Alphabetical Listing
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A
- Abby Mandel's Boule de Neige (Snowball)
- Anise Icebox Cookies
- Apple Cake from the Catskills
- Apple Kuchen
- Apple Pie U.S.A.
- Apple Tart
- Applesauce Loaf
- Apricot Tart
- Apricot and Walnut Applesauce Cake
B
- Babka
- Banana Carrot Loaf
- Banana Nut Cake
- Barbara's Milk Chocolate Biscotti
- Basic Chocolate Sauce
- Belgian Almond Cookies
- Big Old Fashioned Chocolate Cookies
- Big Daddy's Cake
- Big Sur Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Bimini Chocolate Sauce
- Biscotti (Barbara's Milk Chocolate)
- Biscotti Cioccolato
- Biscotti (Macadamia Shortbread)
- Biscotti (Palm Beach)
- Bishop's Bread
- Bittersweet Chocolate Brownies
- Bittersweet Chocolate Macaroons
- Black and White Coconut Slices
- Black and White Pound Cake
- Black Bottom Pie
- Black Forest Cherry Torte
- Blueberry Applesauce Loaf
- Blueberry Crumb Cake
- Blueberry Ice Cream
- Blueberry Muffins
- Blueberry-Nut Loaf Cake
- Blueberry Surprise Cake
- Boston Cream Pie
- Bran Muffins
- Brownies (Chocolate Oatmeal)
- Brownies (Christmas)
- Brownies (Greenwich Village)
- Brownies (Jane Freiman's)
- Brownies (Palm Beach)
- Brownies (Santa Fe)
- Budapest Coffee Cake
- Buena Vista Loaf Cake
- Bullseye Cheesecake
- Buttermilk Loaf Cake
- Buttermilk Spice Cake
- Butterscotch Pie
C
- Caraway Seed Cake
- Carrot Cake
- Carrot Loaf
- Chocolate Almond Sp-icebox Cookies
- Chocolate and Peanut Butter Ripples
- Chocolate Applesauce Cake
- Chocolate Banana Cookies
- Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake
- Chocolate Buttermilk Layer Cake
- Chocolate Cake Squares (Grandma Hermalin's)
- Chocolate Caramel Sauce
- Chocolate Chip Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
- Chocolate Chip-Coconut Macaroons
- Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars
- Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Wheat Germ Cookies
- Chocolate Chunk Coconut Peanut Butter Cookies
- Chocolate Coconut Macaroons
- Chocolate Cracks
- Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie
- Chocolate Cupcakes
- Chocolate Date Nut Cake
- Chocolate Fondant Cookies
- Chocolate Fudge Candy Cookies
- Chocolate Gingerbread
- Chocolate Hermits
- Chocolate Intrigue
- Chocolate Lulus
- Chocolate Miracles
- Chocolate Nut Icebox Cookies
- Chocolate Oatmeal Brownies
- Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
- Chocolate on Oatmeal Bars
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
- Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
- Chocolate Pound Cake
- Chocolate Raisin Clusters
- Chocolate Raisin Cookies
- Chocolate Scotch Shortbread Cookies
- Chocolate Sponge Cake
- "Chocolate Street" Cookies
- Chocolate Tea Bread
- Christmas Brownies
- Christmas Fruitcake Bars
- Chunky Applesauce
- Coconut Cream Cheese Pie
- Coconut Cream Pie
- Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
- Coffee Buttercrunch Pie
- Coffee Cream Sponge Cake
- Colorado Cowboy Cookies
- Corn Melba
- Countess Toulouse-Lautrec's French Chocolate Cake
- Country Fair Chocolate Layer Cake
- Cowtown Chocolate Cake
- Cranberry Pumpkin Cake
- Creole Pecan Praline Bars
- Crumb Crust
- Cuban Banana Bread
- Cuban Coconut Pound Cake
D
- Date-Nut Rocks
- David's Cookies
