Spring is here, which means celebrating one of the most fruitful seasons of the year by baking! Enter these 25 sweet treats and spring desserts that make the most of spring fruit and fresh flavors. Whether covered in chocolate or filled with luscious strawberry, lemon or other fruit, these 25incredible spring desserts are perfect for entertaining or you know, just treating yourself.
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Best Spring Desserts
There are so many delicious recipes to choose from in this spring dessert roundup, from easy cakes, pies and cheesecakes to peanut butter eggs and cream puffs. There’s Copycat Starbucks Mini Lemon Loaves, Lemon Drop Cheesecake and Outrageous Lemon Lovers Trifle for the citrus-obsessed. Then you have Strawberry Lemon Creme Crepe Cake, Strawberry Shortcakes and Frozen Champagne Salad for the berry lovers. There’s even a Rhubarb Custard Pie that would make anyone a superfan of the herbaceous perennial.
You’ll find a ton of ideas for a special Mother’s Day brunch, backyard family BBQ or graduation affair, so enjoy baking and, even more, eating them. Happy Spring!
The Best Carrot Cake
Parade
Who doesn’t love a carrot cake recipe with cream cheese frosting?
Get the recipe: Homemade Carrot Cake
Pastel Layer Cake
Mark Boughton Photography
Putting a show-stopping spring dessert on the table takes little effort with help from a box cake mix.
Get the recipe: Adorable Easter Cake
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Pineapple Cornbread Shortcake Trifle
Mark Boughton Photography
Give this impressive, change-of-pace dessert a place at your spring table and settle in for the compliments.
Get the recipe: Pineapple Cornbread Shortcake Trifle
Strawberry Mousse Parfaits
We Are Not Martha
Strawberry mousse and strawberry purée, together with sponge cake, really maximize the potential of the strawberry season this spring.
Get the recipe: Spring in a Mini Parfait Glass
Strawberry Lemon Creme Crepe Cake
Taste and See
Light, creamy and perfectly sweet! With mascarpone cheese, lemon juice, fresh strawberries and buttermilk crepes, it’s the perfect recipe for celebrating Easter or the spring season.
Get the recipe: Strawberry Lemon Crepe Cake
Angel Lush Cake
Moore or Less Cooking
This a tasty dessert that you can put together quickly if you need a last-minute treat for a potluck or dinner party!
Get the recipe: Angel Lush Cake
Lemon Drop Cheesecake
Kudos Kitchen by Renee
If you’d like to surprise your family and friends with a showstopping dessert, then this lovely lemon cheesecake with lemon curd topping is just the thing!
Get the recipe: Lemon Drop Cheesecake
Orange Bundt Cake With Blackberry Icing
Foxes Loves Lemons
This cake is a breeze to mix up, and it’s great for any special occasion, like Mother’s Day, Easter or a spring birthday.
Get the recipe: Orange Bundt Cake
Strawberry Shortcakes
Moore or Less Cooking
With juicy strawberries spooned over sweet and tender biscuits, old-fashioned strawberry shortcakes are the perfect dessert.
Get the recipe: Strawberry Shortcake
Pineapple Bundt Poke Cake
Moore or Less Cooking
This is a moist and delicious poke cake bursting with pineapple flavor!
Get the recipe: Pineapple Poke Bundt Cake
Strawberry Cheesecake Puffs
Moore or Less Cooking
Delicate puff pastry filled with ripe and juicy strawberries, a rich no-bake cheesecake filling and a flavorful strawberry sauce.
Get the recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake Puffs
Cannoli Poke Cake
Moore or Less Cooking
This cake is like taking the filling of a cannoli and spreading it over a cake! It’s a light fluffy white cake with creamy mascarpone and ricotta frosting with mini chocolate chips sprinkled all over.
Get the recipe: Cannoli Poke Cake
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Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Cake
Moore or Less Cooking
Better than strawberry shortcake! Since there is a pound of strawberries in this one cake, it’s a healthy choice, right? My daughter said this cake tastes like strawberry deliciousness!
Get the recipe: Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Cake
Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake
Moore or Less Cooking
A fun bundt poke cake using fresh strawberries puts a new spin on strawberry shortcakes! This moist and delicious yellow bundt cake has fresh strawberries poking throughout and a cream cheese glaze topped with fresh berries.
Get the recipe: Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake
Preacher Cake
Moore or Less Cooking
Preacher cake is a simple but amazing cake recipe with pineapple, coconut, pecans and cream cheese frosting.
Get the recipe: Preacher Cake
Copycat Starbucks Mini Lemon Loaves
Moore or Less Cooking
This easy recipe is loaded with delicious lemon flavor and topped with an amazing lemon frosting.
Get the recipe: Copycat Starbucks Mini Lemon Loaves
Easy Key Lime Pie
Moore or Less Cooking
Easy Key lime pie is tart and not too sweet, perfect as your spring dessert.
Get the recipe: Easy Key Lime Pie
Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
Love Bakes Good Cakes
These peanut butter Easter eggs are easy to make at home. With a few simple ingredients (and some help from the kids), you’ll have some of the best Easter candy around. This is the stuff memories and traditions are made of!
Get the recipe: Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
Malted Milk Easter Egg Chocolate Cheesecake
Life, Love, and Sugar
Thick, creamy and full of chocolate, this is perfect for Easter. It’s also decorated with a favorite Easter candy–malted milk eggs!
Get the recipe: Malted Easter Egg Chocolate Cake
Key Lime Pie Cheesecake
Will Cook For Smiles
This dessert is an out-of-this-world experience in one bite. A layer of graham crust is infused with key limes, followed by a smooth, creamy layer of cheesecake, then a layer of key lime pie, and finally, topped with a sweet, light meringue.
Get the recipe: Key Lime Pie Cheesecake
Outrageous Lemon Lovers Trifle
Melissa's Southern Style Kitchen
This outrageous lemon lovers trifle is a dessert filled with citrus deliciousness. It starts with a lemony pound cake that’s brushed with lemon-laced simple syrup. The pound cake is layered with fluffy lemon cream and whipped cream then crowned with lemon slices.
Get the recipe: Outrageous Lemon Lovers Trifle
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Lemon-Filled Cream Puffs
Through Her Looking Glass
Light, airy and spectacular looking, but so easy to make. There are only five ingredients in the pastry puffs and just three in the filling! This recipe uses real ingredients: butter, eggs and whipping cream.
Get the recipe: Lemon Curd Whipped Cream Puffs
Italian Ricotta Pie
Through Her Looking Glass
This authentic Italian ricotta pie recipe makes two delicious ricotta cheese pies with single crusts (the recipe easily cuts in half to make one). Ricotta pie is traditionally savored in Italy and around the world on Easter and other special holidays.
Get the recipe: Authentic Italian Ricotta Pie
Lemon Lush Bars
Cincy Shopper
If you are a fan of lemon desserts these lemon lush bars are going to become your new favorite lemon recipe. A perfect dessert for all of your spring gatherings.
Get the recipe: Lemon Lush Bars
Easy Spring Sherbet Cake
Cincy Shopper
This easy spring sherbet cake will be great for an Easter table or spring party! It’s super simple since it’s made with a boxed cake mix and layered with refreshing sherbet. Light and delicious!
Get the recipe: Easy Spring Sherbet Cake
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