Top 10 Fall Desserts for Crowd
Easy Fall Desserts that Aren't Just Pumpkin Pie

1. Sweet Potato Tea Cake.
Ingredients for Sweet Potato Tea Cake:
Unsalted butter
1 ⅓ cups plus 1 tbsp (185 g) All-purpose flour
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 ½ tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Ground nutmeg
½ tsp Baking soda
¼ tsp Ground cloves
1 cup (255 g) Sweet potatoes
¾ cup (180 ml) Neutral oil
1 tsp Kosher Salt
2 cups (400 g) Sugar
3 Large eggs
3 Egg whites
1 tsp Vanilla extract
2. Pear Breakfast Buns
Ingredients for Pear Breakfast Buns:
FOR BUNS:
475 g Bread flour
20 g Caster sugar
1 tsp Instant yeast
50 g Unsalted butter
200 ml Milk
1 EggsFOR FILLING:
20 g Unsalted butter
60 g Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 Pears
100 g Walnuts
2 tbsp Apricot jam
1 tsp Water
3. Mandarin & Orange Blossom Upside-Down Cakelets
Ingredients for Mandarin & Orange Blossom Upside-Down Cakelets:
5 Tangerines
1/3 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
3 tbsp Mandarin juice
1 ⅓ cups All-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp Baking powder
½ tsp Salt
1 tbsp Mandarin zest
2 Large eggs
½ tsp Orange blossom water
½ tsp Vanilla extract
1/4 cup Buttermilk
Confectioners’ sugar
4. Persimmon Cupcakes
Ingredients for Persimmon Cupcakes:
FOR THE CUPCAKES:
1½ cups All-purpose flour
1 tsp Pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp Baking soda
½ cup Unsalted butter
1½ cups Sugar
2 Large eggs
¾ cup pulp Persimmons
½ cup Orange juiceFOR THE PERSIMMON FROSTING:
¾ cup Sugar
½ tsp Ground ginger
2 Large eggs
1½ cups pulp Persimmons
12 oz Evaporated milk
5. Quince Tarte Tatin
Ingredients for Quince Tarte Tatin:
3 Quinces
1 cup Cabernet Merlot Wine
2 cups Water
1 Cinnamon stick
3 whole Star Anise
4 whole Cloves
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
3 Cardamon
1 Oranges
1 pinch Salt
½ cup+½ cup Caster sugar
3 1/2 tbsp Unsalted butter
375g pack of all-butter Frozen puff pastry
6. Almond Shortbread Owls
Almond Shortbread Owls are super cute Fall treats. I love to make these owl cookies when my kids friends come for a playdate. I serve them up with glasses of milk and they always go down a treat. What is it about owls that everyone loves I wonder? They’re just the cutest! These cookies are very easy to make. Start by making a shortbread cookie. …..
Ingredients for Almond Shortbread Owls:
1 ½ cup Almonds
2 cups All-purpose flour
Lemon zest
½ tsp Sea salt
1 cup Butter
1 cup Confectioners’ sugar
¾ tsp Almond extract
¼ cup Chocolate chips
¼ cup Almonds
2 tbsp Sunflower seeds
7. Hibiscus Poached Pears
Ingredients for Hibiscus Poached Pears:
8 Bosc Pears
10 cups Water
½ cup Honey
½ tsp Kosher Salt
6 hibiscus Tea bags
5 Black peppercorns
1 (4-inch) piece Cinnamon stick
1 (4-inch) piece Orange Rind
½ cup Crème fraîche
½ tsp Vanilla extract
8. Cinnamon Glaze Apple Cake
Ingredients for Cinnamon Glaze Apple Cake:
FOR THE CAKE:
4 large Apples
6 Eggs
1 cup Granulated sugar
1 cup All-purpose flour
1 tsp Vanilla extract
¾ tsp Baking sodaFOR THE TOPPING:
3 ApplesFOR THE GLAZE:
½ cup Heavy cream
1 cup Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
9. Pull-Apart Pumpkin Bread
This sweet and delicious Pull-Apart Pumpkin Bread is perfect for sharing. I love pumpkin and while I know it is an ingredient which is typically associated with Fall, I find them on sale at my local farmer’s market right into winter. I am always looking for unusual pumpkin recipes and adding it to bread is one of my favorite ways to use this fantastic ingredient. …
Ingredients for Pull-Apart Pumpkin Bread:
FOR THE BREAD:
¾ cup warm Milk
½ tbsp Active dry yeast
¾ cup Pumpkin puree
4 tbsp Granulated sugar
3 ½ cups All-purpose flour
1 Large eggs
1 tbsp Unsalted butter
1 tbsp Unsalted butter
½ tsp SaltFOR THE FILLING:
6 tbsp Unsalted butter
packed ¼ cup Brown sugar
1 tbsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Pumpkin pie spice
1 tbsp Unsalted butterFOR THE GLAZE:
1 cup Powdered sugar
2 tsp Cinnamon
5-6 tbsp Heavy cream
10. Mini Plum Tartlets
I adore these little Mini Plum Tartlets. They are so delicious and so quick and easy to make. I always use ready-rolled puff pastry which means I can have these tartlets in the oven in only 15 minutes. Perfect when someone gives you very little notice that they’re coming around….
Ingredients for Mini Plum Tartlets:
2 sheets Frozen puff pastry
170 g Cream Cheese
3 tbsp Confectioners’ sugar
½ tsp Lemon zest
1 tsp Vanilla extract
5 Plums
1 Eggs
4 tbsp Demerara sugar