Are you missing your grandma's home cooking? I know I do sometimes, especially her amazing desserts.
Let's bring them back and make them for our own families. I love passing down traditions like this to my own children. Who knows, maybe you'll even get them to help you with the baking.
Some of my favorite grandma-inspired recipes are classic pies and sheet pancakes piled high with frosting. Let's dig into some seriously delicious nostalgia today!
Easy Classic Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Flaky, buttery homemade crust with sweet, fresh strawberries and tart rhubarb. A perfect fruity combo. Feel free to make things easier and buy a ready made pie crust.
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Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie
This old-fashioned sugar cream pie (Hoosier pie) has a vanilla custard (no eggs) and carmelized cinnamon sugar topping. It's like a little slice of heaven and tastes great after a heavy meal. Your family will thank you!
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Black Forest Trifle
This is a fun twist on a classic dessert that I love - black forest cake but in a trifle form. Trifle is a classic dish that is made by layering cake, whipped cream and fruit so you get the perfect combination of flavors in each bite. So many delicious layers!
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Ambrosia Fruit Salad
Ambrosia Salad is a 15-minute side dish or dessert that combines shredded coconut, canned fruit, mini marshmallows, and chopped walnuts. I can remember this being a staple at my house when I was young. It's light and quite refreshing!
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Chocolate-Mayonnaise Cake
One of the easiest cakes you'll ever bake, this old-fashioned one-bowl chocolate mayonnaise cake has only seven ingredients and no butter or eggs. Mayonnaise is the perfect ingredient to make this cake extra moist and no one can even tell it's in there. Secret ingredients for the win!
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Homemade Baked Alaska
Impress your friends with an iconic Baked Alaska piled with toasted meringue topping over your favorite ice cream flavors and moist cake. It's quite a show stopper and will win over your guests for sure.
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Lemon Delight
Lemon Delight is a creamy, dreamy layered lemon lush dessert with a sweet cream cheese layer, lemon pudding, and buttery walnut crust. Perfect for the lemon lovers in your life.
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Peach Delight
Peach Delight has three layers of graham crackers, cheesecake mousse, and fresh peach Jello. The graham crackers get nice and soft and form the perfect crust for this delight. It holds up well in the refrigerator if you need to make it a day ahead.
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Simple Raspberry Icebox Cake
This Simple Raspberry Icebox Cake is the perfect cool treat for Summer. It requires just a few ingredients and some refrigerator time. When it's hot outside you will be happy to know you can whip up this sweet delight in no time. Other berries can easily be swapped in!
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Granny Cake With Coconut
This old-fashioned Granny Cake recipe is a delicious pineapple cake with a sprinkling of brown sugar and a creamy, buttery sauce with chopped nuts and coconut poured over the top. It is super moist and makes the perfect treat with a cup of coffee.
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Apple Pan Dowdy Recipe
This Apple Pandowdy Recipe is loaded with sweetly spiced tender apples and covered in a pie crust that's been sprinkled with cinnamon sugar! I love desserts made in cast iron pans and this one will not disapppoint.
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Old Fashioned Applesauce Spice Cake
Enjoy the warm and comforting flavors of applesauce spice cake with cream cheese frosting. This fall dessert is easy to make from scratch!
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Coconut Cream Pie
This Coconut Cream Pie is made with a homemade coconut custard filling in a buttery pie crust topped with fresh whipped cream and toasted coconut. This is the famous Dahlia Bakery's secret coconut cream pie recipe.
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Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Strawberry Pretzel Salad is always a hit at any get-together. It has a pretzel crust topped with a sweet cream cheese layer and strawberry topping. I just love desserts that include pretzels for that sweet and salty flavor.
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Confetti Squares
Peanut butter butterscotch confetti squares with colored marshmallows are a great sweet treat for anyone with a sweet tooth. If you like fudge you will love these. They make a great gift for friends and neighbors as well.
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Nana's Pineapple Delight
Nana's Pineapple Delight is a vintage treat from my grandmother: sweet, fruity pineapple bars with a creamy vanilla frosting and flaky butter crust. It's the perfect ending to a southern meal.
Get the Recipe: Nana's Pineapple Delight (Pineapple Bars Recipe)
Dump Cake Recipe
A dump cake is a quick and effortless fruit dessert with canned pie filling and a cake mix topping. It's a crowd-pleaser and freezes well.
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Lemon Blueberry Cake
Lemon Blueberry Cake is a deliciously light and subtly sweet treat with juicy blueberries in every bite. Coated with sumptuous cream cheese frosting, it is moist and soft and perfect for holidays, weekends, or just because.
Get the Recipe: Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Cake
Old Fashioned Strawberry Glaze Pie
Fresh strawberry glaze pie, with a creamy filling and homemade strawberry pie glaze, is ideal for any spring or summer gathering. Bring it to your next neighborhood party and everyone will ask you for the recipe.
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Cherry Chocolate Chip Pie
This Cherry Chocolate Chip Pie is a sweet cream cheese and whipped topping filling that is full of cherries and crunchy chocolate chips. If you haven't tried it yet you need to. Cherries and chocolate are the perfect sweet combo!
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Blueberry Heaven On Earth Cake
Blueberry Heaven On Earth Cake is a trifle-like cake that has layers of angel food cake, vanilla pudding, blueberry filling, and Cool Whip! All I can say is yum. This dessert is truly delicious.
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Vanilla Cake With Strawberries And Whipped Cream
This vanilla cake with strawberries on top is so good! Layers of cake with fresh strawberries in the middle and whipped cream frosting!
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Crazy Cake Recipe (Aka Wacky Cake)
Full of rich chocolate flavor, crazy cake is a depression-era chocolate cake recipe made without any eggs, milk, or butter. It was popular with my grandmother and great for feeding a crowd.
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Retro 7Up Jello Salad
This Retro 7Up Jello Salad makes its appearance often during family potlucks and holiday dinners. Lime Jello, 7UP soda, along with mayo, and cream cheese. Break out your favorite jello mold, and let's get mixing.
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