Anna's Recipe Archive

Butter Tarts

Butter Tarts are a Canadian classic sweet treat. While this recipe uses pecans, feel free to use other additions in place of the pecans such as raisins, walnut pieces or simply leave the butter tarts plain. Yield: 12 butter tartsPrep Time:…

CABERNET POACHED PEAR & WALNUT STRUDELS

Category: Desserts , Baked Goods

Red wine poached pears are wrapped in phyllo pastry along with wal- nuts and baked up into flaky parcels. The poaching syrup becomes a gorgeous spiced glaze to serve with these individual desserts. Makes 4 individual deserts

Caramel Apple Bars

Category: Desserts , Baked Goods , Holiday

Makes one 8" (20 CM) square panMakes 25-36 bars These bars are a perfect option to replace apple pie as a plated dessert at Thanksgiving or Christmas. The homemade butter caramel sauce inside the bars and on top really adds sparkle.

CARAMEL APPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Category: Desserts

Apples make an ideal upside down cake, since they caramelize so nicely and the juice melds with the sugar syrup, making for a shiny, saucy glaze when the cake is inverted. Makes one 9 inch cake panServes 12

Chocolate Babka

Category: Desserts , Baked Goods

This bread, whose name means “little grandmother,” is all things comforting and homey, with its rich dough and cinnamon-and-chocolate filling woven throughout. Chocolate is a relatively new (and North American) addition to this Eastern…

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE LAYER CAKE

Category: Desserts , Baked Goods

If you love chocolate chip cookies, then you will adore this playful cake! A chocolate chip cake is layered with a fudge filling and topped with a Brown Sugar Swiss Buttercream, building that chocolate chip cookie sensation. You can even use…