28 ash cake recipes

A moist chocolate chip cake made with instant mashed potatoes, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Baked in a 13x9 pan with a powdered sugar finish, it travels beautifully to any potluck or picnic.

Potato spice cake with mashed potatoes, cocoa, warm spices, raisins, and nuts baked in an angel cake pan. Incredibly moist crumb from the potatoes with old-fashioned chocolate spice flavor.

Perogie puffs are deep-fried dumplings with cottage cheese dough stuffed with mashed potato, cheddar cheese spread, and optional bacon. A crispy Prairie twist on traditional pierogies.

Quick and easy chicken soup recipe featuring hearty Bisquick potato dumplings made using leftover mashed potatoes instead of noodles and leftover cooked chicken.

Three-layer German chocolate cake with mashed potatoes in the batter for a tender crumb, German milk chocolate, and a cooked pecan-coconut frosting that's stirred for 12 minutes until golden.

Deep-fried buttermilk-battered round steak with a shattering crust, served with classic cream gravy and mashed potatoes. This is Texas chicken fried steak done right.

Homemade crunchy coating mix with cornmeal, cornflake crumbs, Parmesan, toasted sesame seeds, and herbs. A Shake 'n Bake alternative you can keep in a jar for weeks.

Sesame crab hash cakes: crab and red potato bound with egg, brightened with lime and cilantro, broiled golden, served over black bean sauce. A lighter, Asian-leaning take on the crab cake.

Old-fashioned two-crust lemon pie filled with paper-thin lemon slices in a sweet, buttery egg custard. A Shaker-style lemon pie with bold citrus flavor in every golden, flaky bite.

Lemon slice pie uses paper-thin slices of the whole lemon (peel and all) baked into a sugary egg custard between two crusts. Like a Shaker lemon pie with surprising bites of citrus marmalade.

The Titanic, a shaken cocktail straight from Paddy Coynes Pub in Ireland. Built in a shaker over ice and poured over a single large cube, it is a smooth, easy-sipping pour with a bit of Irish pub charm.

Praline cream pie with a graham-praline crust, silky vanilla custard folded with crumbled pecan pralines, and pillowy whipped cream on top. A New Orleans dessert through and through.