Baking for a Crowd: Memorial Day Treats

Strawberry Sheet Cakes on white plate with forks

Make baked goods bigger in size, beauty, and flavor. Looking for recipes that will appease and please a crowd? Our large-batch desserts and breads are guaranteed not only to feed but to impress the family, friends, and neighbors attending your Memorial Day shindig. From vibrant Zesty Lemon Bars to cheesy, chewy Deep-Dish Pizza Bread, these recipes have the generous portions and bulk servings to keep the hungry masses at bay.

Zesty Lemon Bars 

Both sweet and tart, lemon bars are as at home at a ladies’ luncheon as they are at a picnic. They’re like the little black dress of Southern sweets. This recipe will keep you stocked up all summer long.

Cherry Tomato Focaccia

This fluffy Italian flatbread is the perfect family-sized recipe for your next get-together, impressing both the eyes and the taste buds. 

Texas Sheet Cake 

The reigning king of all sheet cakes, this easy Texas Sheet Cake is a chocoholic’s dream. A rich, fudgy cake cloaked in warm chocolate frosting with a sprinkling of pecans for added crunch? Yes, please!

Strawberry Sheet Cake 

This Strawberry Sheet Cake is the trusty Old Reliable in our recipe box. With fresh strawberries and a light and fluffy frosting, this moist confection is quick to throw together and disappears even quicker. 

Strawberry Sheet Cake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Do you have fond memories of perusing the whimsically decorated cookies on display in your local mall’s food court? Our homemade version has the perfect soft and chewy texture throughout, and its sweet swirls of buttercream decorating the edges will magically make you feel like a kid again at first bite.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Fudgy with a hint of cake-like crumb and a shiny, flaky top, this is everything you want in a brownie.

Perfect Brownies

Each slice of this moist corn bread is studded with fresh cilantro, buttery corn, and salty cheese—a generous slather of Lime Butter is a must!
Mexican Street Corn Bread with Lime Butter
 
Sliders get their name from United States Navy sailors who would say that their small size lets them “slide down” easily. Sour cream adds fat and moisture to the dough and helps create short gluten strands, which means a tender, rich bread. Try them topped with pulled pork.
Soft Slider Buns
 
Deep-dish pizza meets caprese salad in this crowd-friendly snack. Fresh herbs and sweet caramelized garlic flavor the crispy-edged bread, which is topped with warm pizza sauce and melty cheese and finished with a fresh basil and tomato salad. Serve it fresh from the oven or at room temperature—and preferably alfresco!
Deep-Dish Pizza Bread
 
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3 COMMENTS

  1. Can you provide me with the recipe for the cherry coconut loaf. There’s a photo on Instagram but the recipe link does not work

  2. My goodness – these all look fabulous! I think the first one my list to make is that Mexican Street Corn Bread with Lime Butter – yum!!!! Hmmm….or maybe that Deep Dish Pizza Bread!!

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