Spring is the season of lively blooms and dewy beginnings, and what better way to celebrate than with a delightful array of spring desserts from no-bake pastel-colored sweets, and fruity baked goods, to chocolate-covered bonbons?
In this spring dessert roundup, I've curated an assemblage of easy spring dessert recipes that are perfect for anyone looking to try their hand at creating these beautiful treats. From delicate pastel macarons to tangy lime pies, these recipes are not only gorgeous and delicious but many of them are also vegan and made with natural ingredients.
Brighten up your spring gatherings with the best desserts for spring. I guarantee, they’re as beautiful as they are tasty. These are all the most trusted, and reliable spring dessert recipes so you can bake with confidence.
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🍪 Spring Cookies
Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
Elevate your tea time with these elegant lemon poppy seed cookies. These soft and moist cookies are bursting with fresh lemon flavor and poppy seeds!
Perfectly sweet and tart, these homemade cookies are delightfully bright and chewy with hints of nutty crunch from the seeds. I gotta admit, these taste even better than the ones from a bakery!
Strawberry Cookies
Strawberry cookies are a delightful springtime treat, combining the sweet tanginess of strawberries with a buttery, crumbly cookie dough.
These zesty pale pink cookies are tender, slightly chewy with a burst of strawberry goodness. Plus, enjoy this easy cookie recipe any time of year thanks to freeze-dried strawberries.
Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
Whether you're having a dainty afternoon soiree or just want to prepare treats for the fam, these pistachio shortbread cookies will impress everyone.
Buttery-crisp shortbread cookies with pretty green pistachio flecks are made truly gorgeous by adding edible herbs and flowers. These nutty desserts are sure to please a crowd, as they're gluten-free and easier to make than they look.
Lemon Raspberry Cookies
These lemon raspberry cookies are delightfully airy, and rich in buttery goodness. These cookies are infused with the vibrant flavors of fresh raspberries and bright tart lemons.
They're incredibly simple and fast to whip up, making them a must-include in your cookie arsenal. Full of flavor with a soft chewy texture, everyone will love these beautiful spring treats.
Lemon Lavender Cookies
The obsession with lemon cookies continues. These cookies offer a unique twist on basic lemon cookies by adding a touch of culinary lavender, creating a more sophisticated and aromatic taste profile.
The buttery crust harmonises flawlessly with the bright and tangy lemon and floral notes from lavender buds, creating a symphony of sophistication in each square. These pretty cookies are perfect for a Spring fete or small gathering.
🍫 Chocolate Confections for Spring
Chocolate Walnut Fudge
Never fear, chocolate walnut fudge is here to save your taste buds from the mundanity of everyday sweets. These delightful treats are not only deliciously chocolatey and fudgy, they're also bursting with rich raw chocolate goodness and superfood berries.
Each square is packed with lots of healthy ingredients, low in sugar and so easy to make. This recipe is perfect for guilt-free indulging.
Cheesecake-Stuffed Strawberry Truffles
These dainty cheesecake stuffed strawberries are proof that there’s always room for dessert! These keto-friendly treats are incredibly simple to make at home using powdered sugar substitute and sugar-free chocolate chips.
After stuffing cheesecake into strawberries, dip them in melted chocolate (look for keto chocolate), and roll in crushed nuts or cacao nibs for a fancy finish.
You can prepare so many variations of the recipe too, making chocolate covered strawberries, cheesecake stuffed strawberries, or all the components separately as fresh strawberries, melted chocolate chips and cheesecake dip.
🍦 Cool Spring Treats
Blueberry Basil Popsicles
If you enjoy fruity popsicles, try these blueberry basil popsicles. Sweet and tart berries are accentuated by the earthiness and liveliness of fresh basil.
Enjoy this low-sugar frozen treat in spring time or throughout the year. They're easy to make ahead for an anytime treat, and great to dip in chocolate.
Rhubarb Strawberry Ice Cream
When it comes to warm weather desserts, it doesn't get any better than a fruity frozen treat. Rhubarb strawberry ice cream is not only unique, but utterly delicious.
This pretty pink ice cream combines oven roasted juicy strawberry, rhubarb, and layers of cookie chunks for a delicious flavor. It’s the perfect frozen dessert for any occasion.
🍰 Decadent Cakes for Spring
Coconut Poke Cake
The tropics await with this moist and delicious coconut poke cake. The easy sheet cake recipe boasts of a lovely coconut flavor, velvety cloud-like frosting and scrumptious cake.
Both gluten-free and dairy-free, it's delightfully sweet and luscious with a fluffy coconut whipped cream topped with toasted coconut. Serve this wonderful coconut dessert with ice cream or fresh fruit on the side.
