During the summer Sunday afternoons means Pool Parties with our silly cousins at my aunt’s home. While the men folk take turns grilling, the ladies complete the meal with sides and desserts. This past weekend I cracked open my favorite cookbook, The Blue Willow Inn’s Cookbook by Jane & Michael Stern, for another School of Southern Cooking Lesson to make Punch Bowl Cake.
Punch Bowl Cake is a traditional Southern dessert is served on extra special occasions such as Mother’s Day or Thanksgiving. But it’s one of those easy dishes that does require anything other than baking a cake and layering the ingredients.
Begin by baking a yellow cake mix according to instructions. Allow it to cool completely then crumble one layer or half of the cake into the bottom of a punch bowl.
Add half of a package of shredded coconut and a can of crushed pineapple on top of the the cake. Spread one container of cool whip on top of pineapple. Then sprinkle 1/4 cup pecans.
Next crumble the remaining cake on the pecans. Add the rest of the coconut and the cherry pie filling. Top with the second tub of cool whip and the rest of the chopping pecans.
Cover and refrigerate for 6-8 hours to allow the favors to mingle. Enjoy!
A perfect chilled dessert for a hot summer day by the pool!
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Sounds so good, I wish I had some sitting in front of me right now!! 🙂
Oh yum! This looks so tasty! I would like a large helping of punch bowl cake! Mmmm
Oh my gosh this looks fabulous! Pinned so I can get the ingredients and make it.
Hey Jen! This dessert is super easy and oh so good! Hope you make it soon. 🙂
~ Ashley
It is like a trifle! I love it. I also love the unique name. Thanks for a great recipe for show!
Ashley, what a fun recipe! I love the Blue Willow Inn Cookbook. 🙂 Thank you for bringing this to Treasure Box Tuesday- scheduled to share on FB later this afternoon! 🙂
The Blue Will Inn is a wonderful cookbook, isn’t it? So many recipes that my family makes but may not have a written recipe for. Thanks so much for the share!
~ Ashley
Now this is my kind of dessert! Easy peasy! I’ll definitely be trying this one out on my bunch and I know they’ll love it. Pinning for later. Thanks for sharing with Creative Spark.
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I love easy desserts too! Plus this Punch Bowl Cake tastes fabulous.
Thanks for the bloggy love and for hosting such an awesome party!
~ Ashley
This is a delish cake! I made this for get togethers at my old job but also used pudding (cake, pudding, fruit, whipped cream). Some fun variations are chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, cherry pie filling – yummy!! A co-worked asked for one special for her birthday with butter cake, banana pudding and strawberries/bananas/berries. There are so many combinations, you can’t go wrong with this cake!
Oh my! The banana and strawberries cake sounds so good!
~ Ashley
I love this cake…it is delicious!!! I have never made it myself, but it looks so easy to make.
The Punch Bowl Cake is super easy and delish! Thanks for the bloggy love.
~ Ashley
Stopping by from the weekend recipe linkup! This looks delicious- pinning for later. Thanks!
Thanks so much for the pin-love!
~ Ashley
This is awesome! I’ve made a few punch bowl cakes before.. Ill have to try this one soon!
This Punch Bowl Cake wasn’t too pretty plated up but it sure was yummy! Thanks for the bloggy love. 😉
~ Ashley
Yum! I haven’t had punch bowl cake in forever. Always makes me think of church potlucks where the talented ladies show off their talents. 🙂 Looks so good!
Oh, I would love a good church potluck for dinner tonight! Wouldn’t that be awesome instead of cooking dinner? 🙂
~ Ashley
Happy Sunday! Hope you’re having a FABULOUS weekend–just wanted to swing by and give you a huge “Thank you!” for linking up at Bewitchin Projects last week–and we’ve already got the party started again today, so be sure to come link up again here: http://www.ourminifamily.com/2014/08/bewitchin-projects-block-party-week-5.html
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