Sunday, May 31, 2009

Individual Lemon Meringue Tea Cakes

With graduation open houses, wedding showers, and other special occasions coming up, I thought this would be a good time to share this recipe. I made these last year for an open house for Kayla, my friend's daughter. They were very good--in fact, good enough that Kayla reminded her mom about them this weekend as they were reminiscing about her graduation last year. They are great for a large crowd because one recipe yields 48 individual cakes. Hope your celebration is memorable--these cakes are sure to help!

Best-Ever Apple Pie--Really!

You just can't beat a good ol' American apple pie for a great dessert. This recipe was featured in the September 2008 issue of Southern Living. It has five pounds of apples in it!! The picture above is the picture of the pie I made. It was so good! As you read the recipe, you will notice that the crust is a little different--it has cornmeal in it. It also uses apple juice as the wetting agent. The trick is rolling the top crust out large enough to cover that mound of apples. If you love apple pie, try this one. I don't think you'll be disappointed!