Carrot Cake with Mascarpone Frosting
Everything you love about a classic carrot cake, but with added Italian flair thanks to hazelnuts and mascarpone! This carrot cake features a tender spiced crumb, moist and light sponge, and with an elevated nut and frosting finish.
It's sweet with just the right amount of carrots and a hint of saltiness from the cheese topping. Finished some mascarpone cheese frosting, this cake is the perfect spring dessert!
Strawberry Shortcake
A strawberry naked shortcake is a great way to showcase juicy spring-summer strawberries. With a soft and tender texture that pairs perfectly with sweetened cream and tart berries, it's the perfect springtime treat.
This delightful cake is made with a light tender vanilla chiffon sponge, sweetened cream whipped to fluffy peaks, and accentuated with yummy strawberries. Strawberry shortcake is the perfect spring indulgence.
Lemon Strawberry Cheesecake
I just adore making bright and cheerful desserts for spring. This delicious lemon and strawberry cheesecake features a crunchy biscuit base, contrasting with a smooth and tangy cheesecake filling.
It's made even more delicious when topped with a strawberry layer and extra fresh strawberries for the perfect treat. Tart and sweet, with a velvety texture and amazing color, it's also vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, and soy-free so more people can enjoy!
Vegan Strawberry Cupcakes
There's just no other dessert that feels quite as special as a beautifully garnished cupcake with fluffy buttercream frosting. These vegan strawberry cupcakes will please ANY crowd!
Fresh and freeze-dried berries add not just a burst of flavor but infuse a pink tinge to both the cupcake and frosting. Perfectly moist, cloud-like, sweet, and packed with strawberries, these beautiful pink cupcakes are easy to make.
Mini Berry Cheesecakes
Almost too pretty to eat, these gorgeous mini berry cheesecakes are a delicious springtime treat. Whip them up easily in the blender with just a few simple healthy ingredients, no cooking necessary!
Just mix and chill for an effortless treat. These gorgeous pastel purple individual desserts are gluten-free, dairy-free, Keto, and vegan.
Honey Cheesecake Baklava
Any baklava fans here? IF you've never tried them, they're a delicious flaky buttery pastry filled with chopped pistachios and sweetened with honey.
This honey cheesecake baklava combines traditional baklava with a rich honey-sweetened cheesecake resulting in the perfect combination of two classic desserts in one. Enjoy this lusciously decadent cheesecake for spring, or really anytime!
Lavender Lemon Cake
This lavender lemon cake is the dainty pretty cake to make this season. With two layers of light, moist lemon cake lathered with a smooth and silky lavender buttercream in between, it's the epitome of the season's celebrations.
Bright lemony flavors pair well with the delicate earthy floral notes of lavender. Light, tender, and flavorful, you need this cake at your next spring gathering!
Strawberry Cake Roll
Get ready to indulge in a stunning dessert that's both beautiful and delicious - strawberry cake roll. This traditional Austrian dessert is called Erdbeerroulade, but here it's best known as simply strawberry roll.
Thin layer of light sponge cake, filled with homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries, and then rolled into an easy peasy delicious cake roll. Take a look at that signature spiral shaped beauty. This strawberry Swiss roll is as delicious as it is stunning and gluten-free to boot.
Spring Garden Cupcakes
Make these cute garden cupcakes if you want something aesthetic for your Spring dessert table. These sweet spring cupcakes are crafted to look just like a garden ready to sprout.
To make them at home, start by making your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe - or a boxed recipe works well too - then sprinkle it with crushed Oreos for topsoil. Best of all, there's no fancy cake decorating technique, nor special equipment needed to make them.
Mango Cheesecake Slice
These gorgeous and indulgent mango cheesecake slices are sure to be crowd-pleasers for any occasion. Ripe mangoes bring a tropical twist to the classic cheesecake, elevating it to new heights.
The natural sweetness of the mangoes adds a refreshing and fruity note, balancing out the richness of the cream cheese filling. These are the perfect single serve desserts for spring but take note, each bite will leave you craving for more.
Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
I love making themed desserts, and these ice cream cone cupcakes are so pleasingly aesthetic for spring. Make soft and fluffy cupcakes and pour into ice cream cones lined with foil (to prevent burning)
Then make swirled creamy frosting (pre-made frosting is fine) to pipe in a beautiful whipped topping. Then add crunch and texture with candy sprinkles. These cupcakes are like a breath of fresh air, looking impressively different from many of the beloved cupcake classics.
Butterfly Cupcakes
These butterfly cupcakes are super cute desserts, making a wonderful addition to a springtime table. They're very easy to make and can be filled with whatever you want, from lemon curd or fruit jam to homemade guianduja.
Best of all, they're simple to decorate, with no need for piping tips or decorating experience. The wings topper is ideal for dipping into the filling! If you adore butterflies, this cupcake is for you!
