new years eve cake ideas

When making frosting for cupcakes or cakes, use extra fine sugar to make the smoothest frosting.

Celebrate the season in style with this cake. Decorate the frosted cake with Caramelized Stars, chopped pistachio nuts, and shaved white chocolate.

Mascarpone is a buttery rich cream cheese with a mild flavor that works well in both savory and sweet dishes. Here its used to enhance a filling of cocoa powder and vanilla.

A frothy delight, zabaglione (zah bahl YO nay) is one of Italys most prized culinary masterpieces. Here in these Layered Chocolate Zabaglione Cream Cakes, it crowns a springy chocolate sponge cake.

Frozen puff pastry makes creating the rustic appeal of this recipe easy.

Almond Log Cake sweetly celebrates the French custom of burning a Yule log, which prevents bad spirits from flowing down the chimney into the new year. Fortuitous almonds also add extra good luck value.

Chocolate cupcakes are topped with a layer of Chocolate Pecan ice cream frosting before being garnished with caramel ice cream topping.

Make a versatile panettone bread pudding that can double as a brunch entree or dinnertime dessert.

Turn this treat into a trifle by piling the ingredients in alternate layers in a 3 1/2 quart trifle bowl.

Pull together 5 ingredient Maple Ricotta Flans in just 15 minutes.