- Deep South Chocolate Ice Cream
- Delicious Bran Loaf
- Denver Brownies
- Devilish Cake
- Devil's Food Cake
- Devil's Food Chocolate Ice Cream
- Dolly's Crisp Toffee Bars
- Dutch Chocolate Bars
E
- East Hampton Chocolate Icebox Cake
- East 62nd Street Lemon Cake
- 86-Proof Cake
- Emilio's Cheesecake
- English Butter Cookies
- English Gingersnaps #1
- Espresso Date-Nut Loaf
- Ethiopian Truffles
F
- Fantastic Vanilla Ice Cream
- Farmer's Daughter's Cake
- F.B.I. Chocolate Layer Cake
- Four Star French Chocolate Ice Cream
- French Icebox Cookies
- French Tart Pastry
- Fresh Apple Bread
- Fresh Raspberry Sauce
- Frozen Chocolate Mousse
- Frozen Chocolate Pie
- Fruitcake Icebox Cookies
- Fruitcake (Pearl's Southhampton)
- Fruitcake (Christmas Fruitcake Bars)
- Fruitcake (Texas)
G
- Georgia Pecan Bars
- Georgia Pecan Bread
- German Oatmeal Cookies
- Gingerbread (Chocolate)
- Gingerbread (Marmalade)
- Gingerbread (Moosehead)
- Gingerbread (Pumpkin)
- Gingerbread Muffins
- Glace' au Chocolat
- Grand Marnier Chocolate Sauce
- Grandma Hermalin's Chocolate Cake Squares
- Granny's Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
- Greenwich Village Brownies
H
- Haleakala Cake
- Health Food Raisin Bread
- Heath Bar Peanut Butter Cookies
- Heirloom Walnut Icebox Cookies
- Helen McCully's French Chocolate Torte
- Hungarian Seven-Layer Cake
I
- Indian River Sweet Orange Bread
- Irish Whiskey Cake
- Irish Whiskey Chocolate Cake
J
- Jane Freiman's Brownies
- Jelly Roll
- Joan's Frozen Lemon Mousse
- Joan's Pumpkin Loaf
- Johnny Appleseed Squares
K
- Kansas City Chocolate Dream
- Kathy's Cranberry Loaf
- Key West Rum Cake
- The King's Pound Cake
- Kirsch Strawberry Pie
L
- Lebkuchen
- Lemon Buttermilk Cake #2
- Lemon Cream Cheese Pie
- Lemon Meringue Pie
- Lemon Walnut Wafers
- Light Pound Cake
- Light Rocky Roads
- Longchamps' Cheesecake
M
- Macadamia Shortbread Biscotti
- Marble Spice Cake
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's Chocolate Cookies
- Marmalade Gingerbread
- Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cookies
- Mexican Wedding Cakes
- Michael Guerard's French Chocolate Sauce
- Milk Chocolate Ice Milk
- Mocha Chip Chiffon Cake
- Moosehead Gingerbread
- Moravian Wafers
- Mulattoes
- Mustard and Walnut Cheese Crackers
N
- Neapolitans
- Neiman Marcus $250 Cookie Recipe
- New Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cookies
- New Orleans Chocolate Layer Cake
- New Orleans Oatmeal Cookies
- New York City Chocolate Cheesecake
O
- Oatmeal Snickerdoodles
- Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Pie
- Old-Fashioned Chocolate Loaf Cake
- Old-Fashioned Fudge Cake
- Old-Fashioned Jumbo Lemon Wafers
- Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
- Orange Cake (Texan)
- Orange Chocolate Loaf Cake from Florida
- Orange Chiffon Cake
- Oreo Cookie Cake
- Orient Express Chocolate Torte
- Original Kentucky Whiskey Cake
P
- Palm Beach Biscotti
- Palm Beach Brownies with Chocolate-Covered Mints
- Palm Beach Chocolate Layer Cake
- Palm Beach Chocolate Tube Cake
- Panforte Cioccolato
- Peanut Bars
- Peanut Butter Icebox Cookies
- Peanut Butter Pillows
- Pearl's Southampton Fruitcake
- Pecan Buttercrunch
- Pecan Passion
- Pecan-Peanut Butter-Banana Bread
- Pecan Sour Cream Muffins