🥧 Delicious Pies and Tarts
Apricot Almond Tart
Sink your teeth into this delicious apricot almond tart. Made with fresh, seasonal apricots, they're wonderfully sweet, tangy and aromatic with a bit of nuttyness.
This divine tart has fresh apricots and preserves, a shower of crunchy almonds in a store-bought pastry crust, and finally a sprinkling of sugar with dotted bits of butter. Jammy, crunchy, and the perfect balance of lip-smacking sweetness, it's great for family get-togethers.
Key Lime Pie
Get ready lime lovers, this recipe is for you! This key lime pie has an amazingly smooth, creamy, and tangy mouthfeel with a sweet salty buttery pie crust.
You only need 5 ingredients and it can be made entirely in advance. Share this amazing pie with your favorite peeps, or anyone who truly loves bright lime desserts.
🥐 Scrumptious Baked Goods
Lemon Bars
Craving a yellow dessert that's both indulgent and light? Make these gluten-free lemon bars - they're the perfect combination of sweet and tangy, with a refreshing burst of citrus.
A buttery shortbread crust is covered with a delicious lemon curd filling, and topped with powdered sugar. You can easily enhance a delicate cup of Korean tea with a small plate of elegant lemon shortbread bars.
Rhubarb Squares
Iceland’s favorite cake, known as hjónabandssæla, is a rhubarb lover's dream. These rhubarb dessert bars are a delicious creation of oat streusel topped jammy rhubarb filling, which comes into season during the spring.
It's so easy to make and comes together in just one bowl. Egg-free, dairy-free, and plant-based, it's perfect for special occasions or any day of the year.
Rhubarb Banana Bread
This rhubarb banana bread will quickly be your go-to banana bread recipe for spring. Using springtime's prized vegetable, rhubarb, dress up a good ol' banana cake recipe with fruity flavors and colors.
Dotted with chunks of tart rhubarb and drizzled with a simple vanilla glaze, this banana bread is so easy to make. Truly a delicious way to celebrate the season!
Vegan Lemon Olive Oil Loaf
A perfectly sweet and tart vegan lemon loaf studded with in-season berries will be your new favorite dessert to make in springtime. It's so easy, and you'll almost certainly have the ingredients on hand.
The cake is fluffy, tender and light and boasts of lemony goodness. You don't need any special egg replacers, either, as the cake stays moist and fluffy from the olive oil, sugar, and baking powder!
Berry Cream Cheese Danish
Love the smell of baked goods wafting in your home? Make these gluten-free danish pastries filled with cream cheese and topped with seasonal berries.
Made with gluten-free puff pastry, you can twist and shape these baked treats any way you want. The flakiness of the homemade dough, the tanginess of the cream cheese, the sweetness from the berries... all paired with a lemon glaze to tie all the flavors together.
Fill your home with the most incredible buttery aromas as these babies bake in the oven. Ready in less than half an hour!
🍮 Unique Spring Dessert Recipes
Lemon Mascarpone Crepes
Celebrate the taste of spring with this delightfully sweet lemon crepe with lemon mascarpone cream. Folds of delicate crêpes enveloping velvety lemon mascarpone cream, topped with honey, blueberries, and crushed Biscoff dessert cookies.
It's a citrusy delight embodying just the right balance of sweetness, luxurious mascarpone cheese, and bright fresh lemons. Enjoy this fancy dessert any time of day.
Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake Cones
These no-bake strawberry crunch cheesecake cones with golden Oreos are the frozen treats for spring that you're looking for. With lashings of strawberry crunch topping paired with a no-bake vanilla cheesecake filling and topped with beautiful strawberry roses, it's a sweet and satisfying bright red dessert.
Made in super cute individual ice cream cones, these single-serve treats will wow family and friends. They're perfect for a party or warm weather get-together!
Eton Mess
Fall in love with the classic British dessert Eton mess. Hailing from the hallowed halls of Eton, it's made up of crushed meringue, homemade whip cream, and fresh berries, a combination that's delightfully sweet.
With just three basic ingredients – meringues, fresh whipped cream and fresh berries, you can fully customize it to your liking. Quick and easy, light and pretty, this dessert is worthy of its colorful history.
Strawberry Mint Panna Cotta
I'm an avid panna cotta fan, especially when topped with fresh fruits. I love making this smooth, velvety creamy, melt-in-your mouth Italian dessert, and not only because it's totally versatile.
Top it with something as simple as sea salt caramel or chopped pistachios and honey, or something as lucious as dark chocolate with cocoa powder and seasonal fruits. This strawberry panna cotta is the best gluten free spring dessert, boasting of fresh strawberries, mint, and lightly drizzled with honey.
