50 of Grandma's Best Pies and Cakes Proving Old School is the New Cool

There are tons of trending TikTok recipes out there that combine all kinds of flavors or use unusual cooking methods to make dishes. They're interesting, but for our money, you can't beat the classics. This collection of 50 of Grandma's best pies and cakes showcases that with rich desserts everyone loves. Try chocolate fudge brownie cake, naked carrot cake, crock pot lava cake, and more.

Muffin Tin Apple Pies

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Muffin Tin Apple Pies are the perfect handheld dessert, are soft baked and stuffed with flavorful apple pie filling cooked in less than 30 minutes.
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Jello Cool Whip Pie

This Jello Cool Whip Pie is the perfect summer treat. Cool and refreshing and packed full of amazing flavor and taste.
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Naked Pastel Rainbow Cake

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This nake pastel rainbow cake recipe features the perfect amount of cake and frosting in every bite. It's as tasty as it is pretty!
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Blueberry Sheet Cake

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This Lemon Blueberry Sheet Cake perfectly balances sweet and tart. The cake is moist, bursting with fresh blueberries, and then is finished with lemon frosting.
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Layered Carrot Cake From Scratch

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This layered carrot cake recipe is absolutely delicious. This 2 layer carrot cake is one of the best carrot cake layer cake recipes out there
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Grandma's Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake

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Indulge in the most incredibly moist, delicate, and crunchy Grandma’s old-fashioned Hummingbird cake. Try this easy and fail-proof recipe that you'll love.
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Salted Caramel Cheesecake With Brownie Bottom

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This no-bake salted caramel cheesecake with a brownie bottom will wow your family and friends when you bring it to the dessert table. Total crowd pleaser.
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Snickers Bar Layer Cake

This Snickers bar layer cake may look complicated, but it's so easy. This Snickers cake recipe is semi-homemade and super delicious!
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Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes

A lemon bundt cake topped with white icing, lemon zest, and a hint of lime. Other cakes and lemon slices are in the background. — Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

These Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes are the best combination of tangy and sweet! The lemon glaze pairs perfectly with the moist cake. It’s a match made in heaven!
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Cherry Cream Cheese Pie (No Bake)

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This Cherry Cream Cheese Pie is the ultimate dessert for cherry lovers. It is a sweet and tart no-bake cherry cheesecake pie recipe made with cherry pie filling.
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No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie With Oreos

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This No bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie recipe is the best. The flavors of chocolate, peanut butter, and Oreos make this one pie you'll love
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No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Icebox Cake

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This no bake cherry cheesecake icebox cake is as simple as it is tasty. It's filled with delicious, creamy goodness that everyone loves.
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Reese's Peanut Butter Pie

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This Reese’s Pie is the ultimate peanut butter dessert. It has a rich and creamy peanut butter filling and then is topped with peanut butter cups and chocolate!
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

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This soft and chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie is the ultimate dessert! It has all the flavor and texture of a traditional chocolate chip cookie in pie form.
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Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake

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This buttermilk blueberry breakfast cake is the best way to start the day. It's sweet, loaded with blueberries, and so easy to make!
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Upside Down Fruit Cocktail Cake With Coconut

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This Upside Down Fruit Cocktail Cake with Coconut Topping recipe makes a light, fluffy cake that is filled with tender fruit.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake

This chocolate peanut butter poke cake combines tender chocolate cake with chocolate pudding, peanut butter frosting, and peanut butter candy.
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Chocolate Pound Cake

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This Chocolate Pound Cake is amazing! The chocolate, toffee crust on top is so tasty, especially warm, with or without ice or whipped cream!
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Drakes Coffee Cake

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Drake's Coffee Cake is the best cinnamon coffee cake made with sweet cinnamon flavored streusel and pecans, the perfect cake with coffee.
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Easy Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie

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This Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie with graham cracker crust is so indulgent! It has the flavor of a chocolate cheesecake and the texture of a chocolate icebox pie.
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Chocolate Chip Pound Cake With Peanut Butter Frosting

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Chocolate Chip Pound Cake is rich and tender cake topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting. This chocolate pound cake recipe is the perfect dessert.
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Best Ever Lemon Raspberry Loaf Cake

Two slices of raspberry bread with white icing, stacked on a wooden plate, exude a tangy twist with hints of lemon zest. Fresh raspberries are visible in and on the bread. — Best Ever Lemon Raspberry Loaf Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This tart and sweet raspberry lemon loaf recipe makes the best ever lemon raspberry cake using fresh raspberries and a bright lemon flavor.
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Apple Upside Down Cake

Tender apples, rich caramel, and warm spices come together in this soft, moist, and luxurious apple upside down cake recipe that's a great fall dessert to try!
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Easy No-Bake Nutella Pie Recipe

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Easy No-Bake Nutella Pie Recipe with cream cheese pie is super easy to make and loaded with flavor using only 5 ingredients for a dessert sure to impress!
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Swiss Roll Lush Cake

