Dessert Recipes

Tweed Squares a.k.a. “Tweedies.” Vanilla cake with flecks of grated chocolate baked in, topped with vanilla frosting and finished with a layer of chocolate. A Newfoundland favourite.

Here’s a collection of a bakers dozen of some of the most popular and decadent chocolate desserts to appear here on Rock Recipes over the past few years. Enjoy browsing this eye-catching, drool-worthy collection.

Strawberry & Rhubarb Fool from “The Lighthouse Picnic”. A simple, old fashioned, creamy, flavourful dessert that celebrates the best local ingredients.

Upside Down Peach Crumble Pie. A peach crumble in pie form using the crumble mixture as a the crust. Delicious with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream as a terrific summertime dessert. With some big, ripe, juicy summer peaches in hand, I set out innocently enough to make one of the desserts I look …

Strawberry Mango Crumb Cake. An ideal summer brunch coffee cake with a buttery crumble topping and sweet pockets of strawberry and mango baked right in.

This Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake uses a buttery toffee frosting for one of the richest, most indulgent cakes you will ever sample. A terrific celebration cake, especially for a large group. I was feeling a little experimental after enjoying that Sticky Toffee Pudding last week and wanted to try a version of my favourite buttercream frosting …

Lemon Meringue Cake- a beautifully light homemade sponge cake layered with fresh lemon curd & covered in sweet meringue; the perfect Sunday dinner dessert. I’ve had a hankering to try my own version of a lemon meringue cake for a while now and I took the opportunity to indulge my love of lemon desserts when …

Perfect Chocolate Sponge Cake. A simple chocolate sponge cake with a light texture and far fewer calories than other cakes.

Cinnamon Palmiers with Raspberry Compote. Frozen store-bought puff pastry makes these elegant little treats so easy to make. Today’s recipe is a simple to make last minute dessert idea using ready made frozen puff pastry. I sometimes serve these as a dessert hors d’ouevre at the end of a cocktail party.  I  also like to serve palmiers …

Almond butter cookies are a great, delicious alternative to peanut butter cookies. These almond butter cookies are what my Mom would call a “Cup of Tea Cookie”. Meaning obviously, that it is an ideal treat to be enjoyed with your favourite steaming cup of relaxing tea. This one is soft and slightly chewy, with a …