America's Most Delicious Desert Recipes State by State

In this dessert recipe collection, each of the 50 states features two dessert recipes that are representative of that state for one reason or another (100 recipes) including a great variety of cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, bars, sorbet, ice cream and more! Delicious and educational at the same time!

In this dessert recipe book, Chef Lisa Joy Taylor takes you and your taste buds on a mouthwatering dessert tour of the United States! In this dessert recipe collection, each of the 50 states features two recipes that are representative of that state for one reason or another (100 recipes) including a great variety of cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, bars, sorbet, ice cream and more! In addition to ingredients lists and cooking instructions for each recipe, you will also discover an interesting tidbit about the history of the recipe or its’ main ingredient and sometimes both! Here are a couple examples: Missouri Black Walnut-Caramel Tart Producing nearly 50 percent of the world’s Black Walnuts, Missouri is the world’s largest black walnut producer. Black walnuts have a stronger flavor than English walnuts and have thus become a popular ingredient in Missouri’s baked goods. Maryland Smith Island Cake With ten layers of cake and ten layers of rich frosting, Smith Island Cake is not only the state dessert of Maryland but an irresistible, mouthwatering confection that harkens back to the English torte, from which it is believed to have originated. Smith Island Cake is usually iced with chocolate frosting but variations made with banana, orange and coconut frosting have become popular. Here are some more examples of the interesting and taste-tempting dessert recipes you will discover in this book: Tennessee Blackberry Jam Cake Idaho Sweet Potato Sorbet Montana Mocha Crumb Cake Louisiana King Cake Rhode Island Butterscotch Tart A few state classics like Florida Key Lime pie, New York Cheesecake, and Georgia Peach Cobbler are also included but you’ll also find many yummy recipes in here that will be new to you and that you have yet to taste! Join Lisa Joy Taylor on a dessert adventure and learn a little more about America while you savor the many interesting and fun desserts in this dessert recipe book. Enjoy!

For as long as she remembers, Lisa Joy Taylor has loved to cook and has especially loved desserts. Her introduction to cooking and baking started early on as a little girl when she, her two sisters and her mom used to spend Sunday afternoons together baking. Not surprisingly, her mom was known among her friends and family for her delicious desserts! Little did she know it at the time that the fun of being together with her family combined with the incredible smells in the kitchen and the taste of the desserts being created set the stage for her to pursue her passion for food and baking. Her background as chef/baker has been both informal, learning from her mom and experimenting and on her own, as well as formally through various classes and trainnings. According to Lisa: “I love to share delicious food with others: to see a smile come over their face when they taste something incredibly yummy for the first time, or to hear” mmmmm” as a fork slides out of someone’s mouth – this is magic! I also just love the warm fuzzy feelings I get around cooking and eating food.”