Dessert Recipes

Retro gelatin salad with shredded carrots, celery, and cabbage set in orange or lime Jello with a splash of lemon. A crunchy, jiggly side dish that chills in just 30 minutes.

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

Depression-era eggless, milkless, butterless cake with brown sugar, raisins, ginger, and cinnamon. A simple wartime recipe that bakes into a spiced, dense loaf with minimal pantry staples.

A light, no-bake cheesecake made with blended cottage cheese instead of cream cheese, set with gelatin and lightened with whipped egg white and whipped topping. Sugar-free, airy, and poured into a graham crust.

Silky Bavarian vanilla cream dessert set with gelatin and enriched with vanilla ice cream. Unmold and serve with fresh fruit.

Apple cinnamon cake loaded with 6 fresh apples and chopped almonds in an oil-based batter with a full tablespoon of cinnamon. Dense, moist, and best served warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

Bread pudding loaded with pecans, raisins, and chopped apple, baked in a spiced custard and drowned in a rich bourbon butter sauce. A classic New Orleans-style dessert.

Silky baked egg custard with fresh ginger, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Gently cooked in a water bath for a wobble-in-the-center finish. Serve warm or chilled.

Apple brunch cake hides a cinnamon-sugar apple ribbon inside a buttery cake-mix base, baked in a tube pan and dusted with powdered sugar. An easy, cozy coffee cake for brunch or an afternoon treat.

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.

Honey popcorn balls bound with real honey and butter, then baked until deep golden and caramel-crisp. An old-fashioned treat with toasty flavor that keeps for up to two weeks.

Lavender angel food cake with 12 egg whites beaten to stiff peaks and dried lavender folded into the batter. Light, fragrant, and fat-free. Ready in about an hour.

Pepsi-Cola cake with broiled peanut butter frosting: a Southern sheet cake made with a cup of Pepsi and melted marshmallows in the batter, topped with a bubbling brown sugar peanut butter frosting toasted under the broiler. Retro comfort baking at its most over-the-top.

Old-Fashioned butterscotch meringue pie recipe. A creamy and rich homemade butterscotch pudding filling topped with airy mile-high meringue.

Gery's cheesecake is a classic New York-style cream cheese filling baked in a deep-dish graham crust, finished with a tangy sour cream topping. The diner-counter cheesecake your grandmother kept in her recipe box.

Crunchy pecan biscotti with almond extract and vanilla, twice-baked until golden. Perfect for dunking in coffee and they store for up to 2 weeks.