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This Swiss Roll lush cake is one of the easiest, tastiest icebox cake recipes you'll ever make. It's always a hit, so give it a try!
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Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie

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This butterscotch cinnamon pie recipe is so rich and sweet. It might look complicated, but it's actually very simple, so get baking!
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How To Make Funfetti Cake

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This homemade funfetti Patriotic Cake recipe from scratch is the best dessert for Memorial Day, Independence Day, or just a fun summer treat.
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Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake

This no bake Fruity Pebbles cheesecake recipe is so easy to make and explodes with the classic, fruity childhood cereal we all love.
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Raspberry Buttermilk Cake

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This Raspberry Buttermilk Cake Recipe is a simple yet delicious cake made with fresh, tart raspberries. The cake is moist and sweet, and it bakes in 30 minutes!
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Fruity Pebble Cake

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Have your cake and eat it, too with Fruity Pebble cake. This homemade Fruity Pebbles cake recipe is easy to make and a fruity dream to eat.
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Easy No Bake Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie

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This no-bake old fashioned chocolate pie recipe is rich, creamy, and so chocolatey. It has all the flavor and texture of chocolate mousse with far less effort.
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How To Make Cake Roll With Box Cake Mix

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We're talking about how to make cake roll with box cake mix. This vanilla swiss roll recipe is so simple. it's a great vanilla cake roll!
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Swirl Easter Cheesecake Pie

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This Easter Cheesecake is a tasty and colorful dessert perfect for Bunny Day! It’s a no-bake cheesecake combined with pastel colors to create a showstopper.
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No Bake Layered Mint Cheesecake

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No Bake Layered Mint Cheesecake with Oreos, After Eights, Andes Mints or Aero is the best peppermint no bake cheesecake dessert recipe around!
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Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake

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Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake is rich chocolate cake that is filled with caramel sauce and then topped chocolate frosting. Rich and delicious.
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Chocolate Fudge Brownie Cake

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This chocolate fudge brownie cake is loaded with rich chocolate flavor in a tender, moist bundt cake and a delicious chocolate glaze.
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Naked Carrot Cake

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This delicious dessert is made with real carrots and topped with a creamy cream cheese frosting. It's perfect for celebrating a special day!
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Heath Bar Cheesecake

A slice of creamy cheesecake with a crumbly topping and caramel drizzle sits on a white plate. A fork is placed next to the slice. The whole cheesecake, tempting in the background, showcases its luscious cheese filling invitingly. — Heath Bar Cheesecake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Heath Bar cheesecake recipe combines classic cheesecake with the delicious sweetness of Heath Bar toffee for a tasty twist.
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Crock Pot Chocolate Lava Cake

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Crock pot chocolate lava cake is the best slow cooker chocolate lava cake recipe served with your favorite toppings like vanilla ice cream, toffee bits and more.
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Chocolate Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting And Sprinkles

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This chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting features moist chocolate cake, rich cream cheese frosting, and sweet cream cheese filling.
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Easy Strawberry Pie

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Easy Strawberry Pie is simple to make, takes less than 40 minutes and tastes sweet and delicious with a flaky crust.
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A close-up of a sliced cake with white frosting and crumbled Oreo Cookies on top. The cake's interior is speckled with bits of cookies, making it one of the easiest treats to make with Oreo. — Grandma's Oreo Cookie Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Grandma's Oreo Cookie Cake recipe combines all the flavor of a tender bundt cake with Oreos cookies! This cookies and cream cake is perfect for all occasions and you're not going to believe how easy it is to make.
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Chocolate Mousse Pie

This Chocolate Turtle Mousse Pie, Chocolate Caramel Tart or simply, Turtle Pie recipe includes a chocolate crust, mousse, pecans, toffee bits or caramel!
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Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake

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This creamy no-bake Orange Creamsicle Cheesecake is an easy orange dessert. It has the right amount of citrus flavor and sweetness from all three layers.
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Heart Shaped Hand Pies

These heart shaped hand pies are perfect for Valentine's Day. Keep them on hand as snacks or gift them to family and friends.
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The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake

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The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake recipe is so easy, moist, full of fresh apples, nuts, raisins, cinnamon and is the best recipe ever!
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Ultimate Easy Baked Homemade Cheesecake

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Ultimate Easy Baked Homemade Cheesecake recipe no sour cream uses 7 ingredients, is light, creamy and the best cheesecake in the world!
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Easy Oreo Dirt Pie

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This Oreo Dirt Pie is a rich treat that’s great any time. It has a homemade filling and crust, then topped with gummy worms like the classic dirt dessert.
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How To Make Ice Cream Pie With Cake

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This homemade ice cream pie recipe features an Oreo crust, ice cream, nuts, chocolate AND cake! It's a delicious treat that everyone always loves.
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Apple Or Blueberry Hand Pies

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Apple or Blueberry Hand Pies, also Mini Pocket Pies, make fruit, berry or apple turnovers, made with a homemade pie filling and crust or store bought.
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