiramisu Cheesecake

Makes 12 servings. (makes a 9" cheesecake)

cake RICOTTA cheese CHOCOLATE RUM

All this talk about APRONS and Grandmothers got me going on assembling my notes and photos to finally share…