- Pecan Squares Americana
- Pennies From Heaven
- Penni's Mocha Nut Loaf
- Pennsylvania Dutch Chocolate Cookies
- Pepper Pound Cake
- Petites Trianons
- Pffefernusse
- Phudge
- Pie Crust
- Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
- Pinwheels
- Plain Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
- Plantation Pecan Cookies
- Plum Coffee Cake
- Polka Dot Cheesecake
- Poppy Seed Cake
- Portuguese Sweet Walnut Bread
- Positively-the-Absolutely-Best-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies
- Pumpkin Cake
- Pumpkin Gingerbread
- Pumpkin Rocks
R
- Raisin Banana Cupcakes
- Raisin Oatmeal Cookies
- Ralph's Cookies
- Rancho Lemon Mousse
- Raspberry Sauce (Fresh)
- Raspberry-Strawberry Bavarian
- Rocky Roads
- Rugelach (Walnut Horns)
- Rum Mocha Chocolate Sauce
S
- Santa Fe Brownies
- Scotch Shortbread Cookies
- Skinny Peanut Wafers
- Small Walnut Torte
- Sour Cream Black Fudge Loaf Cake
- Sour Cream Chocolate Layer Cake
- Sour Cream Coffee Cake
- Sour Lemon Squares
- Spanish Lime Pie
- Spanish Orange Cake (Valencian)
- Sponge Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Icing and Filling
- St. Louis Chocolate Layer Cake
- Strawberry Tart
- Strawberry Topping
- Sugar Cookies (Granny's Old-Fashioned)
- Sugar Cookies (Plain Old Fashioned)
- Swedish Jelly Cookies
- Sycamore Cookies
T
- Texas Chocolate Muffins
- Texas Fruitcake
- Toblerone Milk Chocolate Mousse
- Toni's Pound Cake
V
- Viennese Chocolate Icebox Cookies
- Viennese Chocolate Walnut Bar
W
- Walnut Buttermilk Lemon Cake
- Walnut Cake
- Walnut Fudge Pie a' la Mode with Hot Fudge Sauce
- Walnut Rum Raisin Cake
- White Chocolate and Banana Cake
- Whole Wheat Banana Bread
- Whole Wheat Cinnamon Nutmeg Cookies
- Whoopies
- Wienerstube Cookies
- Williams-Sonoma Chocolate Cake
- World's Best Hot Fudge Sauce
Y
- Yogurt Cake
30 comments:
I, too, am a Maida Heatter fan and have made several of her desserts from several of her various books. May I suggest that you try the New Orleans cake with the Whipped Chocolate Icing that she suggest for the Old Fashioned Fudge cake. I have made this tons of times for many of my friends and family. You can successfully freeze the cake already iced.
Thank you so much! I will certainly try that. I do not believe I have tried that icing recipe yet.
So glad to have found your blog -- I adore Maida Heatter's cookbooks and have been thinking someone needs to do this! I just hope you're still active. (It looks like it has been awhile since your last post).
What's your best guess? I'm about to cook her "Irish Whiskey Chocolate Cake" from "Best Dessert Book Ever", but she doesn't list a cooking temp. I'm going with 350F; do you have any reason to think it should be lower?
I am so sorry I somehow missed your comment and question. I am guessing that 350 should be the proper temperature as this is what the Irish Whiskey Cake is. That is odd that she does not mention it!
Which cake is the one she made every day for her father?
I believe it is Mildred Knopf's Orange Puff Cake which I haven't tried yet. She says in the intro that she made it for her father every week.
You seem to have omitted Grandma Hermalin's chocolate cake. My personal favorite!
That is one that I have almost made several times - I will try it soon. Thanks!