Carrot Cake Macaron
Carrot cake and rabbits are almost always at spring-themed gatherings, so these carrot cake macarons are an excellent treat to bring.
With carrot juice powder and spices in the macaron shells, and a velvety cream cheese buttercream filling, these are THE spring desserts to make! They taste perfectly creamy, carrot-y and sweet. Plus these pastel-hued candy sprinkles make them oh-so adorable.
Pandan Jelly (Fragrant Screwpine Agar-Agar)
If you’ve never tasted the delightfully combination of coconut and fragrant screw pine, then make these pandan jellies pronto! They’re light, fragrant, refreshing, and totally tropical.
With just 4 ingredients, this recipe is done in minutes. Bite into these babies and they’ll transport you to warm, sunny, tropical beaches in Southeast Asia!
Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Parfaits
This no-bake blueberry lemon cheesecake parfait is the epitome of spring in a glass! These parfaits are everything you love about cheesecake, without having to actually bake a cheesecake.
Layers of creamy cheesecake filling, crunchy graham cracker crust, and a sweet and tart blueberry compote topping come together in minutes without having to turn on the oven. It's a dreamy delightful dessert that everyone will love.
Lavender Crème Brûlée
Prepare your taste buds for this delicious twist on the classic French dessert. Infused with the earthy, herby, floral aromas of sweet lavender, this custard dessert is rich, sweet and dainty.
The sugar topping adds a slight burnt sugar flavor and crunch to the dessert. Crack that sugar top and dig in. This lavender creme brulee will be loved by your friends and family, without fail.
Raspberry Ricotta Parfaits
These raspberry ricotta parfaits are a creamy and delicious dessert that's sure to impress. Layers of fluffy sweet ricotta filling and fresh tangy raspberries come together in a glass, creating a parfait that's both comforting and refreshing, a textural delight for your taste buds.
Freshly-toasted almonds add a nice crunch and nutty flavor that compliments the tangy sweet spring dessert. This dessert recipe for two is so easy to make - you only need 5 ingredients, and you can make it in only 10 minutes!
Passion Fruit Mousse
This passion fruit dessert is the most delicious treat you will cook this spring! This simple passion fruit mousse recipe, also known as mousse de maracujá, is creamy and refreshing, with the perfect amount of sweetness.
It contains only three ingredients: sweetened condensed milk, heavy cream, and frozen passion fruit juice. Enjoy each spoonful of this blissful, delightful dessert for spring.
🙋🏼♀️ Frequently Asked Questions
The best seasonal desserts for springtime include lots of fruits - like raspberry tarts, lemon bars, strawberry shortcake, rhubarb crisp, carrot cake, and floral-infused sweets like lavender or rosewater macarons. These springtime desserts make use of fresh, seasonal ingredients and offer light, bright flavors that are perfect for the arrival of the season.
There are numerous types of desserts, including cakes, pies, cookies, pastries, puddings, custards, ice creams, sorbets, tarts, chocolate truffles, and more. Each type of dessert offers its own unique flavors, textures, and presentation, making them suitable for various occasions and preferences.
The most popular desserts in the world include classics such as apple pie, chocolate cake, ice cream, cheesecake, tiramisu, crème brûlée, and chocolate chip cookies. Each of these desserts have achieved global appeal and are widely enjoyed across different cultures and regions. You can make them for all seasons especially this springtime.
📖 Recipe
39+ Spring Desserts You Can Make at Home
Equipment
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Mixing Bowl
- Electric Mixer
Ingredients
- Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
- Strawberry Cookies
- Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
- Lemon Raspberry Cookies
- Lemon Lavender Cookies
- Chocolate Walnut Fudge
- Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberry Truffles
- Blueberry Basil Popsicles
- Rhubarb Strawberry Ice Cream
- Coconut Poke Cake
- Italian Carrot Cake
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Lemon Strawberry Cheesecake
- Vegan Strawberry Cupcakes
- Mini Berry Cheesecakes
- Honey Cheesecake Baklava
- Lavender Lemon Cake
- Strawberry Cake Roll
- Spring Garden Cupcakes
- Mango Cheesecake Slice
- Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
- Butterfly Cupcakes
- Apricot Almond Tart
- Key Lime Pie
- Lemon Bars
- Rhubarb Squares
- Rhubarb Banana Bread
- Vegan Lemon Olive Oil Loaf
- Berry Cream Cheese Danish
- Lemon Crepe with Lemon Mascarpone
- Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake Cones
- Eton Mess
- Strawberry Mint Panna Cotta
- Carrot Cake Macaron
- Pandan Jelly
- Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Parfait
- Lavender Creme Brulee
- Raspberry Ricotta Parfait
- Passion Fruit Mousse
Instructions
- Choose a recipe that appeals to you.
- Gather the ingredients.
- Follow the instructions, then enjoy!
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