Pineapple Upside-Down Cake with Dark Rum Sauce
Pineapple cake and coffee make a nice ending to a tropical feast.
Pineapple cake and coffee make a nice ending to a tropical feast.
Salmon and Wild Rice Cakes with Avocado-Chili Topping
This Canada Day–themed dessert is bright and refreshing. Assembling your cake the night before saves time and allows the flavours to combine. Choose the ripest, reddest strawberries for the perfect flag topping.
Make a birthday party positively prehistoric and amaze your guests young and old with this delicious critter cake. The chocolate layers are firm and dense -- developed especially for building our birthday bronto. It can be lightly covered with plastic and kept in the fridge for up to one day -- just waiting until it's lighting time.
Though the origin of this cake is debatable, its melt-in-your-mouth rich, yet light texture is not. The secret lies in an airy sponge and a combination of three kinds of "milk".
Fancy up this dense gingery cake from Jamaica's Boscobel Beach Hotel with fresh pineapple and mango slices doused with orange juice, rum and coarsely grated orange rind. Top with rum-kissed whipped cream.
Fragrant orange and lemon give this simple glazed cake delicate flavour. An oval slow cooker will create the best height and shape. Cost: $0.35/serving
Decadent little chocolate cakes with rich molten cores are enough to make any meal special. The batter for this dessert can be prepared ahead, but the cakes are best eaten immediately after baking, so don't put them into the oven until your guests are ready for dessert. If you're making this on an occasion when you can eat dairy, try the Flourless Chocolate Lava Cakes variation.
Showcase this layered mousse on a pedestal cake plate. Then take it back to the kitchen to cut because you need to wipe the blade with a damp cloth between slices. May is mango season so they are at their peak of flavour now.
Dessert from your slow cooker? You betcha! Sticky and sweet, this cake reinvents the classic combination of peanut butter and chocolate and is ready in just two hours.
