Mother’s Day Dessert Ideas

Banana pudding cheesecake on a white cake stand, with a graham-cracker crust and pale banana cheesecake filling. The top is covered with crushed vanilla wafer crumbs, piped whipped cream swirls, and banana slices around the edge, with whole bananas blurred in the background.

Gluten-Free Banana Pudding Cheesecake 5 ★

1 h 30 min

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Close-up of a slice of Neapolitan layer cake on a white plate, showing chocolate, strawberry-pink, and vanilla-yellow cake layers with thick white vanilla frosting between layers and on top.

Neapolitan Layer Cake 4.5 ★

1 h

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Six mango cheesecake bars on a white cake stand, showing three layers: golden graham cracker crust, creamy white cheesecake, and a glossy bright mango topping.

Mango Cheesecake Bars 4.7 ★

1 h 5 min

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Plate of soft, pale golden amaretto cookies with lightly cracked tops, stacked on a white plate on a rustic whitewashed table; a glass of milk and a blurred cookie sit in the background.

Soft Amaretto Cookies

30 min

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Close-up of a mini tart with a fluted golden crust filled with glossy lemon curd and topped with two fresh raspberries; more lemon tarts are blurred in the background on a white surface.

Mini Lemon Raspberry Tarts

1 h

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Four small glass cups filled with pale green lime mousse, each topped with a swirl of whipped cream and a sprinkle of fresh lime zest on a light textured surface.

Lime Mousse Cups

2 h 25 min

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Close-up of a slice of cherry cheesecake on a white plate, with a graham cracker crust, creamy filling, and glossy cherry pie topping dripping down the sides, topped with a swirl of whipped cream and sprinkled with crumbs.

Classic Cherry Cheesecake

1 h 35 min

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Strawberry swirl cheesecake on a wooden board, with a slice removed to show creamy filling and graham cracker crust; red strawberry sauce marbles the top and sides, with fresh strawberries in the foreground.

Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake 4 ★

1 h 30 min

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Close-up of a single slice of dark chocolate cake on a white plate, topped with thick swirls of pink raspberry frosting and three fresh raspberries; a fork rests on the plate, with the rest of the frosted cake blurred in the background.

Chocolate Raspberry Cake With Pink Frosting 4.5 ★

1 h 10 min

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Close-up of a glass cup filled with pale pink strawberry mousse, piped into a smooth swirl with soft peaks, set on a light marble surface.

Strawberry Mousse 5 ★

30 min

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Close-up of strawberry-filled cheesecake cookies on a small plate; one cookie is broken open to show a thick layer of red strawberry preserves inside, with more cookies and a ramekin of jam blurred in the background.

Strawberry-Filled Cheesecake Cookies 5 ★

32 min

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Glazed lemon loaf cake on parchment on a white wooden surface, with one slice cut and laid in front to show the pale, moist crumb; glossy lemon glaze drips down the golden-brown top and sides, with whole lemons and a patterned cloth blurred in the background.

Glazed Lemon Loaf Cake 5 ★

1 h 10 min

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Slice of caramel cheesecake on a white plate, with a graham cracker crust and smooth cream filling; caramel sauce drips down the sides and pools on the plate. The remaining cheesecake sits in a pan in the background beside a glass of milk.

Caramel Cheesecake

1 h 45 min

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Slice-missing lemon pie with glossy yellow filling in a golden, fluted crust on a marble cake stand, lightly dusted with powdered sugar; whole lemons blurred in the background.

Semi-Homemade Lemon Pie 4.6 ★

35 min

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Close-up of three glossy yellow lemon bars with a pale, cake-like crust arranged in a row on a long white rectangular platter.

3-Ingredient Lemon Bars 4.5 ★

35 min

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Close-up of a soft sugar cookie with a bite taken out, showing a cakey crumb. The cookie is topped with smooth pink frosting and scattered rainbow sprinkles, on a white plate with more frosted cookies blurred in the background.

Frosted Sugar Cake Cookies

55 min

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Plate of cinnamon roll–style cookies with visible brown cinnamon swirls, topped with glossy vanilla glaze drizzled and dripping down the sides on a light wood surface.

Cinnamon Roll Cookies With Vanilla Glaze 5 ★

42 min

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Stack of lemon cheesecake cookies on a white surface; the top cookie is cut open to show a thick, creamy cheesecake filling, with crackled sugar tops and lemon zest sprinkled around.

Lemon Cheesecake Cookies 4.5 ★

42 min

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Two clear stemmed dessert glasses filled with pale mascarpone cream, topped with a thick layer of bright red strawberry sauce and a mound of white chocolate shavings on top.

