45 Fresh Spring Desserts That Will Delight All Season

Recipe: Strawberry-Lemonade Cake

You can assemble this glorious cake up to two days ahead; store at room temp. Also, you can freeze cooled layers up to a month in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. The sweet-tart Strawberry-Lemonade Jam and Strawberry Frosting make for a delicious finish.

Recipe: Lemon-Orange Chiffon Cake

Serve this decadent spring dessert at your next ladies' luncheon and wow the crowd with edible flowers.

Recipe: Classic Coconut Cake

Look for packaged coconut shavings in your grocer's natural foods section.

Recipe: Lemon Raspberry Cake

If you're looking for a springtime recipe that will really steal the show, this two-layered Lemon Raspberry Cake has elegance written all over it.

Recipe: Banana Pudding Cheesecake

This sinfully sweet dessert is the perfect blend of fresh bananas, creamy cheesecake, and crunchy vanilla wafers.

Recipe: Key Lime Pound Cake

Dress up traditional pound cake with a little lime zest and a homemade Key lime glaze for a deliciously tropical dessert.

Recipe: Chocolate-Strawberry Cake

This sweet-as-can-be stunner is essentially a chocolate-covered strawberry in layer cake form.

Recipe: Heavenly Angel Food Cake

The rich, moist texture of this divine angel food cake is unlike any other. Made from scratch in minutes, it's baked in a 13- x 9-inch pan and spread with frosting that's a lemon lover's dream.

Recipe: Easter Cookies

Try this Easter dessert with a simple five-ingredient dough that can be made up to three days ahead and stored in the fridge.

Recipe: The Ultimate Carrot Cake

Truly our best-ever carrot cake recipe, make this classic favorite for a crowd and you might not have any leftovers to bring home.

Recipe: Naked Lemon Cake with Flower Crown

This cake abides by our #1 spring baking philosophy: Keep it simple and fresh (and when in doubt, add flowers).

Recipe: Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Buttermilk-Cream Cheese Frosting

Overestimated the amount of chocolate eggs your family could actually consume? Make use of the spares as cupcake toppers.

Recipe: Classic Strawberry Shortcake

With juicy strawberries spooned over sweet and tender biscuits, old-fashioned strawberry shortcakes are the perfect dessert. If the berries are very sweet, decrease the sugar to suit your taste.

Recipe: Easter Egg Cookies

Decorating these cute pastel cookies a great activity for the kids on the afternoon of Easter.

Recipe: Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake

There are a few things to note about this recipe before you start baking. First, the cream cheese is added after beating the butter and sugar. And, yes, you read the cooking instructions correctly—the cake bakes at a slightly higher temperature than usual.

Recipe: Sweet Tea Bundt Cake

Spring marks the start of porch-sitting season across the South, and we're celebrating with this Sweet Tea Bundt Cake.

Recipe: Hummingbird Cupcakes with Candied Pineapple Wedges

Candied pineapple adds a touch of whimsy to these fan-favorite cupcakes.

Recipe: Coconut Pound Cake

Bring a bit of tropical flair to the BBQ with this lightened-up pound cake.

Recipe: Mixed Citrus Bars

Use orange, grapefruit, or lime to give classic lemon bars a refresh. 

Recipe: Strawberry Icebox Cake

If your warm childhood days were spent enjoying cool slices of icebox cake, this strawberry version of the well-loved treat will trigger a welcome wave of nostalgia.

Recipe: Lemon-Orange Pound Cake

Combining the two icings gives this cake an extra-special finish. 

Recipe: Fried Bananas Foster

Serve this fried sweet treat over butter pecan ice cream and top with caramel rum sauce. 

Recipe: Key Lime Slab Pie with Strawberry Whipped Cream

Fresh strawberries and lime zest top off this delicious and easy slab pie. 

Recipe: Lemon Bar Cake

Make this luscious lemon dessert in the slow cooker. Serve it warm or let it cool.  

