Apple Spice Pudding Cake

What makes pudding cakes so lovable is their two layers: the bottom of fruit and butterscotchy juices, and the cakey top. Try this comfy dessert for a fall or winter brunch, using Northern Spy, Golden Delicious, Ambrosia or Idared apples.

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Instead of an icing, these pumpkin pie-spiced muffins are dressed up with a complementary maple spread. In a hurry? Omit spread and serve as is or with butter.

Vegetarian Lasagna

This is a great dish to serve at a party, even non-vegetarians will love it!

Apple Raisin Pandowdy

A pandowdy is like a deep-dish fruit pie with a biscuit topping that bakes into a flaky crust. Serve at room temperature or warm (with ice cream), breaking the crust into the fruit when serving.

Rheanna's Gramma's Guyanese Guide Cake

Not for the faint of heart, this dark rich fruit-laden and rum-soaked cake with roots in the Caribbean has a decidedly grown-up taste for the holidays.

Pumpkin Carrot Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting & Candied Nuts

Gluten-Free Fruit and Almond Cake with Candied Tangerines

Although richly flavoured with dried fruit, this cake is still very light textured.

Grilled Chicken with Pawpaw Hot Sauce

Buying whole chickens and then cutting them into pieces is very economical.

Mole Turkey Wings

Rich and nutty with hints of spices and dark chocolate, this simplified version of the
Mexican sauce called mole uses easily available ingredients. Turkey wings are often
sold with tips removed and already split. Toss some rice with chopped fresh
coriander or green onion and serve as a bed for this classic.

Chicken with Cashews

Cashew trees grow abundantly in much of India, and the nuts are used many ways, here as the thickening as well as flavouring agent in a rich, creamy sauce typical of the delicately flavoured cooking of northern India. This type of mild sauce thickened with nuts is known as korma.