Strawberry Mascarpone Cream Cups (German No-Bake Dessert)

40 min

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White oval serving bowl filled with cubed watermelon and pineapple tossed in a glossy honey-lime dressing and topped with fresh mint leaves, on a light marble surface.

Watermelon Pineapple Mint Salad 5 ★

15 min

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Stack of three soft, chewy lemon sugar cookies coated in granulated sugar on a white plate, with blurred lemon halves in the background.

Soft & Chewy Lemon Sugar Cookies 5 ★

37 min

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Close-up of lemon curd thumbprint cookies on a plate, dusted with powdered sugar and filled with glossy yellow lemon curd in the center of each butter cookie.

Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies

39 min

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Golden vanilla Bundt cake on a white pedestal plate, drizzled with thick white vanilla glaze; one large slice is cut out, revealing a moist yellow crumb.

Vanilla Bundt Cake

1 h 10 min

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Close-up of a round chocolate cake on a white plate with a glossy chocolate ganache swirled on top; a wedge has been cut out, showing the dark, moist crumb and ganache dripping down the cut edge.

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache 4.3 ★

1 h

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Three clear dessert cups filled with layered strawberry shortcake trifle: golden cake cubes on the bottom, thick white cream, and sliced strawberries pressed against the sides, topped with a swirl of whipped cream, strawberry slices, and mint; whole strawberries sit on the white wooden table.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle Cups 4.6 ★

55 min

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Overhead view of a no-bake apricot cheesecake tart in a white fluted tart pan, with a graham cracker crumb crust, smooth pale cheesecake filling, and glossy apricot slices arranged in a spiral on top.

No-Bake Apricot Cheesecake Tart

45 min

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Close-up of a slice of creamy lemon cheesecake with a graham cracker crust and a thick layer of whipped cream, lifted on a spoon above the remaining cheesecake in a glass baking dish.

Creamy Lemon Cheesecake 5 ★

1 h 35 min

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Slice of lemon cream cheese dump cake on a white plate, topped with a thick layer of whipped cream and glossy lemon pie filling; baking dish with more cake and whole and halved lemons in the background.

Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake 4.4 ★

1 h

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Close-up of a white ramekin of crème brûlée with a spoon lifting a bite, showing creamy custard under a crackled, caramelized sugar crust; two more ramekins are blurred in the background.

Classic Crème Brûlée

55 min

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Close-up of a square of fresh peach crumb cake on a pale pink plate, showing a gooey peach filling beneath a golden streusel top. A swirl of whipped cream sits on top, drizzled with peach glaze that also pools around the slice; a gold fork rests beside it, with whole and halved peaches blurred in the background.

Fresh Peach Crumb Cake With Homemade Peach Glaze 4.7 ★

1 h 35 min

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Close-up of a strawberry cupcake in a white paper liner, topped with a tall swirl of pale pink strawberry buttercream; other frosted cupcakes are softly blurred in the background.

Strawberry Cupcakes With Strawberry Buttercream

48 min

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Close-up of pale yellow lemon pudding in a small glass jar, topped with a dollop of whipped cream, on a white wooden table with a spoon; halved and whole lemons and a second pudding jar are softly blurred in the background.

Lemon Pudding

27 min

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Stack of powdered-sugar-dusted lemon bars on a turquoise cake stand, showing glossy yellow filling over a buttery shortbread crust against a light background.

Classic Lemon Bars With Buttery Shortbread Crust 5 ★

55 min

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Sliced pineapple upside-down cake arranged on a white rectangular platter, each square topped with a caramel-glazed pineapple ring and a bright red maraschino cherry.

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

1 h 15 min

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No-bake raspberry mini cheesecakes in small glass jars, layered with graham cracker crust and creamy filling, topped with a piped whipped-cream swirl and fresh raspberries; extra raspberries sit on the marble surface.

No-Bake Raspberry Mini Cheesecakes 4.8 ★

3 h 30 min

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Close-up of pink strawberry sandwich cookies filled with thick white cream cheese frosting, stacked on a white cake stand against a soft, pale background.

Crumbl Copycat Strawberry Sandwich Cookies 4.3 ★

47 min

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Three soft, round sugar cookies topped with thick swirls of pale pink buttercream on a dark surface, with a white bowl of strawberries blurred in the background.

Soft Sugar Cookies with Pink Buttercream Frosting 5 ★

40 min

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Winter 201

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Appetizers 63
Breakfast 65
Brunch 124
Condiment 5
Desserts 129
Dinner 471
Drinks 12
Lunch 344
Main Dish 262
Side Dish 72
Snacks 233
School 57

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