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Our Easiest-Ever Fall Desserts

Patricia S York, Assistant Food Editor at Southern Living
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Apple-Spice Bundt Cake with Caramel Frosting
Credit: Greg DuPree
Fall is a favorite time in the South to bake desserts. The days are shorter and the temperature outside becomes a bit more manageable, which means you can fire up the oven without running everyone out of the house. Along with homemade breads, bakers love to pull out their pedestal cake stands and create mile-high layer cakes. You don't have to spend hours in the kitchen, however, in order to bake a fabulous fall dessert. With a little prep and hands-on time, the following recipes for easy fall cakes and fall pies can be in the oven in no time, most of them baking while you and your family sit down to a satisfying dinner.  So what are you waiting for? Pick up some apples, pecans, and sweet potatoes from your market and start baking an easy fall dessert.
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Apple-Spice Bundt Cake with Caramel Frosting

Apple-Spice Bundt Cake with Caramel Frosting
Credit: Greg DuPree

Recipe: Apple-Spice Bundt Cake with Caramel Frosting

Recipe: Caramel Frosting

You can’t get any easier than a Bundt cake. The hardest part of making this fall favorite is waiting for it to cool down enough to eat it.

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Brown Butter Sweet Potato Pie

Brown Butter Sweet Potato Pie
Credit: Hector Manuel Sanchez

Recipe: Brown Butter Sweet Potato Pie

Your hands on time is cut with the use of a refrigerated pie crust. Browning the butter with fragrant cinnamon and cloves gives this classic Southern pie a new twist.

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Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream

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Recipe: Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream

Combine the lunchtime favorites, bananas and peanut butter, into one easy fall treat. The banana cream filling elevates these cupcakes to a whole new level of deliciousness.

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Apple Upside-Down Pie

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Recipe: Apple Upside-Down Pie

A buttery mix of brown sugar and pecans caramelizes as it bakes beneath the bottom crust of this pie.

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Sweet Potato Bread with Buttermilk-Lime Icing

Sweet Potato Bread with Buttermilk-Lime Icing
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Recipe: Sweet Potato Bread with Buttermilk-Lime Icing

If you like pumpkin bread you will love this sweet potato bread, loaded with favorite fall spices including cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. With a quick hands-on time of just 20 minutes, you can pop this in the oven and let it bake while you get dinner ready.

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Brown Butter Apple Pie

Brown Butter Apple Pie
Credit: Hector Manuel Sanchez

Recipe: Brown Butter Apple Pie

It may appear daunting at first, but baking this incredible dessert really is as easy as pie. Browning the butter adds a slight nutty flavor to the crust, and we give you detailed instructions on making a lattice crust.

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Sweet Potato Ginger Scones

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Recipe: Sweet Potato Ginger Scones

Ready in just under an hour, these fragrant and flavorful scones, studded with bits of candied ginger, are perfect for brunch, after school, or an afternoon treat with tea or coffee.

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Mexican Chocolate Pudding Cake

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Recipe: Mexican Chocolate Pudding Cake

This pudding cake is best served warm, so your family will be crowded around the table, armed with eating utensils and cold milk, as soon as you pull this pan of chocolatey goodness out of the oven.

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Fresh Apple Cake

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Credit: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Amy Burke

Recipe: Fresh Apple Cake

Recipe: Cream Cheese Frosting

This cake batter is incredibly thick, so don’t worry that you left an ingredient out. This moist and flavorful cake will soon become your new favorite fall baking recipe.

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Praline Apple Bread

Praline Apple Bread
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Recipe: Praline Apple Bread

Sour Cream is the secret to the rich, moist texture of this bread, which is ideal for brunch, an afternoon treat, or dessert.

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