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"I've had these a lot at B&B's, probably because they're delicious and dependable if the right technique is used. This dish is puffy around the outside and flat in the center offering the perfect nest for sliced fresh fruit. It's airy, light and makes a beautiful presentation. The batter can be made up to a day ahead and refrigerated."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, eggs...

"Mrs. C. Alfred Bergsten's recipe from the Philathea Cook Book of Elim Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1945. She noted until the recipe name "Very Good." This is a base recipe- it is always 2 cups sugar for every 1 cup of chopped plums you have."

Ingredients: plums, sugar...

"Summer Time is Zwetschgenkuchen time for me. This traditional German Plum Cake will be made with Damson Plums on a yeast dough. After your first mouthful of this juicy cake you will be addicted to the wonderful flavors of plums, cinnamon, yeast dough and whipped cream. I can't wait to get the first plums (Zwetschgen) every year to make one of my..."

Ingredients: eggs, baker's yeast, milk...

"This is my gingery variation on my neighbor's recipe."

Ingredients: fresh lemon rind, fresh ginger...

"Plum jam with a zesty kick from the juice and zest of limes and fresh and dried ginger."

Ingredients: dried ginger, Italian plums...

"This is one of my favourite Christmas cake recipes & is usually the one I end up making. It is a make-ahead cake which gets better for maturing a while. It's very fruity & has a delectable mulled wine taste to it - the nuts make it a very special cake too. I don't usually marzipan or ice this cake, although I have done when under pressure..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cinnamon sticks...

"Bay leaves lend this spritzer a spicy fragrance that offsets the sweetness of the blueberries and plums. MAKE AHEAD: The syrup can be refrigerated for 1 week.

NOTES Variation:
Pour 2 tablespoons of the berry syrup into a Champagne flute and top with Champagne."

Ingredients: club soda, dried bay leaves...

"I came up with this recipe because I wanted something that tasted like a dessert, yet was still good for me. My mom loves when I make this for her because she says it tastes just like the one from McDonald's."

Ingredients: fresh strawberries, sugar-free non-fat vanilla yogurt...

"I love the Nutcracker Ballet and the music that accompanies it, especially the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies! These fabulous little festive sweetmeats are based on a recipe that I adapted from Delia Smith's latest and BRILLIANT cookbook, "Happy Christmas". I have made these TWICE already - as a pre-Christmas dummy run, and they are SO..."

Ingredients: glace ginger, oranges, zest of...

"This comes from an Empire Kosher cookbook. I haven't yet tried it, but will soon. Note that it is kosher for Passover."

Ingredients: cinnamon, dried apricots...

"Sweet and lethal. A great way to give gifts over the holiday, using the fruit that's in season at the end of summer!"

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, granulated sugar...

"Great straight for a cold Winter Day! Give away as Holiday gifts! Add to Cranberry,Apple Spiced Tea Cranberry,Apple Spiced Tea,hot apple juice,or tea. Soak a cooked chocolate cake with it(Chocolate spiced rum cake). Use the Liqueur to glaze pork roast, duck or a chicken!"

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, cloves...

"Sinfully delicious chocolates with a little kick. Cooking time includes cooling/chilling time."

Ingredients: cocoa powder, cream, paprika...

"Submitted for Zaar World Tour 2005. I LOVE chestnuts. On the streets of New York City during the winter vendors roast them on the street and you can buy warm and fragrant little bags of them to keep your hands warm and tummy full while window shopping. Fond memories of Christmas in New York, but this particular recipe is a Christmas in Austria recipe..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, chestnuts...