Dessert Recipes

Fudgy chocolate layer cake made with a full cup of cocoa powder, brown sugar, and buttermilk for tender, deep-flavored crumb. Frosted with a melted-chocolate buttercream and topped with chocolate curls. The classic two-layer birthday cake.

Southern fig preserve cake baked in a tube pan with warm spices, buttermilk, chopped pecans, and a generous swirl of fig jam, finished with a buttermilk glaze.

If you're a fan of carrot cake you will love this low-fat rendition that is perfect for dessert.

Cocoa mocha bundt cake: a dark, deeply chocolatey bundt with a full cup of cocoa, brewed coffee, and buttermilk. Drizzle with caramel or chocolate sauce. From-scratch, no cake mix.

Easy fudge brownies use a saucepan-melted sugar and buttermilk technique with Dutch-process cocoa for a glossy crackle top and dense fudgy interior. One-pan, ready in 40 minutes.

Improvisation on a basic waffle recipe Only 2 min to cook and 10 minutes for a whole plate of waffles.

Ann's banana chiffon cake layers ripe bananas and buttermilk into tender, golden rounds topped with billowy whipped cream. A Southern-style stunner for brunch or dessert.

Died and went to heaven chocolate cake is a deeply chocolate bundt that's secretly low-fat: buttermilk and hot coffee make it rich and moist with just a quarter cup of oil. Bittersweet, tender, and crowd-worthy.

Traditional English plum pudding, a steamed Christmas classic packed with raisins, currants, apples, walnuts, and beef suet. Spiced, dense, and deeply boozy-optional.

Banana cake with peanut butter cream cheese icing and chopped peanuts. Tender buttermilk crumb, classic Elvis-style flavor pairing in sheet cake form. Refrigerate before serving.

Three-layer white chocolate cake with coconut, pecans, and buttermilk topped with a pourable white chocolate frosting. Includes the frosting recipe.

Mom's Heath Bar cake with a brown sugar buttermilk batter topped with a crumbly streusel and crushed frozen Heath bars. A one-pan toffee-studded coffee cake in under an hour.

Fresh gingerbread cake paired with whole pears poached in ruby port with ginger, cinnamon, and vanilla. Served with ginger-scented whipped cream for an elegant holiday dessert plate.

Buttermilk chocolate cake split and filled with coconut-pecan cream, then blanketed in sour cream chocolate frosting. A Southern showpiece worth every step.

Lemon pound cake with a tender buttermilk crumb and a bright hit of fresh lemon zest, baked in a loaf pan and finished with an optional tart lemon-sugar glaze. A simple, citrus-forward cake.

Quick red velvet cake: yellow cake mix hack with buttermilk, cocoa powder, and red food coloring. A doctored box shortcut that delivers moist, classic red velvet in under an hour.