Recipe: Chocolate Bundt Cake

In the spring, we're all about the light, fruity desserts, but sometimes you just can't resist a nice, fluffy chocolate Bundt.

Recipe: Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake

Bright lemon blueberry glaze makes this dessert a showstopper every time. 

Recipe: Rose Petal Cupcakes

The best way to jazz up any simple vanilla cupcakes? Add rose petals.

Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes

Make the most of that fresh spring produce and bake up a batch of these Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes.

Recipe: Coconut-Carrot Cake with Coconut Buttercream

Not only is this cake visually stunning, but it bakes in a sheet pan, ensuring it'll feed a crowd.

Recipe: Blueberry Mini Cheesecakes

If you put a handful of blueberries in your cheesecake, that makes it healthy, right?

Recipe: Mini Confetti Cake

These little cakes are so elegant, your guests will never expect that they were actually cut from one big sheet cake.

Recipe: Grand Marnier Cakes

This recipe has been a standard in our Rolodex since its original publication in 1977—clearly, these mini Bundt cakes have stood the test of time.

Recipe: Pineapple Upside-Down Cupcakes

As far as Grandma's concerned, it's not a dinner party without an upside-down cake, and with pre-portioned personal cakes, we just made serving this classic dish a whole lot easier.

Recipe: Raspberry Crumble Bars

Warm weather means that picnic season has officially begun, and these Raspberry Crumble Bars are the mess-free, portable picnic treat you've been searching for.

Recipe: Pineapple-Ginger Upside-Down Cake

We've kicked Grandma's classic recipe up a notch with a dose of freshly grated ginger and an elegant lattice of pineapple.

Recipe: Creamy Peach Icebox Cake

Layers of ice cream, pound cake, and fresh peaches? It doesn't get much sweeter than this.

Recipe: Mini Strawberry Tarts

These sweet treats start with a pistachio crust. A dreamy mixture of cream cheese, lemon juice and zest, and whipped cream are folded together before filling the individual tarts. Toss the fresh strawberries in sugar, just before topping the tarts, to give them just a hint of added sweetness.

Recipe: Strawberry Dream Cake

You'll fall in love with this too-good-to-be-true strawberry cake. Fluffy whipped frosting made with marscapone cheese, sugar, whipping cream, and vanilla and almond extracts is the perfect finishing touch. We love the presentation of cake slices with upright strawberries between the layers. When it comes down to the details, this sweet confection takes the cake.

Recipe: Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake

Trust us: This simple and swoon-worthy sheet cake will be a keeper in your recipe box. File it under "Springtime Crowd-pleaser."

Recipe: Key Lime Icebox Cake

Layers of tangy-sweet Key lime custard and graham crackers stack up to make one quick and easy layer cake with just enough pucker to take the heat off summer. Add the lime juice once you've fully cooked the custard to let the cornstarch thicken the mixture properly.

Recipe: The Lemon Cheese Layer Cake

Expecting a twist on cheesecake? You're in for an even sweeter surprise. These layers are filled with a buttery rich lemon curd instead.

Recipe: Lemon Bar Cheesecake

This indulgent recipe marries two delicious desserts: lemon bars and cheesecake. Using a dark springform pan ensures a golden brown crust on this tart dessert recipe without having to bake before adding the filling.

Recipe: Lemon-Lime Pound Cake

This recipe is based on a classic Southern favorite called 7UP Pound Cake, which was created in the 1950s when the soda company suggested using its soft drink instead of other liquid in pound cake recipes. The result: one of the best, and simplest, cakes you'll ever make.

Watch: Lemon-Lime Pound Cake

Recipe: Lemon-Yogurt Crumb Cake

We love the swirls of lemon curd in this cake, but it's also delicious without it.

Recipe: Lemon Sherbet Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

These citrus treats are too good to keep to yourself. Make an extra batch and bring to a friend for the sweetest surprise.