Dessert recipe collection

Favourite 1-2-3-4 Cake: a heritage butter layer cake built on the classic 1-2-3-4 ratio (1 cup butter, 2 sugar, 3 flour, 4 eggs). Tender, vanilla-rich, and ready for any frosting.

Canned apple pie filling with Granny Smith apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a thickened syrup. Water-bath processed for shelf-stable jars ready to spoon into a pie crust any time of year.

This pie is super delicious and it is always a big hit at our family gathering dinner.

Eggless chocolate banana snack cake with mashed ripe banana, cocoa, brown sugar, and a vinegar-baking soda lift. Topped with melted chocolate chips. A no-egg, no-dairy 8-inch square cake.

Chocolate malt cake built on a full cup of malted milk powder, cocoa, butter, and half-and-half. A nostalgic 9x13 sheet cake with deep chocolate flavor and that unmistakable Whoppers-meets-fudge finish.

Chocolate meringue pie with a silky cooked custard filling and a billowy sweetened meringue topping baked golden. The diner-counter classic done from scratch with unsweetened chocolate for that unmistakable old-fashioned cocoa flavor.

Favourite chocolate peanut butter pie with a gelatin-set peanut butter mousse filling in a chocolate cookie crust, finished with a glossy chocolate ganache top. A no-bake dessert with three distinct chocolate layers.

Silky coconut custard filling topped with billowy meringue in this retro diner-style pie. The secret is scalded milk for ultra-smooth texture that sets perfectly after chilling.

Crazy cake, also known as wacky cake, is an egg-free and dairy-free chocolate sheet cake made with vinegar and oil. Depression-era one-pan recipe that bakes in 35 minutes.

Favourite crumb cake folds chocolate chips into a sour cream butter cake, topped with brown sugar, nut and chocolate chip streusel. A 9x13 sheet cake for brunches.

Deep-dish rhubarb strawberry pie with a flaky shortening crust, fresh fruit filling spiced with cinnamon and cloves, and a sugared lattice top. The classic spring-into-summer pie baked in a square dish.

Easy amaretto cake built on a doctored yellow cake mix with vanilla pudding, toasted almonds, and a buttery amaretto-soaked glaze. The bundt that fooled every dinner party into thinking you spent all day.

Easy one-bowl bundt pound cake: butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla beaten together for 10 minutes into a tender, golden, sliceable cake. Six eggs, no creaming step required. Truly fool-proof.

Fresh strawberry pie piles whole ripe strawberries into a baked shell, all bound in a glossy homemade strawberry glaze and topped with whipped cream. A no-fuss summer pie that lets the berries shine.

Holiday sugar cookies rolled and cut into shapes, dusted with colored sprinkles, and baked tender with a quiet hint of cinnamon. The classic Christmas cookie tin staple.

Jam cake with caramel icing, a three-layer Southern spice cake built around blackberry jam, cinnamon, and allspice, blanketed with soft-ball-stage caramel icing made from brown sugar, butter, and cream.