Dessert, Egg Recipes

Simple Southern chess pie filled with chopped apples, butter, and cinnamon. Cream together five basic ingredients, fold in apples, then bake until set with a two-temperature method.

A ridiculously easy pineapple cake with crushed pineapple stirred right into the batter, topped with cream cheese icing. No mixer needed. Moist, sweet, and ready in 45 minutes.

A flourless chocolate mousse cake with a melt-in-your-mouth texture, served with fresh raspberries and mascarpone. Just 6 ingredients and no flour needed for this elegant dessert.

Mary Wilhelm of Sparta sent her signature cookie, which she said she has prepared for the Food Network, Warrens Cranfest and Taste of Home magazine. Two classic flavor pairings - brown sugar and cashews, and orange and cranberry - come together.

Moist and delicious cake is packed with fresh apples, nuts and butterscotch chips. Lots of yumminess and goodness.

Wheat-free Italian cream cake made with rice flour and buckwheat flour, loaded with coconut and nuts, topped with honey cream cheese frosting. A naturally sweetened, gluten-friendly Southern showstopper.

Rhubarb dump cake is a Midwestern shortcut dessert with tart fresh rhubarb, raspberry gelatin, marshmallows, and a layer of white cake mix batter on top. Bright pink, sweet-tart, and dead simple.

Chocolate cake sweetened with fructose instead of granulated sugar, made with cocoa powder and skim milk. A lower-glycemic alternative to traditional chocolate cake with a rich, moist crumb.

Classic Southern sweet potato pie with a spiced, custard-like filling made from fresh sweet potatoes, brown sugar, nutmeg, and vanilla in a flaky crust. A holiday staple.

Southern sweet potato pie with evaporated milk, nutmeg, and lemon extract in a deep-dish crust. A silky, custard-style filling made from mashed sweet potatoes that yields two full pies from one batch.

Grapefruit chiffon cake made with fresh juice and grated peel, six eggs whipped to stiff peaks, baked in a tube pan and drizzled with a citrus glaze. Light, tall, and bright.

Grand Marnier orange liqueur cake with sour cream, chopped nuts, and slivered almonds. A rich, tender tube cake soaked in a boozy orange syrup for a sophisticated celebration dessert.

Lazy Daisy oatmeal cake with rolled oats soaked in boiling water for a moist crumb, topped with a broiled brown sugar, coconut, and nut frosting that bubbles up caramel-golden. A beloved American classic.

Soft-baked bars with apples, cranberries, and nuts baked into orange-scented batter, then frosted with tangy orange cream cheese icing. Perfect for holiday cookie trays.

Three-layer butternut cake with tangy cream cheese frosting and chopped nuts. Rich buttermilk batter laced with butternut flavoring bakes up tender and moist, then gets slathered in a thick, nutty frosting that'll have folks lining up for seconds.

Light chocolate sponge cake rolls around softened ice cream, then freezes into impressive slices. Homemade chocolate sauce drizzles over each serving.