These recipes have been passed down through church cookbooks and family reunions. From coconut cake to egg custard pie, they’re the kind of sweets that bring back memories with every bite.
4 Day Sour Cream Coconut Cake
Try my 4 Day Sour Cream Coconut Cake, a favorite among vintage cake mix recipes! Although you do have to be patient to get the reward, it’s so worth the wait!
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Traditional Southern Egg Custard Pie
Egg Custard Pie is one of those traditional Southern heritage recipes that I love so much. It may be made from plain, simple pantry ingredients, but it’s so worth getting out the fine china to serve it. Who would think that a few eggs, some sugar, vanilla, and milk could conjure up such strong childhood memories!
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Vintage Fruit Cocktail Cake
You’ll take a trip back in time with this delicious Vintage Fruit Cocktail Cake recipe. Its moist, flavorful cake layer and luscious coconut frosting make this dessert a real crowd-pleaser. Everyone will love this treat from the past!
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Stovetop Blueberry Slump
How can you possibly make a warm fruit dessert in the summer without heating up the kitchen? My Stovetop Blueberry Slump recipe with juicy berries and soft dumplings is the answer–no oven needed!
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Pig Pickin’ Cake
Pig Pickin’ Cake is a classic Southern recipe. It’s an easy recipe using a fantastic combination of cake mix, mandarin oranges, pineapple, pudding, and whipped topping. Yum!
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Old Fashioned Butterscotch Pudding
Enjoy a taste of nostalgia with my Old Fashioned Butterscotch Pudding recipe. This vintage dessert is easy to create with simple, everyday ingredients. Its combination of light brown sugar, evaporated milk, and butter is a familiar, classic flavor. The whipped cream and sugar topping puts it over the top!
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Lane Cake
Lane Cake is a classic Southern dessert that is an icon of hospitality and indulgence. It’s a rich, decadent cake filled with a boozy fruit mixture between delicate white cake layers.
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Old Fashioned Chocolate Meringue Pie
This old-fashioned Chocolate Meringue Pie is the ultimate chocolate lover’s dessert for any occasion. This decadent dessert with its flaky, buttery crust, rich chocolate custard filling, and fluffy homemade meringue is a treasured family recipe we’ve enjoyed for years.
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Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake
Red Velvet Cake is a classic, much-loved recipe. The combination of rich cocoa layers and the luscious cream cheese frosting studded with pecans is a Southern favorite!
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Vintage Mississippi Mud Cake
Learn to make my vintage recipe for Mississippi Mud Cake, a cross between brownies, cake, and s’mores! It’s a simple, family-friendly dessert that’s delicious, decadent, and suitable for any occasion!
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My Southern Table Cookbook
If you like these recipes, you’ll love my cookbook! It’s 348 pages filled with 246 recipes, each with a full-color photo. Visit Lana’s Cooking for more information.
I’m Lana Stuart, an award-winning cookbook author, food blogger, and lifelong cook raised deep in Southwest Georgia. I started Lana’s Cooking in 2009 to share the tried-and-true recipes I grew up with. Around here, the food is full of flavor, the traditions run deep, and there’s always room at the table.