Electric Mixer

Here, sliced fresh peaches and a rich brown sugar caramel sauce accent scoops of ginger-flavored frozen mousse. Margarita glasses make terrific sundae dishes.

Active time: 40 min Start to finish: 5 1/4 hr

This bread gets even better if stored for a day. Enjoy it toasted and buttered for breakfast.

Sambuca, the anise-flavored liqueur often paired with coffee, goes equally well with chocolate — especially in these moist, cake-like, pine-nut-topped brownies.

Offer some butter cookies alongside this dessert, which makes a lovely presentation.

The brownie is really more like a flourless chocolate cake. It puffs as it bakes, and falls and cracks as it cools.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

The following recipe produces a coarse-crumbed cake; for ease of slicing, dip you knife in hot water before cutting each serving.

These cookies are rolled in confectioners' sugar while warm, which gives them a thin buttery frosting.