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As a former pastry chef, senior food and wine editor Susan Jung has always had a thing about desserts – like , Japanese-style gooey cheese tarts, chocolate rum raisin cake, and chocolate layer cake with salted caramel and crunchy praline. Learn how to make these treats and dozens more on this page.