Dessert, Egg Recipes

Dense, moist pound cake loaded with Granny Smith apples, flaked coconut, and chopped pecans. No mixer needed. Bake in a tube pan for 80 minutes of pure comfort.

A baked meringue shell holds layers of tangy lemon custard and whipped cream in this show-stopping dessert where crisp sweetness and bright citrus create the perfect balance.

Carrot cake cupcakes with walnuts, chocolate chips, and warm spices, topped with cream cheese frosting. Orange juice in the batter adds a bright, unexpected twist.

This three-layer coconut cake starts with a yellow cake mix shortcut, then gets loaded with shredded coconut, crunchy walnuts, and a from-scratch cream cheese frosting with toasted golden coconut on top. Ready in about an hour.

Jalapeño, raspberry and pecans blend beautifully in this thumbprint cookie from Anna Marie Bleich of California, Mo.

Babe's Pecan Pie is a classic Southern pecan pie with dark corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and coarsely chopped pecans in a flaky crust. Simple, sticky-sweet, and utterly irresistible at the holiday table.

Lard cake creams pure pork lard with sugar, then folds in beaten egg whites and evaporated milk for a tender, old-fashioned vanilla cake. Vintage pioneer-era recipe.

Old-fashioned sugar cookies with a dual-sugar dough of granulated and powdered sugar, flattened with a sugar-dipped glass. Tender, crackly-topped, and buttery.

Angel pie with crisp meringue crust holding a silky lemon curd folded into clouds of whipped cream. The shell bakes low and slow until shatter-crisp, then chills overnight for a tangy-sweet make-ahead dessert.

1-2-3-4 cake: classic American butter layer cake named for its 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, 4 eggs ratio. Finished with chocolate frosting between three tender layers.

Morrison's mace cake: a classic hot-milk sponge cake fragrant with warm mace, finished with a crackly mace-sugar topping that bakes into the surface. Old-fashioned Southern coffee cake at its most aromatic.

Keep your crockpot busy with this delicious cake that's perfect for a Christmas party!

Nantucket cranberry pie layers tart cranberries and toasted walnuts under a buttery, almond-scented cake batter. A New England holiday classic baked in one bowl.

No-cook butterscotch ice cream beats eggs, brown sugar, milk, butterscotch pudding mix and half-and-half into a custard-style base, then freezes with chopped pecans.

Old time pound cake, today it is still an excellent recipe!

Soft pumpkin cookies loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, raisins, and walnuts. A big-batch holiday cookie with warm spice flavor in every cakey bite.