Special Occasions Recipes

Got a birthday, wedding, or other occasion coming up? From birthday and wedding cakes to Super Bowl snacks and appetizers, we've got the perfect recipe to make any occasion more special.

 
 
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Touchdown Brownies

From Betty Crocker

Football party? Take a time-out to create fudgy football brownies!

Touchdown Brownies

Football Cupcake Pull-Aparts

From Betty Crocker

Team up cupcakes to create a winning play with a football party cake.

Football Cupcake Pull-Aparts

Southern Cornbread

From Taste of the South

Southern Cornbread

Mini Manicotti

From Better Homes and Gardens

Slice cheesy sausage-and-spinach-stuffed manicotti to reinvent a favorite casserole as a flavor-packed appetizer.

Mini Manicotti

Chocolate Mousse Layer Cake

From Fine Cooking Magazine

The simplest way to decorate this cake is to press chopped, toasted walnuts onto the sides. For a more dramatic look, try wrapping the cake in a chocolate band and topping it with white chocolate curls.

Chocolate Mousse Layer Cake

Three Point Popcorn

From The Food Channel

Three varieties of flavored popcorn you can quickly make at home. Perfect for snacking on Movie Night, Game Night, or anytime, day or night.

Three Point Popcorn

Hollandaise Sauce

From The Food Channel

This classic French sauce is technically defined as an emulsion of egg yolk and butter seasoned with lemon juice, salt and pepper. We define it as a rich velvety-smooth buttery-indulgent sauce that tastes simply delicious paired with artichokes, asparagus, seafood and Eggs Benedict.

Hollandaise Sauce

Baked Hush Puppies

From Kellogg's

These small cornbread dumplings flavored with green onions are a Southern specialty. We made them healthier by baking them instead of frying.

Baked Hush Puppies

Grilled Taco Nachos

From Betty Crocker

From Betty's Soul Food Collection... What's a great party without nachos? Create a really great party with these really great nachos!

Grilled Taco Nachos

Cowboy-Boot Cake

From Parents

Use a cake mix to make this cowboy boot. Decorate it with frosting for a party dessert or birthday cake that cowboys and cowgirls will love.

Cowboy-Boot Cake

Cornbread

From Taste of the South

Cornbread

Lemon Cheesecake Mini Tartlets

From Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry

Have you been asked to bring a dessert? No matter what the occasion, these bite-sized dessert treats make the perfect take-along. Make plenty...they'll disappear quickly.

Lemon Cheesecake Mini Tartlets

Vanilla Layer Cake with Whipped Rum-Ganache Icing

From Fine Cooking Magazine

This cake is best served at room temperature. Store it in the refrigerator, but take it out about 30 minutes before you intend to serve it. Note that the ganache recipe here contains 1 cup more cream than does the master recipe.

Vanilla Layer Cake with Whipped Rum-Ganache Icing

Butterscotch Frosting

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Butterscotch Frosting

Ultimate Carrot Cake

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Walnut oil gives this cake's flavor special depth, and toasted walnut oil gives the very best result.

Ultimate Carrot Cake

Color Wheel Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

Bake the cupcakes before the party begins. When it's time for dessert, bring out the birthday cupcakes, frosting, the colored sugars, and candies, and let the kids do the decorating.

Color Wheel Cupcakes

Skillet Corn Bread

From Better Homes and Gardens

Let some honey-butter melt on the cornbread. Pass the remaining honey-butter to spread.

Skillet Corn Bread

Angel Food Cake

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Sugared berries are a lovely topping for this most ethereal of cakes. Amounts for flour and confectioners' sugar are listed by weight (ounces) and by volume (cups); use either measurement.

Angel Food Cake

Stadium Brownies

From Betty Crocker

Popcorn! Peanuts! Fudgy brownies make a surefire win!

Stadium Brownies

Backwards Birthday Cake

From Parents

Bake and frost the chocolate chip cake, then spell your message backwards on this dessert. The kids will have fun trying to read it.

Backwards Birthday Cake

Teddy Bear

From Betty Crocker

Calling all teddy bear lovers. Create an edible bear with an easy-to-shape cereal mixture.

Teddy Bear

Harvest Cake

From Betty Crocker

Enjoy the first Betty Crocker signature recipe, a special SuperMoist® cake. All-ready frosting and colorful candy accents top this spicy celebration cake.

Harvest Cake

Skillet Cornbread

From Taste of the South

Skillet Cornbread

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