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Cakes

1. Almond Bundtlettes
2. Bittersweet Mint Cake (mint sugar
3. Hot Chocolate and Grand Marnier cupcakes
4. Lemon sponge cake with raspberry jam filling and white chocolate frosting (see here for one with make your own raspberry curd)
5. Mocha cake, brushed with coffee simple syrup, filled with whipped ganache and topped with glazy ganache
6. Joe LeCicero's White Velvet Cake
7. Spice cake with cinnamon buttercream or confectioner’s glaze (maybe [http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Beer-Spice-Cake/Detail.aspx Beer Spice Cake] and let Andrew pick the beer, or [http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/New-Duchess-Spice-Cake-with-Maple-Buttercream-Frosting/Detail.aspx the Duchess Spice Cake] with rum extract)
8. Lemon Pistachio (uses lemon curd as filling)
9. Triple-ginger Layer
10. Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cake
11. Double Chocolate Layer (with coffee in batter and ganache frosting)
12. Moist Yellow (uses buttermilk)
13. Orange Almond Cream Cake (highly torted sponge cake drenched in Grand Marnier simple syrup)
14. Mexican Chocolate Cake (with cinnamon)
15. Battenburg Cake (perfect if we ever hold large teas!)
16. Hot Milk Cake
17. Genoise Cake (the French sponge cake; suitable for soaking in syrups and liqueurs; [http://www.baking911.com/recipes/cakes/genoise_basic.htm Julia Childs recipe]; [http://www.baking911.com/asksarahbb/index.php?showtopic=3908 a detailed tutorial] about Genoise cakes]
18. Something with LAVENDAR
19. Chocolate Buttermilk
20. Individual Baked Alaskas (they’re served on fire)
21. Chocolate Cake
22. Triple-Chocolate Mousse Cake (cake baked in ramekins with 2 layers of mousse atop: visually stunning, all about plating, not decorating)
23. Cocoa Buttermilk Cake with Tuiles
24. Genoise
25. [http://www.kattitudes.com/rose7.htm Rose Cake I], [http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/232273 Rose Cake II], [http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,176,159163-248201,00.html Rose Cake III], [http://www.recipezaar.com/187378 Rose Cake IV], [http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/29/AlmondRoseCake71212.shtml Rose Cake V] (common additions include rose water, crushed rose petals, cardamom, crushed almonds; sometimes, you make 1/2 of it almond batter, 1/2 of it rose batter, and then you add to pan in alternations)
26. White Cake from Sarah Phillips (uses shortening and butter, superfine sugar)

Frostings, Sauces

1. Frosting with Frangelico and/or finely crushed hazelnuts (could use this hazelnut cream recipe and serve as a dollop w/slice of Bundt-shaped spice cake)
2. Milk Chocolate
3. Coffee Meringue
4. Caramel
5. Ganache
6. Chocolate Cream Cheese
7. Bakehouse Buttercream—huge recipe, not too sweet
8. Coconut
9. Lady Baltimore Frosting (basically, “add any flavor you want” recipe)
10. French Silk (a lighter chocolate frosting)
11. Bourbon Cream Cheese (or any liqueur, Cointreau suggested)
12. Chocolate Meringue
13. Italian Meringue
14. Toffee Sauce (very simple)

Austrian Pastries

1. Austrian Pancake
2. Chocolate Black Tea Cake
3. Linzer Torte

Other (Doughs, Breads, Cookies, Candies, Pastries, Savories)

1. Caramels with Salt

1. Pistachio Souffles with Soft Chocolate Center (really involved: requires making ganache, filling, meringue, creme anglaise, immersion blender)

1. [http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Manicotti-Shells/Detail.aspx Manicotti Shells] (and [http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Manicotti-Alla-Romana/Detail.aspx here] for the final stuff and prep)

1. Lime Squares with Pistachio Graham Crust

1. Sarah Bernhardts

1. Brownie Cookies

1. Pizza sauce

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