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Blue Ribbon Fruit Dessert Recipes

Caramelized Pineapple Confit

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By Laura Manuel-Arrighi
Serve this over vanilla bean or French vanilla premium ice cream. Yummo!
(2 ratings)

Cherries And Cream Pie

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By Cindy Smith Bryson
I don't bake many pies but cream pies and cherries are two of my favorite ...
(2 ratings)

Rhubarb Cake

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By Christine Free
moms favorite dessert
(6 ratings)

Aunt Essie's Apple Brownies

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By Renée G.
Aunt Essie was my great aunt. Don't know why she called these 'brownies,' unless ...
(6 ratings)
A tray of Strawberry Shortcake Red, White & Blue Bites on a platter.

Strawberry Shortcake Red, White & Blue Bites

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By Catherine Thompson Floyd
Just a bite of deliciousness! Strawberry, cake, whipped cream and a blueberry topping to ...
(2 ratings)

Split Decision Double Dessert

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By Janice Bartholome
I like apple; my husband likes cherry. One of our children liked plain white cake; ...
(4 ratings)

Creme Celeste

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By Carol Zahn
This is a very elegant dessert, especially for Christmas dinner. It is bright white ...
(4 ratings)

Mimosa Poached Pears With Champagne Sauce

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By Coleen Katz
I had a little left over champagne on New Year's day and I had some ...
(1 rating)
Holiday Chocolate Caramel Apples

Holiday Chocolate Caramel Apples

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By Stephanie Van Den Berg
I received one of these as a gift last year and loved it so much ...
(3 ratings)

Chocolate Covered Cherry Mice

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By Jenni K
A coworker brought these to work a few years ago and I thought they were ...
(5 ratings)

Mama's White Fruit Cake (family Favorite)

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By Rose Mary Mogan
This recipe has been in our family for as long as I can remember - ...
(4 ratings)

Classic Cranberry Bread Pudding

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By Dorene Fishkin
This is a delicious recipe for cranberry and bread pudding lovers.
(3 ratings)
My winning dish at Bob Red Mill's

Mini Apple & Oat Strudels

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By Paula Todora
These won Bob's Red Mill 2013 "Spar for the Spurtle" and sent me to Scotland-they're ...
(4 ratings)

Tin Cut Lemon "mousse"

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By Dave Smith
I grew up with this recipe and haven't made in year saw a request for ...
(2 ratings)

Raspberry Marzipan Tart

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By Trish Morris
If you want to impress the guests this on is it!!! This recipe is super moist ...
(3 ratings)

Bananas Foster Quesadillas

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By Melissa Sperka
Bananas Foster is a dessert that was created in 1951 at Brennan's Restaurant in New ...
(2 ratings)

Mardi Gras King Cobbler

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By Jeanne Benavidez
I love Mardi Gras recipes and party ideas and I have enjoyed the King Cake ...
(8 ratings)

Candied Pears

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By Cynthia Rivers Martinez
These are so wonderful. They are similar to what you can purchase at Cracker ...
(6 ratings)

Grilled Pineapple Napoleons With Coconut Caramel Sauce

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By Leah Stacey
I made up this recipe by using different components of other recipes that I have ...
(5 ratings)

Refreshing Strawberry Frosty

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By Catherine Cappiello Pappas
Simplicity and grace are sometimes difficult to find in a fast paced world. Sometimes people ...
(4 ratings)

Banana Loaf In A Crock Pot

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By NIKKI SMITH
As an Diabetic, I try to recreate favorite foods so that I can eat them. ...
(11 ratings)
A Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Cake on a white platter.

Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Cake

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By Tina Reed
A personal favorite. We have so many!
(4 ratings)
I am 55 years old and my mom has been gone for 3 years.  Ever since I can remember on every Thanksgiving, Christmas and family reunion my mom baked her fresh apple cake in a big old bundt pan.  I have to say growing up I hated this cake done but loved the raw cake batter.  But anyone who ever tasted it could not get enough and wanted the recipe but mom would not give it out.  Well I never wanted or tried to make it until after she died.  I have always loved cookbooks and cooking so my best treasure left to me was all her cookbooks. In them she wrote her special recipes down that she did not share with anyone.  So one day about 6 months after death I started reading her cookbooks and wow!  I found all of her secret recipes and a love letter my dad had written her when they were dating what an inheritance!  My parents were married 50 plus years and my husband and I are working on 36 years of marriage.
So for the first time I made this cake.  Not quite as good as hers according to my uncles and cousins but close.  Probably because she did not write down how long to bake or what temperature so I had to try again and again. and finally I got it right.
 So now I not only have my moms treasured cake recipe but I have a treasured love letter to go with it.  Now I am calling it Mom’s Fresh Apple Love letter Cake!  I must say when this cake is baking in my oven it takes me back to my childhood sitting on the counter top and licking the batter from the empty bowl. What a heritage and tradition!

Mom’s Fresh Apple Love Letter Cake

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By Barbara Mayo
I am 55 years old,my mom has been gone for 3 years. Ever since ...
(4 ratings)

Kim's Coconut Cream Cheesecake

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By Kim Phillips-Randolph
I tried this out on my family fourth of July. It was a hit. ...
(10 ratings)
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