9x13 Dessert Wonders That'll Seriously Wow Any Crowd
Ultimate Dark Chocolate Brownies
Recipe: Ultimate Dark Chocolate Brownies
If you're a fan of dark chocolate, these brownies are calling your name.
Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake
Recipe: Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake
This strawberry-speckled sheet cake never disappoints, no matter the occasion. Make this lovely sheet cake for every spring or summer soiree.
Two-Ingredient Pineapple Angel Food Cake
Recipe: Two-Ingredient Pineapple Angel Food Cake
This two-ingredient dessert really couldn't be easier. It comes together in one bowl, bakes in a crowd-feeding 9x13-inch pan, and can be finished off with the simplest of toppings, such as whipped cream, powdered sugar, or fruit. If you keep the angel food cake mix and canned pineapple on hand, this easy dessert comes together at the drop of a hat.
Pecan-Peach Cobbler
Recipe: Pecan-Peach Cobbler
It's just not summer in the South without a perfectly baked, bubbly peach cobbler, and this recipe gets a great added nuttiness from pecans that cut the sweet and tart flavor perfectly. The 13x9 dish makes sure there's plenty to go around, though it'll still be gone in a snap.
Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
Recipe: Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
This old-fashioned delicacy uses our ever-versatile Duke's mayonnaise to make your fluffiest, most moist sheet cake ever. This transportable 13x9 recipe makes your life just a little easier.
Blackberry-Peach Cobbler Bars
Recipe: Blackberry-Peach Cobbler Bars
Fresh blackberries and bright, sweet peaches come together in a grab-and-go version of a classic dessert; but it's the crunchy, streusel-like topping with roasted glazed pecans that really finishes off the perfect summer bars.
Sweet Tea-and-Lemonade Cake
Recipe: Sweet Tea-and-Lemonade Cake
Take a favorite refreshing Southern beverage, the Arnold Palmer, and let it head up the summer cookout dessert table. For festive events such as the Masters or Kentucky Derby, spin this into a tipsy cake by substituting up to two tablespoons of vodka or bourbon for the lemon juice in the frosting.
Luscious Lemon Bars
Recipe: Luscious Lemon Bars
This classic confection is always a favorite at luncheons, showers, and even barbecues. Even better: You can make this recipe up to one month ahead and freeze.
Cream Cheese Brownies
Recipe: Cream Cheese Brownies
A tray of brownies is always a crowd-pleaser, and these Cream Cheese Brownies are extra-special.
Plum-Berry Cornmeal Sheet Cake
Recipe: Plum-Berry Cornmeal Sheet Cake
This vanilla-flavored cornmeal batter gives the perfect not-too-sweet base for the topping of fresh berries and plums. Cover with some freshly whipped cream when serving for a sweet finish.
Hot Buttered Rum Bread Pudding
Recipe: Hot Buttered Rum Bread Pudding
This aromatic dessert is full of warm spices, butter, brown sugar, and rum making it positively irresistible! If rum isn't for you, try substituting it with maple syrup.
Coca-Cola Cake
Recipe: Coca-Cola Cake
Coca-Cola, with its richly sweet syrup and magical bubbly brew, is the not-so-secret ingredient that gives this classic Southern cake its moist and tender texture.
Heavenly Angel Food Cake
Recipe: Heavenly Angel Food Cake
Enter: The most versatile and delectable base for desserts aplenty. Cut into squares for tea-time petit fours, frost generously for a sheet cake, or bake in a round angel food pan to serve up with some strawberries and cream.
Pumpkin Spice-Heath Cake
Recipe: Pumpkin Spice-Heath Cake
Make and serve this dessert in your 13x9 baking pan for ultimate ease. A simple spiced cream cheese frosting topped with toffee bits makes this sheet cake look and taste amazing.
Pumpkin-Chocolate Brownies
Recipe: Pumpkin-Chocolate Brownies
Get festive this fall with these swirled brownies. Pumpkin and chocolate lovers alike won't have any complaints!
Sara Evans' Missouri Dirt Cake
Recipe: Sara Evans' Missouri Dirt Cake
This recipe only requires 6 ingredients, making it one of the easiest desserts ever.
Cakey Strawberry Cobbler
Recipe: Cakey Strawberry Cobbler
This cross between a cobbler and a cake is one of our favorite warm-weather desserts.
Death by Chocolate
Recipe: Death by Chocolate
Chocolate cake + chocolate pudding + whipped cream? Sounds like a dream to us.
Fresh Apple Cake
Recipe: Fresh Apple Cake
Perfect for the fall, this Fresh Apple Cake feeds a crowd.
Fresh Peach Cobbler
Recipe: Fresh Peach Cobbler
When you've got a bumper crop of peaches, the only thing to do is make peach cobbler.
Chocolate Lasagna
Recipe: Chocolate Lasagna
Pasta and red sauce? You won't find either of those ingredients in our Chocolate Lasagna.
Winter Blackberry Cobbler
Recipe: Winter Blackberry Cobbler
This fresh-out-of-the-oven blackberry cobbler works wonders for the soul just as well during the summer as the winter, in our opinion. Between the lattice crust and sweet berry filling, we're not sure what will impress your guest more.
Chocolate Delight
Recipe: Chocolate Delight
No matter what you call it, this chocolate dessert with layers of vanilla and chocolate pudding and whipped topping is sure to delight. We bet the first bite will bring back memories of summer's past.
Try as we might, we've yet to find a handier sidekick in the kitchen than our 9x13 baking dish. From glorious breakfast bakes to hearty dinner casseroles, this pan shows off its skills on a daily basis. For Southern hostesses, the 13x9 is nothing less than essential when it comes to churning out delicious, crowd-pleasing desserts that make simple look intricate and easy look laborious.
Whether you're packing fresh summer berries and peaches into a warm, gooey cobbler, or frosting a moist single-layer sheet cake with envious ease, you always have a trick up your sleeve as long as you have a 13x9 on the counter. Our Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake is always a fan favorite, and our Pumpkin-Chocolate Brownies are a lovely seasonal treat. If you're in search of delicious desserts for a crowd or quick grab-and-go treats, then check out our easy 9x13 desserts that will wow every occasion.