Cajun desserts

23 Best Cajun Desserts are great to serve anytime you are craving something sweet or at your next Mardi Gras-themed party!

This Louisiana swamp cake recipe contains pecans, coconut, and a secret ingredient that makes this cake extra tasty: marshmallow creme.

The taste of Cajun desserts will never fail you! Whether you're looking for a new cake recipe or craving some delicious pastries, this article will provide you with the most flavorful ones.

These Cajun desserts bring a taste of New Orleans to the end of your meal! From king cake to beignets to pralines, these treats are impossible to resist!

With Mardi Gras in full swing in Cajun country, I have been making my family's favorite Mardi Gras desserts. Namely, a traditional King Ca...

Cajun cake is an easy southern cake recipe that is bursting with bites of juicy pineapple and is topped with a warm caramel-like coconut and pecan glaze.

Adapted from the Cajun Cake recipe found in the LA Alpha Delta Kappa sorority cookbook dated 1972. A rich, moist, irresistable cake perfect for potlucks!

Sweet Calas are southern rice fritters that used to be popular street food in New Orleans. They're fried until golden and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

La Bouille Recipe (pronounced boo-YEE) is an old-fashioned dessert from South Louisiana. An easy-to-make light, creamy, buttery vanilla custard. Serve hot or cold, sometimes with cake or in a sweet dough tart. This is Cajun comfort food at its best!

Filled with crushed pineapple and topped with coconut and pecans, Cajun Cake is deliciously sweet and super simple to make.

Can't celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans? You can still cook like you're in the Big Easy. We've got you covered from king cake to beignets and beyond.

If you’re from New Orleans, there’s no question what a beignet is. For the rest of us, if you haven’t had a Louisiana beignet, you’re in for a real treat. Beignets are a Louisiana tradition– particularly in New Orleans. They’re pillowy squares of sweet dough fried until golden brown and then dusted with powdered sugar. Beignets are extremely popular at eatery’s in the French Quarter of New Orleans– often with lines winding around the block to get a taste of some. These little squares of…

Bananas Foster Banana Pudding makes a mouthwatering southern dessert and will feed a crowd. It tastes like traditional Banana Pudding, but better. Since it's flavored like the famous New Orleans dessert, it would be perfect for a Mardi Gras party.

Gooey Butter Cake: An easy dessert recipe that's an ooey goodness, made with a cake mix, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and cream cheese.

This pie embodies the flavor and comforts of an old-fashioned recipe that doesn’t go out of style.

Butter Pecan Praline Poke Cake Ingredients 1 (15 oz) box of butter pecan cake mix 1 (16 oz) can of coconut pecan frosting 4 large eggs 3/4 cup of...

Recipes and Reminiscences of New Orleans is a cookbook that was published by the Parents Club of Ursuline Academy in 1971. This cookbook has some very interesting information concerning the Old Ur…

Bayou Brownies Recipe. This is an easy recipe to make with only 6 ingredients. One pan is used, too. These brownies are incredble.

These bars are light and wonderful yet rich in flavor. Perfect for spring.

With less than one week to go until Thanksgiving, I am putting the finishing touches on my dessert menu. I tend to get carried away with h...