Spring has sprung! The delicious dessert aromas wafting from my oven this time of year are just as enticing as the fresh air outside: sunny citrus, juicy strawberry rhubarb pie, puffy choux pastry, and fluffy angel food cake. Find some of my favorite spring dessert recipes on this page.
And if you’re craving something savory, try this herby rosemary focaccia.
If you’re looking for fresh dessert inspiration as the weather begins to warm, I have 30+ Spring Dessert Recipes for you today.
Spring is also a wonderful time to use vanilla sugar in your baking because a lot of seasonal recipes include vanilla as the star ingredient. Have you tried this vanilla biscotti before? Vanilla perfection.
And if you’re thinking ahead, start some homemade vanilla extract now so that it’s more than ready for holiday gifting! I use it in many, many recipes.
30+ Spring Dessert Recipes
Find a new favorite below!
Pistachio Cake
Made from scratch with real pistachio and almond flavors, this 3-layer pistachio cake pairs beautifully with silky cream cheese frosting. Garnish with fresh flowers, berries, and pistachios for a dessert that’s truly perfect for spring.
Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie
This blueberry cream cheese pie is mostly no-bake and sets up in the refrigerator, so it’s perfect for making ahead of time. The graham cracker crust is crunchy, the filling is light and creamy, and the blueberry topping is jammy and sweet.
Fluffy & Moist Coconut Cake
Homemade with love for coconut lovers everywhere, this coconut cake is flavorful, soft, extra moist, and topped with luscious coconut cream cheese buttercream. You can use this batter to make a 9×13-inch sheet cake, too.
My Favorite Carrot Cake Recipe
Reigning as my favorite cake of all time, this carrot cake features outstanding spice flavor, a super moist crumb, and velvety cream cheese frosting as the finishing touch. I’m confident this will be your new favorite cake recipe, too.
Homemade Dirt Pudding (Fun for Kids!)
What better way to celebrate the season of new growth than with no-bake, make-ahead dirt pudding. The creamy homemade chocolate pudding, crushed Oreos, and gummy worm candies make this dessert fun to make AND eat!
Key Lime Pie Bars
Tangy, sweet, refreshing, and only 7 ingredients total. Cream cheese adds the most delightful cheesecake flavor (and helps the bars set!), and a buttery graham cracker crust is a wonderful base for the filling.
White Chocolate Lucky Charms Treats
If you’re looking for a new spin on classic rice krispie treats, these Lucky Charms treats are it. A dunk in white chocolate is optional but certainly welcome to give an already magical treat some extra pizazz!
Mille-Feuille (Napoleon Pastry)
From the thousand layers of delicate puff pastry, to the creamy clouds of vanilla pastry cream, to the decorative marbled icing, mille-feuille is an indulgent dessert worthy of a special occasion. My recipe and instructions make this advanced pastry achievable for home bakers of all skill levels.
Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
These vanilla bean-speckled strawberry shortcake cupcakes are filled with homemade strawberry filling and topped with strawberry whipped cream—all made with real strawberries. It’s like eating strawberry shortcake, but as a buttery soft cupcake!
Coconut Macaroons
These quick and easy 5-ingredient coconut macaroons are sweet, moist, and chewy on the inside with a delightfully crisp exterior. No dough chilling required for these naturally gluten-free and dairy-free treats.
Lemon Blueberry Layer Cake
This cake is bursting with sunshine-sweet flavor and filled with juicy berries and cream cheese frosting in every bite. Its tender, moist crumb is perfectly balanced with a bright, zesty lemon flavor! Always a favorite.
Caramelized Banana Pudding (With Cinnamon Whipped Cream)
Caramelized banana pudding is a fun variation of the Southern classic with layers of brown sugar-caramelized bananas, from-scratch pudding, wafer cookies, and extra fluffy cinnamon-spiced whipped cream. What a dessert!
Brown Butter Berry Tea Cakes
These brown butter berry tea cakes are delicate miniature sponge cakes. The browned butter gives the batter its depth of flavor, which accents the juicy berry at the heart of the tea cake. They’re similar to madeleines, but much easier to prepare!
