Triangle pastry chef unveils new fall dessert menu & shares recipes to make at home

Meet Helena Larson, the pastry chef for Colletta, O-Ku and Oak Steakhouse.

She recently unveiled the fall dessert menus for these three restaurants, and she was kind enough to share her one-of-a-kind recipes!

Sweet potato crepes

These crepes are to-die-for! They combine a variety of fall-inspired flavors that culminate into a scrumptious and decadent dessert.

The crepes are filled with a brown sugar sweet potato filling, topped off with a ginger maple caramel sauce and candied Okinawan purple sweet potatoes.

Here's the recipe if you want to try to recreate this dessert at home. You can download the recipe here.

You can also try these one-of-a-kind crepes at O-Ku Sushi in Raleigh.

O-Ku is located at 411 W Hargett Street in Raleigh.

Vegan gluten-free pumpkin cake

It's practically impossible to find a good dessert that's vegan and gluten-free. Luckily, Larson was able to create just that.

The vegan gluten-free pumpkin cake is so delicious you won't even realize it's vegan and gluten-free.

You can try this dessert at Oak Steakhouse, or you can try to make it yourself.

Here's the recipe if you want to give it a shot! You can download the cake recipe here and the mousse recipe here.

If you have one, torch the mousse to get the full effect and some added pizzazz.

Oak Steakhouse is located at 417 W Hargett Street in Raleigh.

Apple crumb cake

The apple crumb cake was arguably my favorite of the three.

I love a good apple pie in the fall, but I've never been able to master the recipe. Larson's apple crumb cake is the perfect fall dessert that's easy to make, even if you're a novice baker.

Top it off with ice cream and caramel sauce for the perfect fall dessert that everyone is sure to love!

Head over to Colletta in Cary to try this delicious dessert, or here's the recipe if you want to make it at home. You can download the recipe here.

Colletta is located at 1 Fenton Main Street, Suite 170 in Cary.