From an airy fruit mousse to a tall and fluffy angel food cake, our Easter dessert recipes help you round out your holiday meal with something sweet.

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A slice of lemon ricotta cheesecake plated next to the whole cake.
Lemon-Ricotta Cheesecake
A slice of dairy-free chocolate cake served on a slate-colored plate. The remaining cake is nearby, perched on a stainless steel cake stand.
Dairy-Free Chocolate Cake
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Chocolate-Covered Digestive Biscuits (McVities)
A rectangular container of bright red strawberry sorbet with a scoop being pulled from it.
Strawberry Sorbet
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No-Bake Greek Yogurt Cheesecake
Overhead image showing sliced lemon bar squares topped with powdered sugar on a marble countertop.
Sunny Lemon Bars Recipe
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White Cake With Brown Butter and Toasted Sugar Recipe
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Pistachio Cake
24 Bright and Spring-y Easter Dessert Recipes
Freshly baked choux pastry puffs on a parchment lined baking sheet.
How to Make Choux Pastry (Pâte à Choux)
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Brown Butter Blondies Recipe
A dessert bowl filled with homemade eggless chocolate mousse.
Eggless Chocolate Mousse Recipe
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Lacy Brown Butter and Ricotta Cookies
A slice of chocolate cream pie topped with vanilla meringue
Double-Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe
a piping bag piping meringue onto the filling of a fresh and creamy lime pie.
Fresh and Creamy Lime Pie
A loaf of honey semifreddo, topped with macerated cherries and Marcona almonds.
Honey Semifreddo (Frozen Italian Dessert) Recipe
A slice of cherry clafoutis on a speckled ceramic plate on the left side of the image. On the right side is the remaining clafoutis, showing a slice has been removed.
Classic Cherry Clafoutis
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Meyer Lemon Ice Cream Recipe
A glass of cranachan topped with fresh raspberries.
Cranachan (Scottish Whipped Cream With Whisky, Raspberries, and Toasted Oats) Recipe
Overhead of slices of no-bake cheesecake made with freeze-dried fruit.
No-Bake Cheesecake With Freeze-Dried Fruit Recipe
Fresh basil mousse, served in shallow drinking glasses and garnished with sliced strawberry.
Fresh Basil Mousse
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Easy Coconut Cupcakes Recipe
A slice of chocolate cherry layer cake is served on a grey plate. The rest of the cake is visible in the background.
Chocolate Cherry Layer Cake Recipe
A plated wedge of upside down blueberry muffin cut from a whole cake, with a fork pierced into a piece,
Upside-Down Blueberry Muffin Recipe
slice of angel food cake plated with chantilly cream, fresh fig, blueberries, and blackberries
Effortless Angel Food Cake Recipe
serving up a slice of chiffon cake with cream and berries
Classic Chiffon Cake With Vanilla Chantilly Recipe
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Dark Chocolate Easter Cookies Recipe
A small pink speckled stoneware plate with three classic éclairs on it, each topped with chocolate icing. A bakers rack with more éclairs is in the background.
Classic Éclairs
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Japanese Cotton-Soft Cheesecake Recipe
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Easter Egg Cake Recipe
A top-down image of six composed strawberry shortcakes, on a speckled ceramic plate on a textured cloth background.
5-Ingredient Strawberry Shortcakes Recipe
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Upgraded Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie
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Meyer Lemon Ice Cream That's as Easy as Pie
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Meringue Nests With Orange Curd Cream and Easter Eggs Recipe
Homemade Peeps Rice Krispy treats cut into a rectangle, a star, and a heart on a plate.
Peeps Krispies Treats Recipe
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Easiest Summer Ever: Sweet-Sour Cherries With Mint and Ricotta
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Cakespy: Cadbury Creme Deviled Eggs Recipe
A table of various styles of cream puffs
Cream Puffs
Chocolate Coconut Nests With Jelly Bean Eggs Recipe
Chocolate Marshmallow Peeps Recipe
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Turn Leftover Easter Candy Into These Ultra-Chocolaty Cookies
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Meringue Nests With Orange Curd Cream and Easter Eggs Make the Cutest Easter Dessert Ever
Six choux au craquelins on a white platter with one of them cut in half.
Choux au Craquelin Recipe
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Chouquettes
Rhubarb crisp, served in a small bowl.
Rhubarb Crisp
A slice of no-churn vanilla ice cream pie, served on a white speckled dish. The rest of the pie is nearby.
No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream Pie
Brazilian carrot cake topped with chocolate glaze, a slice is served nearby
For Moist, Tender Carrot Cake, Make It the Brazilian Way
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12 Delightful Passover Desserts to Impress Everyone at Your Seder
Side view of mocha tres leches
20 Minutes of Active Time Is All You Need for This Luscious Mocha Tres Leches Cake
piece of guinnes chocolate cake taken from corner of sheetpan and placed on a green plate. Side of beer on green napkin, green fork, on top of green fabric
For the Best St. Patrick's Day, You Can Drink Your Guinness and Eat It Too (As Cake!)
Kansas City Steak soup in bowl on wooden board with spoonful of soup, bread, and another bowl in thebackground
10 Recipes Our Editors Are Excited to Cook Right Now
overhead shot of strawberry cupcakes on a pink tray and pink surface. with 2 on trays on the corners
Strawberry Cupcakes
slice of cake on white plate, with cake to the side on white platter on a red fabric surface.
Singaporean Fudge Cake
Overhead view of water ganache truffles
Water Ganache
Overhead view of pot de cremes
Chocolate Pot de Crèmes
Platter with sliced lemon cake on yellow tile. On the side is a slice of cake, forks, and coffee mug
Lemon Drizzle Cake
Overhead view of slice
Red Velvet Cake
Slice of flourless chocolate cake, topped with a dollup of cream, on a blue plate, blue tabletop, and the cake is in the background
Flourless Chocolate Cake