Crack pie & red velvet cake
I'm doing my best to have a no-stress holiday. Confession: These desserts aren't necessarily Mary Poppins spit-spot quick n' easy. Cakes and pies usually need some TLC and patience. But I'm sharing them anyway because, hey, sometimes baking is its own form of stress relief. So if you're so inclined, try one of these two desserts for your Christmas Day sweet tooth — both get my stamp of approval.
The name really says it all — except not really because there's not actual crack in this pie. But it's addicting, hence "crack." This delicious mix of sugar and butter and cookie and everything wonderful ever is truly the stuff of dreams. It's so worth the effort to bring this pie to life, and it's not even hard — just a little putzy.
This is the cake my great aunt used to make and the cake mom requests at Christmastime. Notice how my mom greatly influences what lands on our Christmas table (first muffins...)? Must be nice to have that kind of power. But hers is a power I'm happy to succumb to because this cake is super delish and festively red. And the frosting is amazing. And the chocolate letters are way easier than you'd think.
If all that sounds like too much work, do what we're doing this year instead: Ask your aunt to bring store-bought pies to Christmas dinner. No shame! There are 364 other days to slave over a scratch-made dessert. Plus my mom's birthday is January 3rd, so she can have her cake and eat it too — just a couple weeks later.
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