Delicious Fall Desserts for National Dessert Day

October 14th is National Dessert Day

October is a great dessert month, there are apples, pumpkins, and spice everywhere. To celebrate National Dessert Day I assembled a collection of must-try fall desserts in four different categories, hopefully, there is a little something for everyone. Fall flavors such as apple and pumpkin abound in these recipes.

Fall Cakes and Cupcakes

The icing on this Caramel Apple Sheet Cake looks gooey and delicious

The crumb topping on OMG Chocolate Desserts Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake is perfection

Picky Palate’s Cinnamon Roll Pumpkin Sheet Cake is one of my go-to fall desserts

Maple icing, yum! Maple Snickerdoodle Cupcakes with Homemade Maple Frosting from Maj Hoff Takes a Wife

Pumpkin S’more Cupcakes sum up fall perfectly

Could Willow Bird Baking’s Apple Cinnamon Cream Cupcakes be any more perfect?

dessert apple cupcake — Apple Cinnamon Cream Cupcake – Willow Bird Baking

Fall Cookies

These Pumpkin Spice Bars with an awesome maple bourbon icing

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles using Pumpkin Spice Pudding mix from Chef in Training look soft and delicious

Cute Maple Leaf Shortbread Cookies with Maple Glaze from Little Sweet Baker. I love real maple flavor

Pumpkin Spice Latte Cookies from Owl Baking for you PSL addicts out there

Handle the Heat’s thick and cakey Caramel Apple Cookies with Caramel Icing

Pear Pie Crumble Bars from Crazy for Crust for a different fall flavor and they look gorgeous

I am thinking about making these Apple Maple Blondies from The Recipe Critic today.

And finally, Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats because candy corn just says “Fall”

Fall Pies

dessert - apple caramel pie — Caramel Apple Pie – Averie Cooks

This super easy Caramel Apple Pie from Averie Cooks

Maple Brown Sugar Cream Pie from Baked New England looks delicious

Oh Bite Its Deep-fried Pumpkin Pie, I can’t even find the words

This Mile-high S’mores Pie from Katrina’s Kitchen is marshmallow perfection

Saving Dessert’s Pear Crumble Pie looks like pear perfection

Other Fall Desserts

Pumpkin Pie Creme Brulee from Sweet and Savory Meals is an exciting twist on a classic dessert.

Snickerdoodle Apple Cobbler, how could snickerdoodles and apples ever be wrong?

I am not a fan of bread pudding but this Caramel Apple Bread Pudding from Cakescottage looks worth a try.

Pumpkin fudge is oddly delicious and this Pumpkin Nutella Marshmallow Fudge from Something Swanky takes it to the next level

Harvest Cake

I am also including the recipe for my Great Grandmother’s Harvest cake. They lived on a farm in Virginia in the 1940’s and she would fix it for the crew which came to harvest the crops every year.

5 from 8 votes

Mom's Harvest Cake

Course: Dessert

Keyword: cake

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
3 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
milk to make the right consistency, fairly thick
1 tsp vanilla or lemon extract

Instructions

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix well. Mix in dry ingredients. Add flavoring.
Bake in greased tube pan at 325 degrees for an hour or longer as necessary.

Recipe Notes

The original recipe calls for 3, 4 or 5 eggs. My great grandmother would have used eggs gathered by my mother. I am assuming they were probably smaller than the modern large egg so I use three. If you decide to use more eggs, you should cut back the amount of milk used.

You can substitute buttermilk for the milk for more tang.

I remember my mother adding black walnuts when she made it. I hate black walnuts and they can be expensive and hard to find. Regular walnuts or pecan are an excellent substitute but they should be finely chopped. You can also add chocolate chips or coconut instead of nuts.