
Make baked items greater in dimension, magnificence, and taste. On the lookout for recipes that may appease and please a crowd? Our large-batch desserts and breads are assured not solely to feed however to impress the household, buddies, and neighbors attending your Memorial Day shindig. From buttercup yellow Zesty Lemon Bars to a golden, chewy Cherry Tomato Focaccia, these recipes have the beneficiant parts and bulk servings to maintain the hungry lots at bay.
- Rhubarb and Almond Tart
If there have been a tart that embodied springtime, this is able to be it. The addition of rhubarb to this delicate pastry’s nutty filling energizes a basic—and that chevron lattice isn’t too shabby both.
Each candy and tart, lemon bars are as at residence at a girls’ luncheon as they’re at a picnic. They’re just like the little black costume of Southern sweets. This recipe will hold you stocked up all summer time lengthy. Discover extra classically Southern recipes in our Could/June Southern Themed Concern, right here.
This fluffy Italian flatbread is the right family-sized recipe on your subsequent get-together, impressing each the eyes and the style buds. Discover extra of our greatest bread recipes in our 2018 Breads Assortment Particular Concern, right here.
The reigning king of all sheet truffles, this straightforward Texas Sheet Cake is a chocoholic’s dream. A wealthy, fudgy cake cloaked in heat chocolate frosting with a sprinkling of pecans for added crunch? Sure, please!

These party-perfect bars are creamy, crumbly, and crispy all of sudden. For the perfect outcomes, we advise refrigerating in a single day. However for those who’re in a rush, you possibly can reduce that point right down to at the least 1 hour earlier than serving. Seize our Could/June 2018 Southern Themed Concern for extra methods with Hummingbird!
6. Strawberry and Cream Cheese Pound Cake Loaves
These truffles convey the ever-popular mixture of strawberries and cream to every decadent slice. With selfmade strawberry sauce swirled into every loaf, they’re simply as lovely as they’re scrumptious.
7. Pesto Solar-Dried Tomato Rolls
It’s like pizza—however a lot prettier. This basil-tomato bread feeds our Italian cravings and is the right appetizer for summer time gatherings. We promise you received’t have leftovers.
Indulge on this dreamy Tres Leches Cake, a sponge cake soaked in three sorts of milk and topped with toasty meringue.
This Strawberry Sheet Cake is the trusty Previous Dependable in our recipe field. With recent strawberries and a light-weight and fluffy frosting, this moist confection is fast to throw collectively and disappears even faster.
The beloved flavors of orange cream and spice cake collide on this one-layer Orange Spice Sheet Cake delight. Packing a punch of recent citrus taste and a touch of heat spice, it should have your company operating again for seconds.
11. Nutty Thumbprint Cookies with Jam
Even for those who don’t suppose you’re “a cookie particular person,” these cookies will show you mistaken. The cookie itself is well-balanced: barely candy, flippantly salted, and chock-full of nuts. The jam heart seals the deal. Every one is a chew of perfection. This recipe makes use of our Fast Strawberry Jam or use our Fast Blackberry-Blueberry Jam.
This sheet cake is our reply to these Italian Cream Cake cravings when time is brief. Every chew crunches with buttery pecans and candy coconut flakes, complemented by a swooping layer of whipped cream on high.
13. Strawberry Jam Crumble Bars
These make a fantastic breakfast, afternoon snack, or informal dessert. The strawberry jam can also be exchanged for some other taste you would possibly fancy. This recipe makes use of our Fast Strawberry Jam recipe.
14. Previous-Normal Coconut Sheet Cake
A hat trick of coconut—milk, extract, and flakes—provides this straightforward Previous-Normal Coconut Sheet Cake an unimaginable depth of taste. One chew and the coconut lover in your life will observe you wherever.
15. One-Pound Raspberry Chocolate Brownies
Wealthy, dense, and filled with chocolate, these should not your grandma’s brownies. The raspberries add depth and retains the brownies moist.

16. Tacky Scallion Pull-Aside Rolls
These are admittedly somewhat bit excessive and are jam-packed with cheese and springy scallions. They’d make a perfect associate to simply about any soup or stew, and even your scrambled eggs within the morning. Serve these heat the day they’re baked for optimum tacky enjoyment.
17. Chocolate Buttercream Cake
This cake could also be based mostly on the basic 1-2-3-4 cake, however it’s something however primary! Very like pound cake, the 1-2-3-4 cake will get its identify from the proportions of its base components: 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, 4 eggs.
For those who’re not from the Southern or Midwestern US, you won’t have ever heard of strawberry-pretzel salad, which is the inspiration for these bars. Whereas “salad” is a part of the identify, concern not—no greens or savory dressings are concerned. Conventional strawberry-pretzel salad is comprised of a pretzel (and generally nut) crust, a candy cream cheese layer, and a strawberry gelatin topping. Our model incorporates a barely caramelly sweet-salty crust, a fluffy citrus-infused filling, and recent berry topping.
Deliver the campfire custom to your kitchen with this enjoyable and playful S’mores Cake. We promise you’ll be reaching for s’extra!
In relation to celebrations, it’s go large or go residence with this Sprinkle Sugar Cookie. Full of rainbow sprinkles and baked in a 9-inch springform pan, this large cookie is party-ready.
Fudgy with a touch of cake-like crumb and a shiny, flaky high, that is every little thing you need in a brownie.
This cake is all concerning the easy joys of baking. Made divinely tender with olive oil and packing a crunchy sugar topping, this one-layer marvel hides tender bursts of raspberry inside the batter.