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Southern desserts

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Looking for the best southern desserts to make? From cakes to cobbler to pecan pie, y'all will love these classic treats from the south.

54 · Looking for the best southern desserts to make? From cakes to cobbler to pecan pie, y'all will love these classic treats from the south.

Ingredients

Produce
  • 1 Bananas foster
Bread & Baked Goods
  • 1 Applesauce cake
  • 1 Beignets
  • 1 Best southern pecan pie
  • 1 Chocolate cobbler
  • 1 Chocolate-mayonnaise cake
  • 1 Coconut layer cake
  • 1 Hummingbird cake
  • 1 Kentucky transparent pie
  • 1 Key lime pie
  • 1 Louisiana crunch cake
  • 1 Million dollar pound cake
  • 1 Mississippi mud cake
  • 1 Patti labelle's peach cobbler
  • 1 Paula deen's ooey gooey butter cake
  • 1 Punch bowl cake recipe
  • 1 Raisin cake, Old Fashioned
  • 1 Southern buttermilk chess pie recipe
  • 1 Southern chocolate pecan sheet cake, Old
  • 1 Southern sweet potato pie
  • 1 Southern sweet tea lemon cake
  • 1 Strawberry cobbler recipe
  • 1 Tennessee mountain stack cake
Desserts
  • 1 Louisiana bread pudding
  • 1 Trisha yearwood banana pudding recipe
If you like pecans and pralines, if you like cake, and if you like EASY, you will love this delicious and decadent Southern Pecan Praline Cake recipe. Not only is it easy to make, but it also freezes beautifully. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, potluck, last minute dinner guests and more.

26 · 60 minutes · If you like pecans and pralines, if you like cake, and if you like EASY, you will love this delicious and decadent Southern Pecan Praline Cake recipe. Not only is it easy to make, but it also freezes beautifully. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, potluck, last minute dinner guests and more.

Ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 4 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
  • 1 15.25 oz box Butter pecan cake mix
  • 1 15 oz tub Coconut pecan frosting
Oils & Vinegars
  • 3/4 cup Vegetable or coconut oil
Nuts & Seeds
  • 1/2 cup Pecans, roasted roasted and chopped
  • 1/2 cup Pecans, roasted and chopped
Dairy
  • 2 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 1 14 oz can Condensed milk, sweetened
Liquids
  • 1 cup Water
The best recipe for a deliciously moist Kentucky Butter Cake with a sweet vanilla-butter glaze, a light and tender crumb, and a crunchy, sugary crust. If you like pound cake, this is the cake recipe for you! This Southern dessert is famous for its light, fluffy texture and an irresistible moist crumb, mostly thanks to that signature sweet, buttery glaze. The perfect make-ahead potluck party dessert!

34 · 80 minutes · The best recipe for a deliciously moist Kentucky Butter Cake with a sweet vanilla-butter glaze a light and tender crumb, and a crunchy, sugary crust!

Ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 4 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
  • 3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 3/4 cups Granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp Sea salt, fine
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract, pure
Dairy
  • 1 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
Liquids
  • 1/4 cup Water
The best Banana Pudding recipe is Magnolia Bakery’s famous one. It’s made with instant pudding, sweetened condensed milk, heavy whipping cream, bananas, and vanilla wafers. It’s such a simple banana dessert, and it makes one of my favorite Easter desserts.

Magnolia Bakery's Banana Pudding is a creamy and rich dessert made with sweetened condensed milk, whipped cream, vanilla wafers, and pudding.

Southern Chocolate Cobbler Recipe

Easy Chocolate Cobbler is a classic Southern dessert recipe! With a brownie-like top over rich fudge sauce, it's like a lava cake but easier!

Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cake

1206 · 65 minutes · Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cake

Ingredients

Produce
  • 1/2 cup Peanuts, roasted
Refrigerated
  • 2 Eggs, large
Condiments
  • 1/2 cup Peanut butter, creamy
Baking & Spices
  • 2 cups All purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 3 cups Confectioner's sugar
  • 2 cups Granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
Dairy
  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 7/8 cup Buttermilk
Liquids
  • 1 cup Water

Watch popular Southern desserts videos

Banana Foster Recipe
Gooey, buttery, and supremely sweet, the chess pie has been a staple of the Southern dessert table for a couple hundred years. Whatever you choose as the thickener or wherever the name came from, there’s absolutely no disputing that a chess pie will be a crowd-pleaser every time you serve it. #chesspie #southernrecipes #dessert #classicchesspie #southernliving
This Butter Pound Cake recipe is super easy to make and using common and affordable ingredients from Kroger makes it all the better. Make this Butter Pound Cake for your family and get all the praise! #cake #poundcake #butter
How To Video! Old Fashioned #Divinity Candy - This classic Southern #dessert #recipe is a #meringue-based #candy that has the texture of #nougat with #pecans or #walnuts and #cranberries. Think angel food cake, but chewy. A great #holiday sweet treat - especially for #Christmas. The perfect #homemade #gift for someone you love! For more candy recipes, visit www.imperialsugar.com. #imperialsugar