14 Insanely Decadent Desserts You Should Probably Only Make Once Every 4 Years
Leap Day only happens once every four years, so use it as an opportunity to make something so crazy-indulgent that you'll be totally satisfied until the next Leap Day rolls around. Here, our best, butteriest, chocolatiest, most frosting-packed dessert recipes to make on Leap Day.
Pastry star Gale Gand layers her phenomenal, high-rising cake with an intensely chocolaty custard and coats it with cake crumbs.
Yup, that whole upper layer is whipped cream.
Bonus: Alain Ducasse invented these things.
The pastry chef who created this gorgeous thing calls it "the beast."
When the Test Kitchen was working on this recipe, F&W staff gained many pounds.
Think bread pudding—only so much more luxurious.
This super-fudgy cake is layered with dark chocolate and white chocolate ganache.
Any cookie will do in this messy, gooey dessert.
Chef Jamie Oliver likes to serve this silky dessert in espresso cups. But it's Leap Day, so go crazy and opt for a full-sized coffee cup instead.
10. Jumbo Brownies
If you love chocolate, butter and walnuts, you'll love these magnificent brownies.
Doughnut bread pudding? It doesn't get better.
These tender chocolate cupcakes have a gooey, creamy, salty peanut butter filling.
13. Sacher Torte
An Austrian classic that anyone will love.
In her update of the classic chocolate Hostess cupcake, Chicago pastry chef Mindy Segal uses mascarpone in the rich and creamy filling.