14 Insanely Decadent Desserts You Should Probably Only Make Once Every 4 Years
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Leap Day only happens once every four years, so use it as an opportunity to make something so crazy-indulgent that you'll be totally satisfied until the next Leap Day rolls around. Here, our best, butteriest, chocolatiest, most frosting-packed dessert recipes to make on Leap Day.
Pastry star Gale Gand layers her phenomenal, high-rising cake with an intensely chocolaty custard and coats it with cake crumbs.
Yup, that whole upper layer is whipped cream.
3. Hazelnut, Nutella and Caramel Ice Cream Sandwiches
Bonus: Alain Ducasse invented these things.
4. Hazelnut-and-Chocolate Meringue Cake
The pastry chef who created this gorgeous thing calls it "the beast."
5. Miracle Peanut Butter Crunch
When the Test Kitchen was working on this recipe, F&W staff gained many pounds.
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Think bread pudding—only so much more luxurious.
7. Chocolate Truffle Layer Cake
This super-fudgy cake is layered with dark chocolate and white chocolate ganache.
8. Chocolate-Cookie Crunch Trifle
Any cookie will do in this messy, gooey dessert.
Chef Jamie Oliver likes to serve this silky dessert in espresso cups. But it's Leap Day, so go crazy and opt for a full-sized coffee cup instead.
10. Jumbo Brownies
If you love chocolate, butter and walnuts, you'll love these magnificent brownies.
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11. Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Espresso Whipped Cream
Doughnut bread pudding? It doesn't get better.
12. Double Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Filling
These tender chocolate cupcakes have a gooey, creamy, salty peanut butter filling.
13. Sacher Torte
An Austrian classic that anyone will love.
14. Chocolate-Buttermilk Snack Cakes
In her update of the classic chocolate Hostess cupcake, Chicago pastry chef Mindy Segal uses mascarpone in the rich and creamy filling.
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