Dessert Recipes

Spiced banana cake loaded with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, topped with a crunchy cinnamon-walnut crumble. Baked in a springform pan for an impressive, warmly spiced dessert.

Spiced sheet cake with brown sugar and warm spices gets topped with walnut meringue frosting that bakes on for a crunchy, marshmallow-like finish.

Spiced buttermilk pound cake with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and chopped pecans baked in a Bundt or tube pan. A dense, warmly spiced Southern-style cake that needs no frosting.

Spiced date drop cookies with chopped dates, toasted walnuts, cinnamon, and cloves baked into a soft, chewy drop cookie. An old-school holiday tin classic that bakes in just 10 minutes.

Spiced pumpkin layer cake built on yellow cake mix with pumpkin, walnuts, orange zest, and pumpkin pie spice, finished with cinnamon cream cheese frosting. A semi-homemade fall dessert with bakery-level results.

Spicy applesauce cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, rolled thin, cut out, and topped with a glossy homemade gelatin icing and colored sugar.

Spicy cream cheese pastry crust with cayenne pepper, butter, and cream cheese. A flaky, peppery dough for pot pie tops or savory tarts. No water, no egg, just five ingredients.

Strawberry-rhubarb shortcake with a warm rhubarb sauce, fresh strawberries, buttered biscuits, and whipped cream. A classic spring dessert that celebrates two seasonal favorites together.

Spritzgeback are classic German pressed butter cookies flavored with almond extract. Pipe them through a cookie press for decorative shapes, then bake until just golden.

Stack cake is an Appalachian multi-layer molasses cake with applesauce filling spread between thin layers, topped with whipped cream and chopped nuts. A pioneer wedding-table classic.

No-bake stained glass cookies made with melted chocolate chips, marshmallows, and chopped nuts rolled in coconut. Slice from frozen for a colorful, fudgy treat.

State fair zucchini cake: a spiced sheet cake with shredded zucchini, walnuts, and golden raisins, topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting. Blue-ribbon classic.

This stately three-layer coconut cake is made with sifted cake flour, almond and vanilla extracts, and filled and frosted with coconut. A towering Southern classic for celebrations.

Foolproof apple custard pie recipe with tender sliced apples. The apples and custard are cooked stovetop to ensure creamy results.

Strawberry Bavarian (bavarois) folds whipped cream into a strawberry-gelatin base, then molds it into a light, cloud-like German classic dessert. Six ingredients, no eggs.

Strawberry chiffon pie with a cocoa-pastry shell, fluffy strawberry-gelatin filling, and chocolate-dipped berries on top. A retro pink-and-chocolate dessert that mixes in minutes once the crust cools.