This title features the simplest, smartest, most flavourful, fail-proof, and pain-free dessert recipes ever. It is an answered prayer for all cooks who love great food but chafe at having to measure out a slew of ingredients and follow fussy and overcomplicated recipes. Among the 100 recipes, there's Ice Creams without and Ice Cream Maker, Layer Cakes for the Reluctant, The Best One-Bowl Chocolate Cake, and Press-In Pies. Plus there are hundreds of fabulous ideas for what to do with a bar of chocolate, fresh cheese, dried fruit, fresh strawberries, gingerbread, amaretti etc. There are even desserts that don't involve cooking or baking. Plus all these spot-on combinations for which Alice Medrich is so well known: Grilled Pineapple with Coffee Ice Cream; Lemon-Scented Peach Crisp; Salted-Caramel Banana Bread Pudding; Coconut Pecan Torte; and many more.