Devil’s-Food Cake With Toasted-Marshmallow Frosting Tejal Rao, Stella Parks 1 hour plus baking/cooling
Chocolate Ganache With Black Sesame and Miso Melissa Clark, Nathaly Nicolas-Ianniello 1 hour, plus at least 8 hours' chilling
Halvah Semifreddo With Hazelnuts Julia Moskin, Aglaia Kremezi 30 minutes, plus four to six hours' freezing
Mendiant Tart With Dark Chocolate Ganache Jeff Gordinier, Jen Yee 25 minutes, plus cooling time for tart shells and ganache
Pecan Pie Truffles Tara Parker-Pope, “VegNews Holiday Cookie Collection” About 30 minutes, plus 2 hours' freezing