Dessert Recipes

From classic favorites to creative confections, explore our dessert recipe archive and bring a little sweetness to your day. There’s a dessert recipe for every season and occasion!

  • Old-Fashioned Tomato Soup Cake

    Total Time: 50 minutes

    This fun tomato soup cake is also known as a Mystery Cake, and dates back to the late 1920s or early 1930s. Bake the cake and let everyone guess what the secret ingredient is!

  • Apple Crumble Pie

    Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

    This apple pie is finished with a crunchy brown sugar and butter crumble topping. It’s a pie and a crisp in one dessert!

  • Nutella Frosting

    Total Time: 10 minutes

    This Nutella frosting recipe makes enough for about 24 cupcakes or a sheet cake. Double the recipe for a large tube cake or layers.

  • No-Bake Key Lime Cheesecake

    Total Time: 10 minutes

    This delicious, refreshing cheesecake takes just minutes to fix with a purchased graham cracker crust and just three other ingredients.

  • Old-Fashioned Cajun Cake

    Total Time: 57 minutes

    This super moist Cajun cake ? is made with pineapple and an amazing coconut pecan topping.

  • Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

    Total Time: 40 minutes

    These moist chocolate cupcakes are made super easy because of the one-step prep. Just combine the cocoa and other ingredients, beat, and bake!

  • Moist Chocolate Loaf Cake

    Total Time: 1 hour 12 minutes

    Finish this delicious moist chocolate loaf cake with a chocolate ganache glaze or vanilla icing. Or simply dust the cake with powdered sugar.

  • Best Moist Chocolate Cake

    Total Time: 55 minutes

    Everyone will love this moist chocolate cake! This Bundt style cake is topped with a fabulous chocolate glaze!

  • Easy Chocolate Truffles

    Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes

    These chocolate mock truffles are unbelievably easy! Frosting, milk chocolate, and liqueur make creamy, delicious treats, and the coating adds texture.

  • Mocha Ice Cream

    Total Time: 5 hours 45 minutes

    Cocoa and espresso powder are combined to make the perfect mocha flavor in this easy 5-ingredient mocha ice cream recipe.

  • Mississippi Sweet Potato Pie

    Total Time: 2 hours 54 minutes

    This rich Mississippi sweet potato pie is a keeper! The recipe makes two amazing Southern-style pies—prepare to take a bow!

  • Mini Cheesecakes With Fruit Topping

    These individual cheesecakes are perfect for a party or gathering. Top them with pie filling or lemon curd, or use a chocolate or caramel sauce.

  • Maple Walnut Snack Cake

    Total Time: 55 minutes

    This one-layer maple walnut cake is the ideal solution for a snack attack. Serve it with ice cream and drizzle with maple syrup or warm butterscotch sauce.

  • Magic Cookie Bars

    Total Time: 35 minutes

    These classic magic cookie bars are simple and truly magical! They are the perfect sweet treat for kids and adults!

  • Macadamia Nut Cookies

    Total Time: 25 minutes

    These little butter cookies are coated with finely chopped or ground macadamia nuts. Add these to your Christmas cookie list!

  • Glazed Lemon Tea Cakes

    Total Time: 21 minutes

    These tender lemon tea cakes are bursting with fresh lemon flavor and finished with a sweet-tart lemon syrup glaze. The soft, cake-like cookies are light, moist, and perfect for spring or any special occasion. A bit of lemon zest in both the batter and glaze adds brightness, while a sparkling sugar topping makes them extra festive. They’re easy to make and even easier to enjoy.

  • Lemon Shortbread

    Total Time: 35 minutes

    These easy 4-ingredient lemon shortbread cookies are sure to become a regular treat. The fresh lemon zest flavors the melt-in-your-mouth shortbread perfectly.

  • Lemon Cupcakes

    Total Time: 35 minutes

    Lemon cupcakes offer a bright taste of spring, and perfect for early spring and summer desserts and events. Add the lemon cream cheese frosting for a sensational treat!

  • Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

    Total Time: 10 minutes

    This lemon cream cheese frosting is a magical combination of tangy cream cheese and tart lemon, brought together with a generous amount of sweet confectioners’ sugar. Frost cakes and cupcakes with this scrumptious frosting!

  • Lemon Cream Cheese Filled Strawberries

    Total Time: 3 hours 20 minutes

    These lemon cream filled strawberries are the perfect treat for a summer celebration. Lemon zest and sweetened cream cheese are combined and piped into the split berries.