20 Easy Easter Dessert Recipes

Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Snack Cake

Light, bright, and full of fresh lemon flavor, this easy lemon poppy seed snack cake is Equal parts sweet and citrusy. With it’s soft crumb and delicate citrus glaze, it’s perfect for Easter celebrations.

Mini Egg Brownies

Rich, fudge brownies topped with colorful Cadbury mini eggs for the ultimate Easter treat. These chocolate brownies are festive, easy to make, and always a hit on any Easter table. Stock up on a bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs and you’re in business! 

Classic Easter Cakes & Cupcakes

Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

The fact that these carrot cake cupcakes are so cute is obviously a selling point. But should you need further convincing, let me repeat the words “brown butter cream cheese frosting”. Topped with white chocolate bunnies and pastel Easter candies, these cupcakes are perfect for feeding a crowd.

Powdered Sugar Donut Cake

A soft, buttery cake inspired by classic powdered sugar donuts and finished with a generous dusting of powdered sugar.Simple, nostalgic, and always a welcome addition to Easter brunch or dessert.

The Best Coconut Layer Cake

If you’re going to go through all the effort of baking, stacking, frosting, and decorating a layer cake, it had better be a really good cake. This light and fluffy coconut layer cake is filled with sweet coconut flavor and topped with a soft, creamy frosting. The perfect Easter centerpiece – just add flowers!

Lemon Bundt Cake

A soft, buttery bundt cake with lots of fresh lemon flavor and a light lemon glaze that soaks in to every bite. She’s as pretty as she is delicious!

Easter Brunch Treats

Starbucks Copycat Lemon Loaf

A soft, buttery lemon loaf with bright citrus flavor and a sweet lemon glaze, just like the classic Starbuck’s version. Everyone will love this cake!

Old Fashioned Donut Cake

Perfectly moist and topped with a sweet vanilla drizzle, this cake tastes exactly like a classic old fashioned donut, but in cake form! Serve this cake warm on Easter morning and there won’t be a crumb left over.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

LIght and tender with fresh lemon flavor and a delicate crumb, this lemon poppy seed cake is a beautiful spring dessert that’s delicious for breakfast, dessert and everything in between.

Orange Pound Cake

A rich and buttery pound cake bursting with fresh orange flavor and drizzled with a light citrus glaze. Top with fresh orange slices for a special Easter dessert your guest will be talking about long after brunch.

Blueberry Crumb Cake

This juicy blueberry cake is made up of three parts: the crumb topping (aka, the best streusel you’ll ever have), the cake itself, and a simple vanilla glaze. Put them all together and you’ll be sinking your fork into the most scrumptious blueberry crumb cake ever.

Vanilla Pound Cake

This classic vanilla pound cake is rich and buttery with a soft, dense crumb. Top it up with fresh farmer’s market berries or add a scoop of pastel Easter sprinkles to the batter for a festive treat.

Raspberry Streusel Muffins

Soft muffins filled with fresh raspberries and topped with a buttery streusel crumble. A bright, flavorful addition to your Easter brunch buffet.

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

Tender lemon poppy seed muffins with a soft crumb and a pop of bright citrus flavor. Light, fresh, and exactly the kind of thing you want with coffee on Easter morning.

Easy Easter Cookies & Bars

Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Lemon lovers, meet the Lemon Crinkle Cookie. These lemon cookies are rolled in powdered sugar for a beautiful crackled finish. Bright, citrusy, and perfect for spring baking.

Carrot Cake Cookie Sandwiches

These cookie sandwiches are everything you love about carrot cake in cookie form. You won’t find any raisins or nuts here, but I can offer you a brown butter cream cheese frosting you’ll swoon over. Find this recipe in the pages of my debut cookbook, Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book.

Lemon Brownies

Not to be confused with a lemon bar. Or a lemon “blondie”. These lemon brownies a fun and unexpected twist on traditional brownies. They bake up fudgy and dense with lots of bright citrus flavor. A real crowd-pleaser!

Strawberry Crumble Bars

Buttery, crumbly bars filled with sweet strawberry filling and topped with a golden crumble. An easy and delicious spring dessert that’s perfect for sharing.

Key Lime Pie Bars

Sweet, tart and tangy all over, these key lime pie bars have a creamy key lime filling layered over a buttery graham cracker crust. Serve them chilled as the perfect finale to Easter dinner.