Easy Summer Desserts

The following desserts are sure to leave a sweet impression upon your family and friends.

Best Blueberry Pie

Best Blueberry Pie is sweet, juicy, full of fresh blueberries, and has a flaky, buttery lattice crust that is absolute heaven! While there is nothing complicated to this recipe, it does require some time and patience. Like all fruit pies, they take time for the filling to thicken while baking and patience as you let the pie cool and set. This delicious pie is worth the wait. The only regret you may have when finished is that you didn’t make two!

Easy Eggless Coconut Cream Pie

Our Easy Eggless Coconut Cream Pie is a light and whimsical dessert that has the perfect balance of flavors and textures. The creamy filling contains a harmonious blend of sweet coconut flavor while the crust adds a wonderful vanilla buttery crunch. Topped with a cloud-like homemade whipped cream, this pie is a feast for the senses. Each spoonful bursts with the essence of shredded coconut, taking your taste buds on a tropical adventure.

Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake

Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake is a New York style cheesecake that is incredibly rich, creamy, and has a sweet strawberry puree woven into the filling. It is the ultimate indulgence and while I love to make this during peak strawberry season, it is perfect any time of year.

Blueberry Streusel Cake

Blueberry Streusel Cake has a dense vanilla cake filled with layers of blueberries, a cinnamon-sugar swirl, and topped with a delicious streusel. I classified this as a dessert but honestly, this cake tastes amazing any time of day! It works for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dessert, and as a snack. You can serve it warm or chilled – it is just that good.

Perfect Peach Pie

Perfect Peach Pie is the ultimate summer dessert! This pie has a flaky, buttery crust and is bursting with sweet peaches covered in a delicious cinnamon-sugar filling. When peach season arrives, I cannot make this dessert enough! Add a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream…absolute heaven!

Peach Streusel Cake

Peach Streusel Cake has a moist dense vanilla cake filled with layers of sweet peaches and delicious cinnamon-sugar streusel. You may know that it is difficult to get a strong peach flavor in baked goods. This cake has the best, natural peach flavor due to our secret ingredient: peach nectar. Peach nectar is so simple to make! This is a great cake to make ahead of time as the peach flavor intensifies a day or two after being baked!

Perfect Pound Cake

This Perfect Pound Cake is everything you would expect a pound cake to be and so much more. It is moist, rich, tender, buttery, and is excellent on its own or as the base in other recipes. Easy and quick to assemble, this classic cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser!

Not Too Tart, Not Too Sweet Key Lime Pie

As stated in the title, this Key Lime Pie is not too tart and not too sweet. Our recipe is different than traditional Key Lime Pie recipes in that we use sour cream for richness in place of egg yolks. It is a taste of sunshine and I recommend making more than one pie as it goes quickly!

Simply Perfect Coconut Cake

Simply Perfect Coconut Cake is moist, infused with natural coconut flavor, and has a delicious coconut cream cheese frosting. We use a combination of butter and oil to create the best cake texture while coconut milk provides a fresh, natural flavor.

Easy Thumbprint Cookies

Easy Thumbprint Cookies are soft sugar cookies rolled in granulated sugar, filled with jam, and topped with a sweet glaze. Soft on the inside with a slightly crisp exterior from the sugar, they are so delicious and easy to make. What is so fun about these cookies is that you get to decide what jam you would like to use for the center!

Pineapple Coconut Cake

Pineapple Coconut Cake is a moist, coconut cake filled with layers of sweet pineapple filling, covered in a velvety coconut cream cheese frosting, and topped with shredded coconut and homemade pineapple flowers. This cake is light and has just the right amount of sweetness to tang with the pineapple filling and cream cheese frosting.

Quick Boston Cream Pie

Want delicious homemade Boston Cream Pie but are short on time? This is for you! It is super easy, quick, and is sure to be a crowd pleaser. It has a moist vanilla cake, fluffy cream filling (no eggs), and a rich chocolate ganache on top. The filling on this cake is different than the traditional Boston cream pie because it is not made with eggs. Instead, we use vanilla pudding mix, heavy cream, and cool whip. So fast and oh so good!

Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake

This Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake tastes like summer! The cake and blueberries have a lovely sweetness while the tart lemon provides balance that is refreshing and light. It is one of my favorites cakes to make come spring and summer. And the best part is that it is super easy!

