Creamy, layered desserts called "delights" and "fluffs" are a staple of vintage cookbooks. This one, with its pretty pink, white, and red layers, is similar to an icebox cake and requires no baking at ...

Consider yourself the next Star Baker.

This classic German Bienenstich features a tender brioche-like cake layered with pastry cream and finished with a buttery, crackly honey-almond topping.

This autumnal, intensely apple-y pie comes from pastry queen Rose Levy Beranbaum. Rose is a luminary in the field of food writing. She has a BS and MA in food studies from NYU. Her 13 cookbooks ...