Dessert recipe collection

Cola chocolate cake with marshmallows baked in, topped with a broiled peanut butter and brown sugar frosting loaded with chopped peanuts. A true Southern classic.

Southern Pepsi-Cola chocolate cake with mini marshmallows baked in, topped with a broiled peanut butter and brown sugar frosting loaded with chopped peanuts.

Just like the title says, this layered chocolate cake is perfect, smooth, chocolaty, creamy and delicious. It is an excellent recipe to impress your family or your friends.

Persimmon orange cookies made with persimmon pulp, orange juice, orange zest, warm spices, nuts, and raisins. Bake as drop cookies or cut into brownie-style bar squares.

Persimmon walnut coconut cookies fold ripe persimmon pulp into a soft, cake-like dough with toasted walnuts, sweet coconut, cinnamon, and allspice. A late-fall cookie when persimmons hit the markets.

Mounds candy bar cake with chocolate cake layers filled with gooey marshmallow-coconut filling and covered in chocolate frosting. A semi-homemade showstopper.

Petite cheesecakes baked in mini muffin tins with a vanilla wafer base and cherry pie filling on top. Bite-sized, freezer-friendly, and perfect for parties and potlucks.

Pfeffernüsse-style German spice cookies with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, mace, and allspice, finished with a drop of brandy before baking. A traditional holiday cookie that keeps for weeks in a tin.

Single-crust shortening pie shell with the option of an old-fashioned snow cream filling: instant pudding, milk, and sour cream whisked into a frosty no-cook pie. Easy weeknight dessert.

Key lime pie from the Pierhouse in the Florida Keys, a custardy filling of sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks and tart key lime juice in a graham cracker crust. Finished with a reduced lime syrup glaze.

Pig Lickin Cake is a Southern potluck favorite made with yellow cake mix and mandarin oranges, topped with a creamy pineapple and vanilla pudding frosting. Easy and no-bake frosting.

Pineapple bread pudding with crushed pineapple, cinnamon, pecans, and cubed bread in a sweet egg-margarine batter baked until set. A tropical twist on classic bread pudding served with caramel fluff.

Pineapple cake with boiled icing is a one-bowl moist sheet cake with crushed pineapple in the batter and a butterscotch-style brown sugar glaze poured over hot. No mixer required, no creaming, no fuss.

Pineapple carob cashew brownies made with whole wheat pastry flour, applesauce, honey, and no butter, eggs, or refined sugar. A naturally sweetened, caffeine-free vegan brownie.

Pineapple casserole: a Southern bread pudding-style side dish with crushed pineapple, white bread cubes, butter, and sugar. The traditional sweet companion to baked ham at Easter and Christmas.

Pineapple cheesecake squares with a baked cream cheese layer topped with a pineapple-whipped cream mousse. A three-layer bar dessert with a cookie crust, cheesecake center, and fruity top.