Super Easy Sweets: 69 Really Simple Dessert Recipes: A Baking Book

by Natacha Arnoult

Overview

Discover 69 delicious desserts and baked goods to make in a hour or less!

Super Easy Sweets features sixty-nine simple recipes for every kind of dessert—from new treats, like tangy Easy Mini Lemon Tarts and creamy Frozen Tiramisu, to must-know baking classics, like fudgyBrownies and jammy Country Fruit Galettes. Each recipe features photographs of the ingredients you’ll need so you can visualize your shopping list and preparation all at once. Whether you’re looking for a party treat or just have a hankering for something sweet, you’ll find a super easy dessert for any occasion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780525573258
Publisher:	Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Publication date:	09/03/2019
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Natacha Arnoult has been a food stylist and recipe developer for both French and American magazines and cookbooks since 2004. She has contributed to Elle à Table and Saveurs for more than ten years and occasionally to Vegetarian Times.

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CAKES
Hazelnut Cake

15 minutes prep time
30 minutes baking time
Serves 4

2/3 cup, plus 2 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups ground hazelnuts
5 egg whites

Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease an 11 x 7-inch cake pan with 2 tablespons butter.

Melt the remaining 2/3 butter in a small saucepan over very low heat.

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and ground hazelnuts. In a separate medium bowl, lightly beat the egg whites, then fold into the flour mixture. Add the warm butter and combine.

Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for about 30 minutes. Check for doneness using a toothpick. Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar, if desired.

FRUIT
Apple Dumplings

20 minutes prep time
20-22 mintues baking time
Makes 4 dumplings

2 sheets packaged pie dough
4 apples
2 tablespoons sugar
2 egg yolks

Preheat the oven to 400°F and line an 18 x 13-inch baking dish with parchment paper.

Thinly roll out the pie dough and cut out 4 rectangles.

Peel the apples and evenly sprinkle with the sugar. Place an apple on each rectangle of pie dough and fully wrap the dough around the apple, pinching the edges to seal. Arrange in a baking dish.

In a small bowl, dilute the yolks with 4 tablespoons water. Brush the dough with the egg wash. 

Bake for 5-7 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 350°F and bake for 15 minutes more.

Let cool for 30 minutes before serving.

Table of Contents

Cakes

Pound Cake 5

Dutch Baby 7

Hazelnut Cake 9

Yogurt Cake 11

Chocolate

Chocolate Fondant Cake 13

No-Bake Chocolate Chestnut Cake 15

Brownies 17

Chocolate Chestnut Fondant Cake 19

Molten Chocolate Cakes 21

Chocolate Tarts 23

Easy Chocolate Mousse 25

Nutella Mousse 27

Chocolate Ricotta Icebox Cake 29

Choco Cornflake Treats 31

Chocolate Truffles 33

Chocolate Candies 35

Cookies and More

Amaretto Cookies 37

Shortbread Tart 39

Shortbread Thins 41

Chocolate Chip Biscuits 43

Coconut Mounds 45

Palmiers 47

Pain Perdu 49

Fruit

Baked Apples 51

Orange Mango Salad 53

Coconut Melon Salad 55

Poached Pears 57

Apple Dumplings 59

Tropical Poached Mango 61

Spiked Fruit Salad 63

Roasted Spiced Fruit 65

Caramelized Bananas 67

Coconut Caramelized Pineapple 69

Clafoutis 71

Apple-Mango Crumble 73

Rhubarb Crisp 75

Deconstructed Banoffee Pie 77

Coconut Berry Cream 79

Fruit Trifle 81

Eton Mess 83

Berry Custard 85

Pineapple Flan 87

Tarts

Country Fruit Galette 89

Easy Mini Lemon Tarts 91

Tarte Tatin 93

Fast Fruit Tarts 95

Cherry Turnovers 97

Creamy Treats

Fontainebleau 99

Lemon Curd 101

Lemon Cream 103

Honey Mousse 105

Blackberry Peach Parfait 107

Tiramisu 109

Cheesecake Cups 111

Muesli Yogurt 113

Rice Pudding 115

Maple Ricotta 117

Raspberry Fromage Blanc 119

Raspberry Cream Sandwiches 121

Frozen Desserts

Lemon Meringue Ice Cream 123

Affogato 125

Frozen Raspberry Smoothie 127

Mango Frozen Yogurt 129

Roasted-Marshmallow Sundae 131

Caramel Corn Sundae 133

Spiked Coffee Granita 135

Adult Strawberry Sundae 137

Ice Cream Sandwiches 139

Frozen Tiramisu 141