Baking

These are drizzled with melted semi-sweet chocolate. Other cookie-cutter shapes may be used as well.

Be sure to bake these breadsticks until they are very crisp.

New York cheesecake is dressed up for the holidays with bright cranberry topping, white chocolate in the filling and a hazelnut crust. The cake can be prepared up to two days ahead.

Perhaps the year's most popular dessert: the chocolate soufflé cake with a rich molten center. Cinnamon, espresso and vanilla give the cakes a Mexican accent.

Mexican chocolate, usually found in tablet form, contains cinnamon, sugar, and ground almonds — as do these fudgy squares.

Lime peel adds a lovely touch to this creamy dessert. Begin preparation a day ahead.

This delicious variation of Key lime pie uses regular rather than Key limes.

Indulge yourself even more by mixing some toasted coconut (the sweetened, shredded kind) and a dash of coconut extract into vanilla ice cream, and scooping it alongside.

Prepare this sensational cake one day before you plan to serve it.

This Majorcan specialty is usually topped with homemade almond ice cream or ice milk, but purchased almond ice cream can also be used.