Desserts
Johanna Kindvall won’t share her secret spot for picking wild cherries, but she’s happy to share this lovely cherry pie recipe.
Similar to crêpes and Swedish pancakes, Norwegian pancakes are thinner and lighter than the American style of pancake, making them perfect for the heat of summer.
For your next slumber party, why not serve your non-allergic guests this wonderful peanut treat?
Maria Laitinen takes a mental trip back to her native Finland with a wonderful summer pudding.
Priya Sreram introduces herself to Honest Cooking with a lovely Papaya Halwa.
Sonia Mangla successfully tries her hand at the crispy and festive traditional sweet known as Jalebi.
A lovely happiness-inducing vegan snack with just 4 natural ingredients.
Angel food cake is light and airy and will melt in your mouth, especially when served with fluffy whipped cream frosting.
A favorite childhood breakfast made with fresh fruit from a local farmers market.
With summer apricots beckoning with their soft orange hues, what better way to celebrate their juicy ripeness than with a beautiful apricot tart.
A lovely looking and healthy frozen coconut summer treat without added sugar.
Giulia Scarpaleggia with her signature popsicle flavors of 2011, the honey flavoured cantaloupes from the farmer’s market and the ruby red cherries.
To get through the hot summer days without melting completely, Sarah Kenney keeps cool with this cookie accompanied berry sorbet.
Technically speaking, this is not a proper cheese, but a curd. But as you know, in dreams a little fantasy never hurts.
These lovely fresh raspberry yoghurt popsicles are the perfect snack for hot summer days.
On a trip down memory lane, Jerri Green sets out to recreate childhood memories with a lovely summer fruit salad.
This lovely summer dessert from Tamara Novacoviç is almost too simple to be called a recipe.
The key player in this very decadent recipe is the orange juice which is used to make the suzette sauce.
These mini tarts are super easy and relatively fast to make and some of you will appreciate the fact that you wont have to turn your oven on.
Sara Clevering tries desperately to find tart cherries, but ends up with a great sweet cherry pie instead.
If you don’t feel like making pie crust, why not turn to these lemon meringue pie shooters?
Tasting or sample menus, especially in regards to appetizers have been on the restaurant scene for quite some time now.
It is almost impossible to find fresh rhubarb stalks on Italian markets, unless you live in the deepest Northern Italy.
Given her son’s ongoing interest in all the colors of the rainbow, Kelsey Hilts decided to incorporate the rainbow into a dessert.
This pear tart serves as a great option for a simplistic, rustic dessert that utilizes seasonal and local ingredients.
This pancake tower is such a simple treat to make, but a great alternative to heavy cream cakes especially in summer when you generally prefer keeping things a little lighter.
Sarah Kenney needed a fairly quick dessert for weekend guests and planned to make a carrot cake. But when she came across some cherries in the market – she changed her mind.
Jules Clancy with some good news. You can make wonderful ice cream at home without an ice cream maker.
Time to chill out and chill yourself with a lovely refreshing watermelon strawberry granita.
This beautiful red-white-and-blue velvet cake works just as well a few days after 4th of July.
Brady Evans serves up a very successful batch of waffles for her always hungry teenage brother.
Tamara Novacoviç with a light and creamy cake, perfect for those sunny afternoons in Havana, Cuba.
Mango and Mangosteen. This could be an SNL skit, or it could be the name of the next biggest children’s daytime television duo.
Summer has officially arrived bringing with it hot sunny, weather and the need for refreshing, frozen treats.
Crumbles are a lovely way to make the most of fresh fruit. You can simply choose any kind of fruit that suits your fantasy and creativity.
To showcase how outstanding buttermilk can be, Laura Davis serves a delicious lemon buttermilk ice cream recipe she got out of the Austin American Statesman food section about a million years ago.
This recipe from Prerna Singh is inspired by her mother’s Mango Chutney recipe.
Peanut butter and jelly. Cookies and milk. Bacon and eggs. In food, some things are made better by pairing them with complimentary flavors. So is the case with strawberries and balsamic vinegar.
In the northern hemisphere people are celebrating the arrival of summer. The month of June in particular is time to celebrate Fathers Day, graduations and for many the end of the school year.
In this recipe, a vanilla-scented custard works exquisitely with sweetly tart cherries, creating an elegant yet easy to eat dessert perfect for easing into the long, lazy summer days ahead.
With raspberry season here, Tamara Novacoviç decides to make a jam perfect for those glorious summer mornings.
What is not to love about cherries? They are pretty, delicious, healthy, and lend themselves well to so many dishes, particularly desserts.
After giving it long thought, Sonia Mangla decides that the best way to treat her newly purchased fresh rhubarb is to turn it into crispy phyllo pockets.
How does ‘no-bake’ sound to you? Good? Of course it sounds good
John Nevado concludes his romantic hors d’oeuvre run with a rosey take on an italian classic.
Laura Davis’ new column about Southern food starts out singing the praises of rhubarb.
The abundance of fresh summer fruit inspires Tamara Novacoviç to make simple desserts like this one.
With warmer weather arriving in the northern hemisphere, Nancy Lopez-McHugh decides to freshen up with a spicy fruit cocktail.
Natalie McLaury considers herself a bit of a hoarder when it comes to magazines.
Laura Davis with a great dessert recipe for any picnic, and as an added bonus – a small history lesson.
Sarah Kenney sends her husband to the hardware store, and then goes about making the perfect Crème Brulée.
Sarah Schiffman introduces a few fresh stalks of rhubarb to her friend from Italy. The Mascarpone.
Sarah Kenney sings the praises of the stalky plant commonly known as rhubarb.
Nandita Nataraj overcomes her fear of fudge with this lovely recipe that turns out both moist and chewy.
Here at Honest Cooking we’re all about honest and straightforward food, and Tamara Novacoviç’s strudel is a perfect example of just that.
We love pancakes in all different shapes and sizes, and this creative version from Laura Davis is no exception.
Inspiration for cooking can come when you least expect it, and from the least expected sources.