Host An Unforgettable Book Club Party

This simply delicious vanilla cake mix based recipe is topped with a wonderfully rich and creamy marshmallow frosting.

Enjoy this Black Sesame Seed Cake drizzled with maple syrup and honey for a delectable delight.

This cake is very moist and colorful with a snappy cinnamon ginger taste. The addition of grated carrots add great texture.

Steamed pudding is more like a dense ultra moist cake, rather than the creamy pudding most Americans are accustomed to. This wonderful recipe is simple and meant to be served straight from the oven. Top each serving with cream or a favorite vanilla or rum sauce.

If you’ve never tried tahini cookies before, now is the time. Tahini is a vegan paste of ground sesame seeds similar in consistency to raw peanut butter. The tahini gives these cookies a rich, unique flavor. I’ll be surprised if you aren’t hooked!

This Russian sponge cake is drizzled with a wine syrup and frosted with a cream cheese icing.

Social gatherings in Appalachia oftentimes included stack cake. Each family would bring a single layer of cake. The layers would be stacked one atop the others to form a single multi-layered cake of different flavors. If the gathering was a large one, several stack cakes would be assembled. This cake recipe makes a single layer for a stack cake or can be enjoyed as a single-layer cake. It is made with molasses and spices and topped with a brown sugar pecan glaze. Either way it’s a treat!

Duff’s (of Ace of Cakes) guitar cake kit was used to make this guitar cake.

Magic Cookie Bars are a childhood favorite of mine. I remember the introduction of my mom’s recipe said this treat is called Magic Cookie Bars because they vanish as soon as you set them out! And they do magically disappear! In my version, I cut back a bit on the coconut and nuts and add butterscotch chips.

This pumpkin pie cake uses cake mix in the crust as well as the topping. The crust is lighter than a typical pumpkin pie, but all the flavor and then some is there. This would be the perfect dessert to top off a Thanksgiving meal.