#fall-desserts

#fall-desserts

First off, of course, you have to bake the cake: Cream together sugar and butter, then add in the applesauce. After mixing in the dry ingredients (plus golden raisins and pecans, for good measure), the cake batter gets poured into a Bundt mold and baked for a whopping 90 minutes. Although that feels like a long time, cakes baked in a Bundt mold often need longer than a sheet cake or cupcakes.

With their rustic autumnal charm and sweet-tart flavor, caramel apples have everything going for them as a fall season party food - except for ease of eating. You often have to unhinge your jaw to take a bite, your teeth get stuck in the caramel, and the wooden stick takes up a hand you could use to hold a drink or serve yourself other snacks. To enjoy this classic treat in a more convenient form, whip up a creamy caramel apple cheesecake dip.

With so many options between buckles, crumbles, crisps, cobblers, grunts, slumps, and more, a brown betty stands apart from these vintage go-tos for its unique casserole-like composition. Take, for example, the difference between a buckle and betty. Whereas a typical brown betty is made by layering fruit and buttered breadcrumbs in a dish and baking until golden brown, a buckle uses more of a coffee cake-style batter mixed with fruit.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good pumpkin spice latte. There's nothing better than cold hands clutched around a warm ceramic mug, amber leaves dancing in the crisp autumn breeze, cozy flannel buttoned up to your chin, and the "Gilmore Girls" theme song playing on repeat in your head. However, we can all agree that pumpkin spice is unavoidable the second Target decides to put out Halloween costumes, and it can get redundant, especially when it comes to desserts.