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This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.<P> This recipe originally accompanied epi:recipeLink=101054"Pineapple Rum Trifle Cake</epi:recipeLink>.

It's hard to believe that a Michelin-starred establishment would serve a dessert that's this simple, but good cooking is about knowing when to leave well enough alone. Steve prefers Irish whiskey for the ice-cream, but you can use Scotch.

Use to frost White Chocolate Easter Cake with Strawberries

A standard at health food restaurants across the country, carrot cake was ubiquitous in the seventies. Grated carrots made it a nutritious choice, or so the thinking went. This ultra-moist version is updated with a maple icing.

The topping spreads as it bakes, forming a crisp cookie-like layer.

The sauce for these cheese-based latkes, which are great for breakfast, can be made two days ahead. Be sure to serve the pancakes (enough for four people) as soon as they are made.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This traditional spongecake is rippled with cinnamon-sprinkled apples.

Vanilla ice cream is just the right accompaniment to these cookies; orange segments would be a fresh, pretty garnish.

A favorite recipe of Duncan Hines from Still Cookin' After All These Years.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Buttermilk and walnuts make the difference in this delectable layer cake.

If you are using salted pistachios, omit the 1/4 teaspoon salt in the ingredient list.