Carrot Cake Loaf (Quick Bread)
This carrot cake loaf is an easy way to get your carrot cake fix and is dense, yet ultra soft and flavored with brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Serve plain or with a delectable cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
Lemon Ricotta Cookies
These lemon ricotta cookies are like little bites of tangy, moist lemon cake. Topped with a sweet lemon glaze, they’re fresh, light, and completely irresistible.
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
This recipe turned me into a strawberry rhubarb pie fanatic! The pie filling holds together nicely and the homemade pie crust is phenomenal.
Lemon Blueberry Tart
Cool, creamy, and refreshing lemon blueberry tart comes together with just 10 ingredients. The simple lemon filling, swirled with homemade blueberry sauce, is nestled in a flaky shortbread crust.
Perfect No-Bake Cheesecake Recipe
By following my no-bake cheesecake recipe, you’ll be gifted with a smooth and creamy dessert that sets up beautifully in the refrigerator—no eggs or oven required. Enjoy plain or with your favorite cheesecake toppings.
Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
These frosted sugar cookie bars are soft, chewy, and topped with creamy vanilla buttercream. You can tint the frosting any color you’d like, and top with festive sprinkles to dress them up for any springtime celebration.
Dark Chocolate Key Lime Pie Truffles
These dark chocolate key lime pie truffles are creamy, luscious, and extravagant, featuring smooth-as-silk key lime ganache filling enrobed in dark chocolate. Citrus and chocolate is seriously underrated and a must on your spring dessert menu.
Pistachio Drop Cookies
This is an easy cookie recipe prepared in 1 bowl with just 6 ingredients. The brown butter icing is undoubtedly delicious and worth the extra few minutes to top these little drops of heaven!
Beginner’s Guide to French Macarons
Spring is the perfect time to try your hand at homemade French macarons. There usually isn’t too much humidity in the air, and you can have a lot of fun with fresh springy flavors like almond, pistachio, or even coconut extract.
Classic Lemon Meringue Pie
Nothing says spring like lots of bright lemon flavor. My lemon meringue pie recipe has a billowy and toasty meringue topping, a balanced sweet and tart lemon filling, and an extra thick and flaky pie crust.
Cheesecake Swirl Carrot Bundt Cake
My recipe for cheesecake swirl carrot Bundt cake is rich, tender, and flavorful, just like my original carrot cake recipe; and rippled through each slice is a creamy swirl of cheesecake.
Homemade Coconut Cream Pie
This coconut cream pie recipe features a thick and creamy coconut filling, flaky homemade pie crust, mounds of sweet whipped cream, and toasted coconut.
Blackberry Lavender Cake
Lavender is a prime flavor choice in spring dessert recipes and we combine it with blackberry in this superbly moist blackberry lavender cake. The reverse creaming method guarantees a soft crumb.
Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Fun, bright, and colorful! Just what we need in the springtime. For over a decade, this has remained one of the most popular cookie recipes on my website, and after baking a batch, you’ll taste why.
Angel Food Cake
Using only 6 ingredients, this perfect angel food cake bakes up tall, light, and airy. Serve with homemade whipped cream and fresh fruit for a refreshing springtime dessert.
Glazed Coconut Lime Cookies
These coconut lime cookies have a refreshing flavor that hits the spot if you crave a unique cookie when the weather warms up. Don’t skip the sweet yet tangy lime glaze on top!
Easter Egg Peanut Butter Candies
Everyone’s favorite dessert flavor combination comes together in these easy no-bake chocolate peanut butter Easter egg candies! They’re like a homemade version of the popular Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs, only a bit softer and sweeter.
Lemon Bars with Shortbread Crust
You only need 7 ingredients to make these thick and creamy lemon bars, a treat perfect for bake sales, picnics, brunches, baby showers, and spring wedding events.
Pavlova (GF)
A meringue-like dessert and texture lover’s dream come true! The egg whites take on a chewy-crisp texture on top, a soft marshmallow texture inside, and a crunchy crisp texture around the edges. Excellent for berries and fruit on top!
Choux Pastry (Pâte à Choux)
Master this easy and versatile choux pastry recipe and you can use it in a variety of ways, including cream puffs and eclairs!
By the way, if you want more inspiration for the choux pastry (above), here are even more ways it’s used.
Q: What’s your favorite spring dessert recipe? It’s always hard for me to choose, but I love these carrot cake cupcakes. The light, yet velvet-rich cream cheese frosting is a must this time of year!
