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Dessert Recipes

Sweet! Indulge in this collection of favorite dessert recipes from kitchens across the globe. From fruit to fudge, there’s something for every sweet tooth.

Slices of Hummingbird Cake on plates.

Hummingbird Cake

Angela Johnson avatar
By Angela Johnson
This is a great cake. It reminds me of banana bread with cream cheese icing.
(2 ratings)
Iron Skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake ready to be sliced.

Iron Skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Theresa Dibert avatar
By Theresa Dibert
This is a great cake. It can also be made in a 9x13 pan. If ...
(42 ratings)
A slice of Creamy Lemon Meringue Cake on a plate.

Creamy Lemon Meringue Cake

Melissa Johnson avatar
By Melissa Johnson
I used a variation of my mom's Creamy Lemon Meringue Pie recipe and put it ...
(2 ratings)
A plate of Jayde's Citrus Ricotta Cookies With Citrus Glaze.

Jayde's Citrus Ricotta Cookies With Citrus Glaze

Lisa G. Sweet Pantry Gal avatar
By Lisa G. Sweet Pantry Gal
I wanted to make cream cheese cookies, but no cream cheese. But I had ricotta, ...
(3 ratings)
Giant Danish dusted with powdered sugar.

Giant Danish

Teresa Jacobson avatar
By Teresa Jacobson
I found this recipe in a magazine about 20 years ago and tweaked it over ...
(19 ratings)
Homemade Angel Food Cake ready to be sliced.

Homemade Angel Food Cake

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By Straws Kitchen(*o *)
This is an old angel food cake recipe that has been handed down. It's good ...
(12 ratings)
Containers of Easy Peasy Lemon Curd.

Easy Peasy Lemon Curd

Nickole Smith-Palacios avatar
By Nickole Smith-Palacios
This may be my favorite thing to make (and eat), but it's not friendly to ...
(6 ratings)
Great Spring Rhubarb Coffee Cake ready to be sliced.

Great Spring Rhubarb Coffee Cake

JANE LOUISE avatar
By JANE LOUISE
I remember my grandmother eating that bunch of "weeds" that grew by the garage. I ...
(16 ratings)
Bea's Millionaires ready to enjoy.

Bea's Millionaires

Bea L. avatar
By Bea L.
Chocolate, caramel, and nuts...that's what I'm talking about! These will melt in your mouth. These ...
(17 ratings)
A slice of Chewy Caramel Brownie Pie with ice cream.

Chewy Caramel Brownie Pie

Vicky Hunt avatar
By Vicky Hunt
This is an easy pie/cake to make. I first acquired this recipe several years ago ...
(4 ratings)
A slice of Mennonite Funny Cake on a plate.

Mennonite Funny Cake

Mikekey * avatar
By Mikekey *
This funny cake is a cake/pie combination. The chocolate layer will sink to the bottom ...
(6 ratings)
Platters of the Berry Nutty Oatmeal Cookies.

Berry Nutty Oatmeal Cookies

Lori Thoman avatar
By Lori Thoman
This chewy oatmeal cookie, filled with sweet dried cranberries, coconut, and toasted pecans is 'berry ...
(27 ratings)
Pecan Pie Bars cut into squares.

Lazy Girl Pecan Pie Bars

Michaela Paugh avatar
By Michaela Paugh
I call these "lazy girl" pecan pie bars. Bring these to a gathering, and you'll ...
(2 ratings)
This family-friendly scrumptious dump cake has six easy ingredients comes together in less than ten minutes.  It is perfect for potlucks, neighborhood socials, and family reunions.

Cherry Dump Cake

Beth Pierce avatar
By Beth Pierce
Cherry Dump Cake is an amazingly delicious easy dessert that takes less than ten minutes ...
A moist, buttery, and tender Cream Cheese Pound Cake made with eight easy ingredients and ready to bake in less than fifteen minutes.

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Beth Pierce avatar
By Beth Pierce
This delicious southern Cream Cheese Pound Cake is rich, buttery, and moist with the dense ...
These are fluffy soft cookies.

Cream Cheese Cookies

Eve Peterson avatar
By Eve Peterson
This is very good my family loves them.
Slices of Auntie's Red Velvet Cake on a plate.

Auntie's Red Velvet Cake

Krista Hanna avatar
By Krista Hanna
I was always afraid to make this cake because my aunt's was SOO good. Well, ...
(7 ratings)
This is very good and the rolls are light and fluffy.

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Eve Peterson avatar
By Eve Peterson
It's a really good recipe and easy. I used container of cream cheese frosting. You ...
Granny's Old-Fashion Tea Cakes with a cup of tea.

Granny's Old-fashion Tea Cakes

Darla Hill avatar
By Darla Hill
Here is a taste of childhood! These will take you back to those warm summer ...
(3 ratings)
Dobash Frosting covering a cake ready to be sliced.

Dobash Frosting (for Dobash Cake, Hawaiian Style)

Laura Manuel-Arrighi avatar
By Laura Manuel-Arrighi
Per request, I am posting this frosting separately so people can just search for frosting. ...
(4 ratings)
A stack of Pecan Pie Bars.

Pecan Pie Bars

Shelly Powers avatar
By Shelly Powers
It's that time of year. I love the fall and also the smell of these ...
(12 ratings)
Delicious chocolate cake-like cookies with a soft melt-in-your-mouth texture and lovely crinkle appearance made easy with a powdered sugar coating that is added before baking.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Beth Pierce avatar
By Beth Pierce
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are soft, melt-in-your-mouth fudgy chocolate cookies that taste a lot like brownies ...
(1 rating)
Grandmama Watson's Fresh Blueberry Cobbler baked until golden brown.

Grandmama Watson's Fresh Blueberry Cobbler

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By Bobbi Jo Lathan
I posted the recipe all written out in longhand by Grandmama herself.
(4 ratings)
Divinity type icing great on any cake, especially the

Granny's Never Fail Frosting

Cindy Allen avatar
By Cindy Allen
This icing is perfect for the "Granny's Famous Coconut Cake" posted by Cindy Allen. My ...
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