From Family Circle

When you're looking for great holiday make-ahead desserts, trifles are perfect because they taste better after several hours in the fridge. This yummy trifle features a carrot cake, made with a mix, layered in a bowl with a fluffy cream cheese filling and pineapple.

Carrot Cake Trifle

From Better Homes and Gardens

Amaze guests with this flaming dessert. Make this banana sauce just before serving, then ladle over low-calorie ice cream. Use rum that is at least 70 proof.

Rum-Sauced Bananas

From Midwest Living

Bourbon-soaked raisins are layered with bread and topped with an egg and cream mixture to make these sophisticated custard desserts.

Custardy Bread Pudding

From Better Homes and Gardens

Plantains, which look similar to a typical banana, need to be cooked before eating. In this dessert recipe, they're sweetened.

Caramelized Plantains with Rum-Raisin Sauce

From Tyler Florence

Arborio Rice Pudding with Rum-Raisin Mascarpone

From Midwest Living

Why buy chocolate sauce from a can when it's so easy to make from scratch? Mix up this dessert recipe in less than 30 minutes.

Dark Chocolate Fudge Sauce

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Sauteed Pineapple with Pecan Rum Sauce

From Midwest Living

Honey, orange juice, rum, and cinnamon coat the grilled pineapple to make sweet dessert kabobs for the creamy and rich homemade ice cream.

Grilled Pineapple Skewers with Toasted Coconut Ice Cream

From Midwest Living

Saute the pears in butter and sugar, then stir in a little rum to make this quick dessert.

Pear Caramel with Ice Cream

From Taste of the South

Caramel Rum Sauce

From Family Circle

This cream cheese dessert takes a tropical turn with coconut extract. Serve the ultra creamy hearts in a pool of pineapple-rum sauce topped with a sprinkling of toasted coconut.

Cream Hearts

From Taste of the South

Bananas Foster Ice-Cream Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Serve this pineapple dessert at a summer party or barbecue. It's light, delicious, and has artistic appeal.

Fiesta Pineapple

From Family Circle

Each layer of this towering spice cake is brushed with rum syrup and topped with whipped cream and glace cherries.

Four-Layer Spice Cake

From EatingWell

The bananas have to get in and out of the pan in 1 1/2 minutes, no longer, so they stay firm in the center. If you are cooking for 4, you can easily double the recipe; it is important not to crowd the skillet, so get everything ready to go and make it in 2 batches.

Caramelized Bananas