Delectable Desserts: Over 250 Best-Loved Recipes for Every Season of the Year

“There’s a dessert for every family, every season, and every occasion in Delectable Desserts, a charming collection of more than 250 classic, sweet, and sugary dessert recipes, organized by month of the year.

“Warm up with Apple Bread Pudding in January, welcome spring with Brandied Peach Mousse in April, perfect your pies in August, and get cozy with Ginger Cookies and Carrot-Pumpkin Cake in November. There’s a sweet and seasonal delight for every family and every occasion in this charming collection of classic desserts.

“Authors Wendy Louise and MaryAnn Koopmann, each with more than 30 years experience in the kitchen, reveal their absolute favorite recipes for cookies, cakes, pies, bars, and much more, along with no-fail presentation tips and bits of time-tested kitchen wisdom.

Excerpt:

Chocolate Spice Cake
Serves 12

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
½ cup butter, softened
2 eggs, separated
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 to 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon, or to taste
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 recipe Buttercream Frosting (page 198)

The aromas of cinnamon and nutmeg smell so enticing while this cake is baking.

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350℉. Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking pan.

Cream together the sugar and butter. Beat the egg yolks, and add to the creamed mixture. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt twice, and add to the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk, mixing after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. Beat the egg whites until stiff, and fold into the batter. Pour into the prepared pan.

Bake for 50 minutes. Cool before frosting with Buttercream Frosting.

To Serve
Cut into serving-size squares and enjoy.

–from the publisher’s site