Comfort Desserts

March 1999 – When I was growing up, we always had dessert every day. And on a cold winter day a warm pudding fresh from the oven really hit the spot!

Now, I reserve desserts for special occasions, although if I could I would skip the main course and go for the dessert any day.

Comfort desserts, for me, are the best kind of comfort food – you know those foods you turn to if you are feeling down, or just need a pick-me-up. A bite of any one of these desserts will make me feel better right away!

What is your favorite comfort food?

Maple Pumpkin Pie

Maple Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie made with fresh pumpkin puree, sweetened with maple syrup, contains no refined sugar.

Cranberry Apple Crisp

Cranberry Apple Crisp

Dessert recipe features apples and cranberries with Grand Marnier and topped with a tasty rolled oat and pecan crumble topping.

Rhubarb Crunch

Rhubarb Crunch

Rhubarb fruit filling baked between layers of oatmeal crumble mixture.

Carrot Pudding

Carrot Pudding

Steamed puddings are a traditional British Christmas dessert, and in our family it always had to be carrot pudding.

Upside Down Pumpkin Pudding

Upside Down Chocolate Pudding

Recipe for baked chocolate cake-like pudding with chocolate sauce. The sauce ingredients that you put on top come out on the bottom after baking.

Upside Down Pumpkin Pudding

Upside Down Pudding

During baking, the sauce ingredients that you put on top of the pudding sinks to the bottom to create the sauce.

Upside Down Pumpkin Pudding

Lemon Pudding Cake

Like magic, this dessert transforms in your oven to a light cake on top of a tasty lemon sauce

Upside Down Pumpkin Pudding

Johnny Cake

Corn bread turns into dessert when topped with butter and corn syrup.

Apple Brown Betty

Apple Brown Betty

Great fall dessert – apples with a crumbly topping. Similar to an apple crisp, but there is no oatmeal in the topping.

Upside Down Pumpkin Pudding

Chocolate Upside Down Cake

Top sliced apples with chocolate cake. Invert cake after baking so that the apples are on top. Serve with whipped cream – yum!

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple slices and cherries in a brown sugar sauce are on the bottom of this cake – turn over after baking and they are on top.