Have you ever compiled a list or done a blog post on which recipes you especially loved/became favorites?
Heather, no I have not but it is something I have thought about. I will plan on doing one soon!
Thank you so much for this blog post Philip. It makes it easier to find recipes of Ms. Maida esp. if one doesn't have a copy of all of her books.
I can't believe I found this blog. Having two of her baking books and looking at another, this blog has made my life easier. A great big THANKS!!!
I found your blog several years ago and admired your stamina and dedication to baking through Maida Heatter's recipes. Goggled a recipe today and it came up on your blog post and I realized you're still at it! Good for you! I enjoy looking through your posts and comparing them with what I've baked. Always useful to read someone else's commentary. Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for compiling these recipes. The library is mad at me because I have her books in possession too much. :)
You're missing one of Maida's best recipes - torte soufflé au chocolat. It's in the great chocolate desserts book. You won't regret it!!!
Thanks David - I need to try that one!
I came accros your blog few years ago and delighted to see you still continue ! Thank you for sharing your passion Phillip. There are two chocolate cakes I highly recommend you to try : FBI chocolate cake and cocoa sponge cake, both in Maida's "Book of great chocolate desserts"(1983), p.94 and p.97. The first one is light and airy, the second one is very chocolaty and fudgy. I made the Cocoa sponge cake two days ago and shared with my workmates and family. So far it's one of the best chocolate cakes we all ever ate ! Have a fantastic day
(:
Thanks for the recommendation - I will check those out. You can't have too many chocolate cakes!
I lost a delicious recipe that I’m quite sure was Maida’s. It was a caramel/buterscotch pie with a meringue top. I think a caramel sauce was drizzled over each piece and the crust may have had pecans in it. I made this over 25 years ago so I’m a little vague, but would really appreciate it if someone could help me find the recipe. Thanks!
I will check my books and see if I can locate it!
I just found your blog and am thoroughly enjoying it! I only recently dis covered Maida Heatter's cookbooks and have been baking up a storm. Your blog is a wealth of information.
Here is my two cents worth:
The Colorado Cowboy Cookies are excellent, just keep a close eye on them. They are not as good if overbaked! I also like the Oatmeal Molasses Cookies. However, do not put raisins in them as they do not compliment the texture. Next time I might try milk chocolate chips instead.
Having you pretest the recipes is certainly making my life easier and I enjoy your pictures, comments, and insights!
Thank you, especially for the helpful tips on the recipes!
This blog/project is both an ambitious endeavor and an invaluable resource to bakers. Thank you for sharing!
I just read this article that stated her oven was off 25 degrees. Thank you so much for writing this blog!! Happy New Year!
https://www.eater.com/24322870/maida-heatters-book-of-great-desserts-cookbook-review?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR00P7reaDmn4xapbLAaIK5cVKIsFHEXt7WDJn9s736_OBcBd--X5rgzhRk_aem_Z-7Bcp2TJZbF6g5kGQ1Tlg
Hello,
I read an article on Maida Heather that thankfully mentioned your amazingly wonderful mission.
You have tested many, many recipes and this may be a Sophie’s Choice question but what are your favorite top three recipes so far? I would love to start baking your most loved baked.
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for sending me this! I was flabbergasted to see that they mentioned my blog. What a surprise!
That is indeed a hard question to answer. The ones that come immediately to mind are the Budapest Coffee Cake, Snowball (Boule de Neige), Santa Fe Brownies, Chocolate Street Cookies and Country Fair Chocolate Cake.
Greeting Phillip,
Thank so much for starting my 2025 Maida baking off right! I will try to follow in your footsteps and bake as many of her recipes as I can. Ok, I might be miles and miles behind you, lol. Keep an ear out for me yelling loudly from Pittsburgh, “Maida May Day” if I run into a baking problem…just picture Lucy and her giant loaf of bread! (Ok, got bread mastered but nut rolls need some work.)
Cheers,
Annie
Thank you Annie!
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