Gale Gand, pastry chef and owner of Chicago's Vanilla Bean Bakery, creates a "not-your-usual" lemon meringue pie for one. Florida baker David Blom makes cookies, including delicately curved tuiles and tasty ginger snaps.

David Blom, pastry chef at Chef Allen's Restaurant in North Miami, shows Julia how to bake traditional Polish cakes known as babas and savarin. He uses a single recipe to create the spongy dough; sweetens it further by soaking it in a sugar syrup after baking; flavors the cakes with a variety of liqueurs, including rum, kirsch, and champagne; and garnishes with fresh fruits, whipped cream, and a homemade custard flavored with vanilla bean.