These summer desserts are as delicious as they are beautiful. Whether you are looking for frozen treats for a hot day or baked goods with fresh berries, this list has you covered.
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What is better on a long summer day than a sweet treat?
At the farmhouse, vanilla ice cream and our favorite summer berries are usually on our table at some point throughout the day. This list of easy summer desserts has everything from ice cream recipes to baked goods with seasonal fruit, like fresh strawberries, blueberries, and lots of lemon.
Of course, these are best enjoyed after a satisfying summer dinner. Check out my favorite summer dinner recipes in this round up post. You can also get my 30-day Summer Meal Plan to keep life simple and delicious this season!
Summer Desserts
Lemon olive oil cake is a light and refreshing summer cake. It boasts the perfect amount of lemon flavor and has a unique subtle note of richness from the olive oil.
Olive Oil Lemon Cake
These blueberry popsicles are creamy, tangy, and just the right amount of sweet. They are easy to make and the best indulgent treat for hot summer days.
Blueberry Popsicles
Sourdough thumbprint cookies are a soft and buttery sugar cookie doughrolled in sugar, topped with raspberry jam, and baked to perfection.
Sourdough Thumbprint Cookies
Sourdough blueberry cobbler combines fresh or frozen blueberries with butter and a hint of sweetness, topped with sourdough biscuits and baked until golden brown. This irresistible dessert is a family favorite.
Sourdough Blueberry Cobbler
Sourdough peach cobbler is a delicious summertime dessert made with fresh, farm-picked peaches, and topped with lightly-sweetened tender sourdough biscuits. Your family will absolutely devour this sweet treat.
Sourdough Peach Cobbler
This berry tart is a decadent dessert featuring a shortbread tart crust, smooth white chocolate custard, and a fresh combination of berries.
Triple Berry Tart
Pineapple upside-down cake is one of those classic cake recipes that delivers both incredible flavor and a show-stopping presentation. This pineapple cake is rich and buttery, with a tropical caramel flavor that everyone will love.
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
This delightful Earl Grey cake features subtle citrus flavors with a tender crumb and whipped cream cheese frosting. This moist, flavorful cake infused with tea is perfect for any occasion, offering a unique twist on classic flavors!
Earl Grey Cake
Creamy kiwi lime popsicles are a deliciously tart, naturally sweetened treat. Fresh lime juice is combined with kiwis, yogurt, and honey to make the most delicious popsicles. They’re a wonderful summer treat.
Kiwi Lime Popsicles
This strawberry cheesecake recipe is a stunning summer dessert featuring a golden graham cracker crust, creamy cheesecake base, and heaps of fresh summer strawberries.
Strawberry Cheesecake
This sourdough blueberry coffee cake is a family favorite and an easy sourdough discard recipe. The tender, buttery crumb bursts with juicy blueberries and is topped with a melt-in-your-mouth brown sugar, and cinnamon crumb.
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Light, fluffy and full of lemon flavor, this sourdough lemon cake tastes like summer on a plate. Topped with a sweet and smooth lemon buttercream frosting, this is the perfect cake for a birthday or a regular Tuesday afternoon treat.
Sourdough Lemon Cake
This summery homemade strawberry cheesecake ice cream recipe is an irresistible combination of rich cream and honey, pockets of tangy cream cheese, and swirls of fresh, syrupy strawberry sauce.
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
The loveliest summertime treat, these orange creamsicle popsicles have only six ingredients and are blended up in a few minutes. They are so simple and so delicious.
Orange Creamsicle Popsicles
Strawberry cream cheese cobbler tastes like summer. A buttery and sweet sourdough crust is topped with ripe strawberries and cream cheese, a mouthwatering blend of creamy strawberry goodness.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Cobbler
This date ice cream may be dairy-free, but it is just as creamy and delicious as any dairy version. Made with coconut milk and dates, the end result is a dessert you can feel good about indulging in.
Date Sweetened Ice Cream
A simple yet delicious dessert, this einkorn berry crisp has a deliciously tart berry base, finished with sweet and crumbly einkorn oat topping. You can use your favorite berries, or even cherries, for this recipe.
Healthy Berry Crisp
This sourdough blueberry bread is the perfect combination of sweet blueberries and sour lemon flavor. Made with sourdough discard, it’s an easy and quick recipe to whip up for brunch.
Sourdough Blueberry Loaf
A mouth-watering sourdough lemon bread made with tangy discard and lots of vibrant lemon flavor enveloped in a thick, soft layer of sweet lemony glaze.
Sourdough Lemon Loaf
A silky, creamy custard sweetened with honey, this lavender ice cream recipe uses fresh lavender to achieve a lovely flavor and sweet, floral aroma.
Lavender Ice Cream
Creamy, homemade, raw-milk ice cream couldn’t be easier. It all starts with raw dairy, blended with rich pastured eggs, sweetened with honey or maple syrup, and deepened with a splash of vanilla. It’s mixed together and transformed into the yummiest ice cream.
Raw Milk Ice Cream
A sweet, tastefully tart cherry filling topped with tangy, sourdough topping makes this sourdough cherry cobbler completely irresistible. Topped with ice cream or whipped cream, this dessert is extra special and perfect for holidays.
Sourdough Cherry Cobbler
These strawberry yogurt popsicles have creamy layers of honey-sweetened yogurt and strawberry jam, frozen together to make a refreshing snack for a hot summer day. Made with Greek yogurt, you’ll also get the benefit of added protein.
Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles
Sourdough pastry braids is a delicious sourdough puff pastry with a cream cheese and fruit filling that is baked until golden to create a beautiful bread that is perfect for special occasions.
Sourdough Pastry Braid
Brioche donuts are tossed in sugar and filled with a creamy, rich vanilla custard filling for a delicious treat. Made using an enriched brioche dough, these homemade donuts are perfect for a special occasion and are sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.
Homemade Brioche Donuts
Hand pies are the perfect grab-and-go treat, combining a flaky golden crust with a warm, flavorful filling in every bite. No matter what flavor you’re craving, these handheld delights are as fun to make as they are to eat.
Hand Pies
Made with freshly milled flour and filled with whipped cream, whole wheat strawberry shortcake is beautifully rustic and full of delicious strawberry flavor.
Whole Wheat Strawberry Shortcake
Use up some of those summer zucchinis in this moist and tender, warmly spiced zucchini cake with rich cream cheese frosting.
Zucchini Cake
Sourdough orange cinnamon rolls offer the same soft, gooey bite as classic cinnamon rolls, but with a bright and citrusy burst of fresh orange flavor throughout.
Sourdough Orange Cinnamon Rolls
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