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    Home > Desserts and Dessert Sauces

    Sauce

    Sauces often added the final touch to some desserts, such as Creme Anglaise with three variations of this classic sauce as well as the White Wine Amaretto Peach Sauce that's easy to eat all by itself.

    Make your food even better with a tasty sauce!

    • A bowl of vanilla ice cream covered with the Hot Hot Fudge Sundae Sauce.
      Hot Hot Fudge Sauce
    • Cafe au Lait Crepe Cake
      Café au Lait Crepe Cake with Orange Cream Sauce
    • Apple Crisp
      Apple Crisp with a Difference
    • An individual Gingerbread with Orange Sauce on a white plate with dots.
      Gingerbread with Orange Sauce
    • A slice of the Rhubarb Cream tart with a small carafe of strawberry sauce with a green napkin and yellow daisy.
      Rhubarb Cream Tart with Strawberry Sauce
    • A slice of Pumpkin Cheesecake Tart on a plate with Rum Caramel Sauce and the tart in the bakground
      Pumpkin Cheesecake Tart with Caramel Rum Sauce
    • White Wine Amaretto Peach Sauce
      White Wine Amaretto Peach Sauce
    • Finished Photo
      Heavenly French Toast with Blueberry Compote
    • Finished 2
      Crème Anglaise - A Classic Dessert Sauce
    • Finished Whole, Cut
      27 Layer Tuile Torte

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    Thanksgiving

    • An individual Sticky Toffee Pudding sits in a puddle of Lemon Sauce in a yellow and white bowl.
      Non Traditional Sticky Toffee Pudding
    • Scone with Cranberry Strawberry Jam on a plate
      Scones with Cranberry Strawberry Jam
    • Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie slice on a plate with the pie plate in the background.
      Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie
    • A piece of the Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake sists on a white plate with a fork and a cup next to it and more pieces on a cooling rack behind it.
      Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake – Moist & Easy Fall Recipe
    • Cinnamon French Toast with Berries in an Orange Sauce
      Stuffed Cinnamon French Toast & Orange Sauce
    • Several slices of the swirly Chocolate Babka is shown along with the whole in the background.
      Chocolate Babka Recipe

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