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vanilla bean, heavy cream, whole milk, mexican chocolate (such as ibarra; see notes), coarsely chopped, unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped, cinnamon sticks, egg yolks, sugar, salt

granulated sugar, unsalted butter, at room temperature, navel oranges (each about 6 oz), heavy (whipping ) cream, half-and-half, seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean (see note, below ), or 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract, egg yolks

sugar, vegetable shortening (such as crisco ), eggs, buttermilk, lemon extract or 4 tsp vanilla or 4 tsp anise extract, cream of tartar, baking soda, flour (see instructions below), icing (optional) or nuts (optional), colored sugar sprinkle (optional)

sugar, all-purpose flour, granola without dried fruit, cinnamon, freshly grated nutmeg, salt, unsalted butter, softened, peaches, peeled and sliced 3/4 inch thick (see cooks note for mountain jam, page 122), fresh orange juice, accompaniment:vanilla-bean ice cream

carrots, trimmed and shredded, sugar, eggs, corn oil, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, vanilla extract, raisins, walnuts grated or broken into small pieces (optional), cream cheese icing (see following recipe), cream cheese, at room temperature, butter, vanilla, confectioners sugar, you may want to double this icing recipe if you have a four layer cake. i double it anyways cuz i love this icing

butter, sugar, dark-colored corn syrup, toasted, finely chopped pecans, all-purpose flour, melted chocolate (optional), butter pecan or other desired ice cream or sorbet, recipe brandied peach sauce (see recipe below ), chocolate leaves (see recipe below) and/or gold paper leaves (optional)

vegetable oil, for frying, granulated sugar, mango, ripe but firm, banana, ripe but firm, coconut, shredded sweetened, granulated sugar, brown sugar, ground ginger (generous, to taste), spring roll wrappers, egg white, lightly beaten, dusting icing sugar, mango puree (see below ), coconut (optional) or ginger ice cream (optional), kiwi fruits, peeled and sliced (optional)

gelatin, vanilla bean , preferably tahitian, heavy whipping cream, chilled, sugar, coconut milk, light rum, toasted coconut , see cook s note

crushed chocolate wafer cookies (about 1 9 oz package), melted margarine or 1/3 cup butter, sugar, chocolate fudge sauce, slightly softened, low-fat vanilla ice cream (see note ), raspberry sherbet, slightly softened, frozen raspberries , without syrup, carton cool whip lite, thawed

fresh bing cherries, pitted and quartered, sugar, divided, salted butter, plus more for buttering the pan, good-quality bittersweet chocolate, broken into large chunks, eggs, vanilla, salt, all-purpose flour, dried bing cherries (available at trader joe s and other specialty food stores; any dried cherries may be substituted), semisweet chocolate chips, cherry ice cream (see notes ), hot fudge sauce

powdered sugar, butter, softened, eggs, see note, vanilla extract, see note, shortcake cups or 3 dozen ladyfingers, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherry, whipping cream

sugar, water, light corn syrup, batch caramel, heavy cream, bananas, sugar for coating, ice cream of your choice, heavy saucepan, clean soup spoon, candy thermometer (technically optional, but we suggest you use 1 until you get the hang of things), parchment paper, sheet pans or other heatproof surface, aluminum foil, cooling rack, butane torch (available at most hardware stores -- darned handy), safety goggles (see above), plastic squirt bottle (available at most grocery stores)

sugar, water, light corn syrup, batch caramel, heavy cream, bananas, sugar for coating, ice cream of your choice, heavy saucepan, clean soup spoon, candy thermometer (technically optional, but we suggest you use 1 until you get the hang of things), parchment paper, sheet pans or other heatproof surface, aluminum foil, cooling rack, butane torch (available at most hardware stores -- darned handy), safety goggles (see above), plastic squirt bottle (available at most grocery stores)

ice cream or sorbet (see notes), sheets filo dough (each 13 by 18 in., 7 oz. total), melted butter or margarine, sugar, apricot custard sauce

heavy cream, sugar, water, egg yolks, orange-flavored liqueur (recommended : grand marnier), rasped orange zest, see cook s note, butter, special equipment : 8 (4-oz) ramekins, parchment paper or aluminum foil, a rasp, a heavy-duty electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment

heavy cream, powdered sugar icing (see note ), ground cardamom, mandarin oranges, unpeeled, eggs, almond meal, caster sugar, baking powder (see note ), vanilla essence, caster sugar, extra, mandarin juice (fresh ), water, ground cardamom, extra, to serve, melted butter , to grease

frozen peach slices (use half, see directions ), frozen strawberry-blueberry mixture (use half, see directions ), butter, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, whole milk, good vanilla ice cream

white chocolate chips, plus (see * below ), white chocolate chips, whipping cream, vanilla extract (see ** below ), shortening, at room temperature, sugar