Seven Minute Frosting is a light, glossy cooked frosting made with egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar, and vanilla over a double boiler. The key is steady heat, constant beating, and using it while it is still soft and spreadable.
Peach Cobbler Cheesecake layers fresh cinnamon peaches, creamy cheesecake, graham cracker crust, and a buttery cobbler topping. The recipe is best approached in stages so each layer has the right texture.
Carrot Cake with Pineapple, Raisins and Walnuts is a moist two-layer cake packed with grated carrots, cinnamon, fruit, and nuts. Letting the carrots stand with brown sugar before mixing helps draw out moisture for a tender crumb.
Mandarin Orange Salad is a four-ingredient creamy fruit fluff made with dry vanilla pudding, crushed pineapple, mandarin oranges, and whipped topping.
Orange Dreamsicle Salad is a cool no-bake dessert made with orange gelatin, vanilla pudding, whipped topping, mandarin oranges, and mini marshmallows.
Hershey’s Syrup Brownies are soft sheet-style chocolate brownies made with chocolate syrup and finished with a warm cocoa icing that sets fudgy as it cools.
Homemade Pineapple Soft Serve Ice Cream is a quick frozen dessert made with pineapple, whipped topping, pineapple juice, and your choice of honey or sugar.
Easy Apple Pie Bread with Cake Mix combines canned apple pie filling, fresh apple, cinnamon, eggs, and self-rising flour to make two soft shortcut loaves.
Brown Sugar Butterscotch Cake with Caramel Icing is a soft buttermilk layer cake made with brown sugar, then finished with a thin cooked caramel icing that sets as it cools.
Easy Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake is a moist cake-mix dessert with vanilla and chocolate pudding, sour cream, and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Apple Fritter Cake is a soft cinnamon apple cake layered with cooked apples and brown sugar, then finished with a simple vanilla glaze.
Apple Enchiladas wrap apple pie filling in flour tortillas, then soak them in a buttery brown-sugar syrup before baking until soft and warm.