3 holiday winner Recipes

eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, fig preserves, applesauce, chopped pecans, toasted, cream cheese frosting, garnishes: dried figs , fresh raspberries, fresh mint sprigs, cream cheese frosting, unsalted butter, cream cheese, softened, vanilla, powdered sugar

all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, table salt, unsalted butter , softened but still cool (1 stick), granulated sugar, brewed espresso or 1/2 cup strong coffee, cooled, vanilla extract, unsalted butter, softened, sugar, milk, peppermint extract (or to taste), crushed peppermint candies