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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...

"Luscious coffeecake adapted from Squalicum Lake Cottage Bed and Breakfast in Bellingham, WA. The recipe was published in a lovely cookbook, Northwest Mornings, given to me in a zaar swap by my good friend Lulu B."

Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar...

"A very simple and quick dessert that was adapted from an international recipe website. This recipe will also be included in the Zaar World Tour 2005 Swap, Britain."

Ingredients: cinnamon, plums, rolled oats...

"Another recipe from my great German heritage!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, lemon juice...

"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...

"Adapted from "Backen Spezial" magazine, which I translated from the German. This version is unusual in that it calls for sweet red plums, rather than the more typical prune plums. You may also use sweet purple plums, but make sure they are sweet ones, not the oval prune plums."

Ingredients: cinnamon, sliced almonds, eggs...

"It couldn't be easier, but they are always a party hit."

Ingredients: prunes, toothpicks, bacon...

"These will keep up to 5 days in the refrigerator."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, fresh lemon rind...

"A delicious substitution for the plums would be apricots. From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947"

Ingredients: cream, egg yolks, plums...

"This is an old recipe my best friend gave before I had to move away. She would serve this dish every sunday supper."

Ingredients: purple plums, orange zest...

"So sweet and so delicious. From the Mississippi Valley chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cornstarch, eggs...

"If you can't get decent fresh apricots, drained canned apricots will do just fine. Serve with softly-whipped cream flavoured with a few drops of almond extract."

Ingredients: eggs, Italian plums, salt...

"This is from Cooking Light. Posting for ZWT3. Germany."

Ingredients: plain fat-free yogurt, cooking spray...

"This cake makes use of gorgeous summer ripe plums. It is easy to put together, looks quite beautiful and tastes super yummy. It is only slightly sweet and has a great fruity flavour that goes great with the poppy seeds."

Ingredients: eggs, milk, plums...