Introduction 1 Chocolate Sheet Cakes and Other Classics Chocolate Cake with Caramel Buttercream and Pretzels 15 One-Bowl Chocolate Cake with Chocolate-Coconut Buttercream 16 Chocolate Chip Cake with Pecan-Caramel Frosting 19 Brownie Cake with Dark Chocolate Glaze 20 Boston Cream Cake 23 Chocolate Sponge Cake with Marshmallow Frosting 24 Co''-Cola Cake with Maraschino Cherry Frosting 27 Chocolate Double-Malted Cake 28 Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake with Gluten-Free Fudgy Cake with Vegan Chocolate Frosting 31 Vanilla Cake with Confetti Frosting 32 Chocolate Whipped Cream 34 Vanilla Sponge Cake with Blackberry-Sour Cream Frosting 36 Buttermilk Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting 37 M&M White Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and GORP 38 Bacon-Peanut Butter Cake with Maple Buttercream 40 Scottish Oat Cake with Sour Cream Frosting 42 Jam Thumbprint Cake 45 Carrot Cake with Goat Cheese Buttercream 47 Snickerdoodle Cake with Spiced Buttercream 48 Brown Sugar Cake with Pumpkin Buttercream 50 Fruit and Nut Sheet Cakes Blueberry Buckle 57 Strawberry Shortcake 58 Apple Cake with Toasted Walnuts 61 Lemonade Cake with Lemon Curd Whipped Cream 62 Orange Cake with Marmalade Buttercream 64 Pineapple Cake with Banana Buttercream 66 Coconut Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream 69 Banana Cake with Cocoa Buttercream 70 Fig and Date Cake with Coffee Buttercream 73 Gluten-Free Lemon Buttermilk Cake with Caramel Glaze 74 Lemon Ricotta Cake with Whipped Cream and Berries 76 Pecan Cake with Caramel-Coconut Frosting 78 Macaroon Cake with Raspberry Buttercream 81 Pine Nut Cake with Lemon Buttercream 82 Almond-Cornmeal Cake with Orange Glaze 85 Spiced Walnut Cake 86 Hazelnut Cake with Vanilla French Buttercream 88 Coffee Cakes and Cheesecakes Cranberry-Orange Coffee Cake with Ginger Crunch 95 Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Crumble 96 Banana-Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake with Coconut Crumble 97 Gluten-Free Banana Coffee Cake with Coconut Meringue 99 Gluten-Free Coffee Cake with Almond-Butter Crunch 100 Cinnamon Roll Cake 103 Classic Cheesecake 105 Chocolate Chip Ricotta Cheesecake 106 No-Bake Cherry-Chocolate Cheesecake 107 Raspberry-Glazed Cheesecake with an Oreo Crust 108 Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Cheesecake 111 White Chocolate Cheesecake with Lemon Glaze 112 Banana Pudding Cheesecake 113 Key Lime Cheesecake with Oat Crumble 115 Pear and Ginger Cheesecake 116 Three Simple Crusts: Graham Cracker Crust, Vanilla Cookie Crust, Animal Cracker Crust 116 Classic Slab Pies The Giant Jam Slab 123 The Giant Fig Slab 124 Spiced Peach Pie with Amaretti Crunch 126 Apple Pie with Gingerbread Crumble 128 Apple-Cranberry Pie with Oatmeal Cookie Crumble 129 Cherry Pie with Pecan Crunch 130 Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie 132 Strawberry Pie with Peanut Butter Crumble 133 Strawberries and Cream Pie with Honey Crumble 135 Blueberry-Orange Pie 137 Mixed-Berry Pie 138 Nectarine-Blueberry Pie with Walnut Crunch 139 Pear Pie with Bread-Crumb Crunch 140 Raspberry-Almond Cobbler Pie 142 Lemon Buttermilk Pie 143 Three Pie Crusts: Shortening-Butter Crust, All-Butter Crust, Sour Cream Crust 144 Lemon Meringue Pie 145 Three Pie Crusts: Shortening-Butter Crust, All-Butter Crust, Sour Cream Crust 144 Chocolate Slab Pies and Other Favorites French Silk Chocolate Pie 155 Chocolate Walnut Pie 156 Chocolate Custard Pie 157 Run for the Roses Pie 158 Chocolate and Coffee Icebox Pie 160 Jack and Coke Fudge Pie 161 Browned Butter Chess Pie 163 Coconut Custard Pie 164 Burnt Sugar Pie 165 Coffee Cream Icebox Pie 167 Buttered Rum Icebox Pie 168 Pumpkin Crunch Pie 171 Sweet Potato Pie 172 Brandied Date and Pecan Pie 174 Holiday Dried Fruit Pie 176 Sheet Strudel, Danish, Shortbread, and More Apple Strudel 183 Peach Melba Turnover 184 Rice Pudding Pie 185 Midwestern Slab Pudding 187 New England Cranberry Pie 189 Almond-Hazelnut Dacquoise with Chocolate French Buttercream 191 Coconut Shortbread with Coconut Lime Curd 192 Cherry-Almond Danish 194 Chocolate and Goat Cheese Danish 196 Cheese Danish 197 Almond Phyllo Rolls 199 Spiced Pistachio Phyllo Cake 200 Galaktoboureko 201 Acknowledgments 203 Index 205.