Summer is nearly over, and there are still desserts worth making before it goes. If you’ve been saving a favorite for “later,” this is your sign to make it finally. Keep things easy, sweet, and perfect for those last warm days. Fall baking will be here soon enough, so summer dessert gets one more turn first.
Lemon Icebox Cake
This no-bake lemon icebox cake is ideal for warm or lazy days when you want a fresh dessert without using the oven. It features layers of graham crackers, homemade lemon diplomat cream, and airy whipped cream, offering a bright citrus flavor, fragrant aroma, and soft, melt-in-your-mouth texture that only gets better as it chills!
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Pistachio Tiramisu
This dreamy pistachio tiramisu is a truly delicious, eggless, no-bake Italian dessert made with a creamy pistachio mascarpone cream, coffee-soaked lady fingers, and finished with finely ground pistachios for that signature elegant dusting of the classic.
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Raspberry Ruby Ice Cream Bar
This homemade raspberry ruby ice cream bar recipe is the best thing that can happen to raspberries this summer. Super creamy and delicious No churn raspberry yogurt ice cream bar coated with Ruby chocolate, that has a wonderful natural pink color! The ultimate girly pink ice cream recipe you must try.
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Tres Leches Cake
This easy, melt-in-your-mouth tres leches cake is the perfect dessert recipe for your next celebration! It's made with super moist vanilla sponge cake soaked in "tres leches" sauce and then topped with fluffy homemade whipped cream. After one slice, it may become your favorite dessert!
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Mango Tart
You have to try this creamy and tropical mango tart recipe with a homemade pâte sablée shell filled with silky pastry cream and elegant mango slices. Fresh, ripe mango gives the most intense mango tart taste. It is delicious when paired with a creamy vanilla custard.
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Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes
This easy recipe for moist homemade strawberry crunch cupcakes is going to become your new favorite! Flavorful vanilla cupcakes with a simple cream cheese frosting and a yummy, fruity strawberry crunch topping. The highlight of these cupcakes is the delicious strawberry shortcake crunch, which adds an amazing texture and flavor to the cupcakes!
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Cherry Heaven on Earth Cake
If you love cherries and cream desserts, this Cherry Heaven on Earth Cake might become your new favorite. Soft cake, silky homemade vanilla cream, and cherry pie filling come together in a layered treat that’s perfect for make-ahead entertaining. The name gives you the perfect hint of how you'll feel after taking your first bite.
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Banana Cream Pie
This easy banana cream pie recipe is a classic, made from scratch with a crisp, flaky pie crust, layers of fresh bananas, silky vanilla pastry cream, and light Chantilly whipped cream. Flavorful and comforting, this homemade banana cream pie is ideal for holidays, gatherings, or whenever you want an elegant dessert at home!
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Carrot Cake Cookies
These nut-free carrot cake cookies are the perfect way to sneak in your veggies while satisfying your sweet tooth! Featuring cinnamon-vanilla dough, freshly shredded carrots, and a creamy homemade cream cheese frosting, they're a fun Spring dessert perfect for all ages and occasions!
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Chocolate Lasagna
This easy chocolate lasagna recipe is a decadent no-bake dessert made entirely from scratch. Featuring an Oreo cookie crust with layers of creamy cheesecake, silky chocolate diplomat cream, and a light Chantilly whipped topping, it has the perfect balance between rich and airy. It’s easy to assemble, ideal for making ahead, and one of those desserts that looks as elegant as it tastes.
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Lemon Blueberry Tart
This lemon blueberry tart recipe has a buttery, sweet pastry case filled with creamy lemon curd and topped with blueberry whipped ganache and fresh blueberries. The delicate pastry is perfectly crisp, the filling is creamy, and the piped topping looks super professional.
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Blueberry Delight
This delicious no-bake blueberry delight recipe brings together fresh, vibrant flavors and creamy textures in an impressive layered dessert that looks and tastes like anything you can get. from the bakery! Built from scratch with real ingredients, it features juicy blueberries, a light layer of cream cheese, homemade whipped cream, and a blueberry graham cracker crust. It is the perfect make-ahead option for your spring and summer dessert table!