Chocolate Almond Coconut Balls

These Chocolate Almond Coconut Balls are filled with sweet, moist coconut, chopped almonds, and then coated in a rich, chocolate shell topped with a pinch of sea salt. We love to make these around the holidays and always make a ton because they are a favorite amongst our family and friends!

Peach Apricot Roses

Peach Apricot Roses are mini pies filled with peach slices, apricot preserves, and cinnamon in the adorable shape of roses. They are the perfect combination of sweet from the apricot, tart from the peaches, and savory butter goodness from the pie crust. Then, we add just a sprinkle of powdered sugar on top and they look almost too beautiful to eat. These baked mini pies are showstoppers and are absolutely delicious!

Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake

Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake looks ridiculously elegant with its marbled design but it is really easy and so delicious! This cheesecake is rich, creamy, and has a sweet raspberry puree woven into the filling.

Coconut Macadamia Nut Cookies

These Coconut Macadamia Nut cookies are rich, buttery, filled with coconut, macadamia nuts, and topped with a coconut-infused drizzle. A little crisp around the edges with a soft, slightly chewy center, this cookie is sweet from the coconut yet has a nice balance of earthiness from the macadamia nuts.

Strawberry Shortcake Cake

This Strawberry Shortcake Cake has the perfect balance of delicious homemade vanilla cake, fresh strawberries, and fluffy whipped cream.

Strawberry Cheesecake Thumbprints

Strawberry Cheesecake Thumbprints are like eating bite-sized strawberry cheesecakes in cookie form! They have a graham cracker cookie base with a rich, creamy cheesecake filling that is swirled with a fresh strawberry puree. While they appear very elegant, they are actually quite easy to make!

Key Lime Pie Cupcakes

Key Lime Pie Cupcakes are the delicious combination of key lime pie and vanilla cake topped with key lime infused whipped cream, graham cracker crumbs, and key lime zest.

The Best Cheesecake

This New York Style cheesecake is smooth, creamy, and rich with a delicious crushed vanilla wafer crust. It is absolutely dreamy and the BEST cheesecake ever!

Coconut Cupcakes

These Coconut Cupcakes are moist, light, tender, filled with all-natural coconut flavor, and topped with rich coconut cream cheese frosting. They are very simple and elegant at the same time.

Key Lime Cheesecake Cookies

Key Lime Cheesecake cookies are a combination of key lime pie and cheesecake in cookie form! These cookies have a soft graham cracker cookie base with a slightly crisp coating of sugar and are filled with a creamy key lime cheesecake filling. We then add a pinch of lime zest to the top after baking. These delectable treats are easy to make, quite adorable, and are one of my most popular cookies!

Key Lime Pie Thumbprints

Key Lime Pie Thumbprints are like having bite-sized key lime pies! These cookies have a soft graham cracker cookie base with a slightly crisp coating of sugar and are filled with delicious key lime pie filling. We then add a pinch of lime zest and drizzle a lightly sweetened glaze on top which is completely optional. I love that these cookies look so elegant but are so easy to make!

Lemon Cheesecake Berry Trifle

Lemon Cheesecake Berry Trifle is most commonly described using the terms, “dreamy” and “heavenly.” This delicious treat is made with buttery pound cake, fresh berries, creamy lemon curd cheesecake, and homemade whipped cream.

Strawberry Swirl Cupcakes

These Strawberry Swirl Cupcakes are light, moist, have the perfect pop of strawberry flavor, and are super simple to make! We use boxed cake mix for the vanilla cupcakes, a strawberry puree made from fresh strawberries for the swirl and drizzle, and a homemade whipped cream. These are quick, easy, and definitely a crowd pleaser!

Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies are rich, buttery, crisp around the edges with a soft center, and have the perfect balance of coconut to chocolate chips. We use double the coconut flavor with coconut extract and shredded coconut flakes. We also use double the chocolate with both semisweet and dark chocolate chips. The resulting cookie is decadent, melt-in-your-mouth perfection.

Thank you for joining me on this sweet summer sojourn. Continue to explore your passion for baking, experiment with new flavors, and create cherished memories through the power of delicious desserts. Until next time, happy baking and may your life be filled with an abundance of sweet moments! For fabulous summer BBQ sides, please visit our Summer BBQ Sides blog post.

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