10 Decadent Cakes for Easter
Six-Layer Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit Filling
This towering dessert is made up of layers of super-moist, almost puddinglike coconut cake spread with tangy passion fruit curd, then topped with whipped cream and crispy flakes of toasted coconut. The recipe is from Cynthia Wong, pastry chef in Decatur, Georgia. The cake may look intimidating, but it's easy to make: "Just pop the layers out of the baking pans and slap them together," Wong says.
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Lemon, Poppy and Chèvre Cheesecakes with Rhubarb
Fresh goat cheese pairs perfectly with cooked rhubarb for these luscious cheesecakes.
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Triple-Cheese Cheesecake with Amaretti Crust
This killer cheesecake has an ethereally light, creamy texture and fantastic crunchy crust made from honey graham crackers and amaretti cookies.
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Cocoa-Carrot Cake with Cocoa Crumble
How do you upgrade the classic carrot cake? Add chocolate.
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Red Velvet Beet Cake with Crème Fraîche Icing
Beet puree gives this gorgeous cake its deep red coloring and also helps keep the cake layers nicely moist.
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Chocolate Truffle Layer Cake
This over-the-top dessert features layers of dark chocolate and white chocolate ganache.
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Frozen Hazelnut Mousse Cakes
This sophisticated dessert is flavored with Armagnac and maple syrup.
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Revelatory Caramel Cake
This incredible caramel cake is even better the day after it's made.
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Dulce de Leche Layer Cake
Nut-flavored liqueur such as Frangelico adds delicious flavor to this stellar dessert.