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Raspberry Tiramisu
This no-bake raspberry tiramisu takes the classic dessert to a mouthwatering new level! Featuring layers of smooth, homemade mascarpone cream, spongy raspberry-soaked ladyfingers, and fresh raspberry sauce, it's the perfect finish to a picnic, celebration, or delicious Italian dinner!
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Pavlova Cake
This pavlova cake is the perfect dessert for Spring and Summer! Perfectly baked meringue that's crunchy on the outside and marshmallow on the inside, with freshly whipped cream and juicy berries on top.
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Blueberry Cream Pie
This easy blueberry cream pie recipe is made from scratch with a crisp, flaky, all-butter traditional pie crust, silky vanilla pastry cream, a thick layer of homemade blueberry filling, and a decorative stabilized mascarpone whipped cream topping. Gorgeous, refreshing, and the perfect summer pie for your BBQs or any other celebration.
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Madeleines
Classic French Madeleines are one of the easiest, most delicious little tea cakes you can make. I flavor them with vanilla and lemon for a classic taste, and the iconic shell shape makes them look so elegant. It's clear why this traditional French snack is so popular!
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Berry Chantilly Cake
This berry chantilly cake is a light and elegant layer cake made with an ultra-moist oil-based sponge, fresh berry coulis, and a soft mascarpone Chantilly cream. It delivers a bakery-style texture that stays fluffy and tender while layering bright fruit flavor with a smooth, creamy finish. Perfect for celebrations, this cake is fresh, airy, and designed to slice beautifully with clean, defined layers.
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Vanilla Cream Pie
This delicious, easy-to-make vanilla cream pie is a must-have on your dessert table, no matter the occasion! Made with a flaky, homemade pie crust, rich vanilla pastry cream, and fluffy whipped Chantilly cream, it is simple, yet absolutely irresistible. Top it with fresh fruit for a light and flavorful crowd-pleaser perfect any time of the year!
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Lemon Crinkle Cookies
These lemon crinkle cookies have a naturally sweet lemon flavor and a beautiful appearance that will brighten your dessert table any time of the year! Made with fresh lemon juice and lemon zest and coated in two layers of sugar, they are a hit for all ages and all seasons!
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Strawberry Filled Cupcakes
These strawberry filled cupcakes have a super moist vanilla cupcake base filled with homemade strawberry sauce and decorated with an American buttercream infused with a strawberry reduction. They are fluffy, moist, fruity, sweet but well-balanced in sweetness, and full of natural strawberry flavors!
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Strawberry Galette
A strawberry galette is such an easy spring dessert to make and works wonderfully well after brunch. Simple shortcrust folded over fresh berries and baked until golden brown and bubbling; it's divine. What's more, it comes together in 3 minutes but is packed full of flavor and texture.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Strawberry cheesecake cookies are the ultimate chewy, gooey cream cheese-filled cookies that are bursting with natural strawberry flavor! Besides how amazing they taste, the best thing about these strawberry cookies is that no special equipment is needed to make them, and they come together surprisingly easily following my step-by-step baking guide!
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Blueberry Turnovers
These golden, flaky blueberry turnovers are filled with jammy homemade blueberry pie filling, wrapped in buttery store-bought puff pastry, and finished with a deep purple blueberry glaze made from the filling's leftover juice. They make the perfect quick and easy sweet treat and look and taste like something from a proper bakery.
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Croissant Ice Cream Sandwich
This croissant ice cream sandwich is a French-toast-style spin on the classic ice cream sandwich, made with warm, caramelized croissants sandwiched together with ice cream. It is one of the easiest recipes on my entire site, and I almost did not share it for that exact reason. But it is so good and such a smart way to use up leftover croissants that I could not keep it to myself.
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Raspberry Mousse
These delicious, creamy raspberry mousse cups will brighten your dessert table this summer! The raspberry mousse is made with fresh, juicy raspberries, a layer of fresh raspberry compote, and delicious vanilla chantilly cream to decorate. It is a simple yet elegant dessert perfect for a birthday party, baby shower, or any occasion!
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Viral Dot Cake
If you have opened TikTok or Instagram at any point in the last couple of months, you have almost certainly seen a spoon cutting through a cup of cake covered in a thick blanket of sprinkles. That is a dot cake, a viral, single-serving dessert, and yes, I had to recreate it for myself.
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