3 elegant maple Recipes

unsliced egg bread , such as challah or 1 loaf other firm bread, pitted tart red cherries, drained (canned or frozen ), cream cheese or 6 oz mascarpone cheese, softened, whipping cream, powdered sugar (optional), beaten eggs, ground cinnamon, vanilla extract, butter or 1 -2 tbsp margarine, maple syrup, clover honey, chopped pecans, toasted, ground cinnamon, butter (optional) or 2 tbsp margarine (optional), grains salt (a few), apple, sliced into thin wedges (optional), mint (optional)

heavy whipping cream, sugar, salt, pure vanilla extract, pure maple syrup (please not the fake stuff!!), dark rum, kirschwasser or 1/2 tsp cherry brandy, ground nutmeg