Easter Desserts Recipes

From Better Homes and Gardens

This authentic New York cheesecake is a rich, dense dessert that consists of a lemon-accented cream cheese mixture in a graham cracker crust.

New York Cheesecake

From Better Homes and Gardens

This sweet sensation needs little embellishment beyond a light lemon glaze. Yogurt and beaten egg whites make this cake light and tender.

Lemon-Rosemary Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make the candy in a baking pan to break in irregular pieces, similar to pretty stained glass windows. To suit the season-- Christmas, Thanksgiving, St. Patrick's Day, or Valentine's Day--make this candy recipe in molds in a variety of colors and shapes.

Crystal Candies

From Better Homes and Gardens

Layers of chocolate and caramel top chocolate crust for this simple candy recipe.

Easy Candy-Bar Treats

From Better Homes and Gardens

This fruit-filled spice cake is topped with cream cheese frosting then decorated with chopped pecans.

Hummingbird Cake

From Food & Wine

David Guas, a New Orleans native, remembers this comforting dessert from the buffet spreads at family funerals. (Recipe adapted from DamGoodSweet.)

Banana Pudding with Vanilla Wafer Crumble

From Ladies' Home Journal

Fill an Easter basket with these chocolate-covered cereal bars. Shaped like bunnies, these easy treats are a favorite with kids.

Bunny Pops

From Betty Crocker

Offer to bring the dessert when you head to Grandma's house for Easter. Your family will be amazed at your creation!

Easter Basket Cake

From Ladies' Home Journal

This three-layer cake is utterly delicious, with a not-too-sweet cream cheese frosting. It's a nice dessert to serve at holiday gatherings.

Carrot Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

These crispy and sweet sandwich cookies look like fluffy marshmallows. They'll be the star of the dessert tray at your next party.

Lemon Drop Sandwiches

From Better Homes and Gardens

High-sparkle sanding sugar is a little coarser than granulated sugar. It's available where cake decorating supplies are sold and by mail.

Pastel Cream Wafers

From Taste of the South

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Orange Squares

From Better Homes and Gardens

For more holiday fun, pat the cookie dough in a big bell for Christmas, a giant pumpkin for Halloween, or a huge heart for Valentine's Day. Make sure the shape has uniform thickness so it bakes evenly.

Yummy Bunny Cookie

From Better Homes and Gardens

For a deliciously fruity cake, try this cake recipe that includes hazelnuts, molasses, and pineapple. The gingered whipped topping adds extra flavor.

Pineapple Upside-Down Cakes with Gingered Whipped Cream

From Ladies' Home Journal

Colored fondant makes the pretty daisies that top this light green frosted cake. Impress guests when you serve it for Easter dinner or any spring party.

Spring Daisy Cake

From Betty Crocker

Hop into creating the easiest pair of bunny cakes you'll ever make.

Easy Bunny Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

This pistachio-packed tart is rich, dense, and infused with the sweet essence of honey.

Honey Pistachio Tart

From Better Homes and Gardens

Elegant and classy, this high-standing, rum-flavored layer cake is wrapped in light, fluffy icing. The delightful surprise between layers is the filling of macaroons, pecans, and candied cherries.

Lord Baltimore Cake

From Taste of the South

Sparkling Easter Eggs

From Better Homes and Gardens

The Easter bunny will hop to this basket. To dress up these cookies, stir 2 tablespoons small multicolor decorative candies into the dough with the last flour added.

Easter Sugar Cookie Cutouts

From Better Homes and Gardens

Edible wheat grass makes a cozy resting spot for these lemony cookies. Find the grass in the produce section of major supermarkets. Or check at large health food stores where the grass is used to make juice.

Easter Egg Cookies

From Food & Wine

Poppy, known for simple, seasonal dishes from chef Jerry Traunfeld, keeps a molecular gastronomist in the pastry station. Dana Cree uses techniques she picked up at the Fat Duck in the U.K. and New York City's WD-50. "I learned to divorce flavors from their original textures to create something new," she says.

Goat Cheese Puddings

From Smithfield

Paula learned a couple of things from her friends up North, including how to make the best cheesecake ever.

Outrageous Yankee Cheesecake with Citrus Glaze

From Smithfield

A fun dessert the kids will love to help make and the adults will love to eat.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Easter Eggs

From Smithfield

A fun Easter treat for your favorite bunnies.

Crispy Rice Easter Egg Pops