Springtime is here, and you know what that means – it's time to take the dining experience outdoors! In this article, we're bringing you a collection of delightful desserts perfect for your spring picnics. From fruity tarts to light and fluffy cakes, these treats are sure to add some sweetness to your al fresco dining experience. Whether you're planning a romantic date or a fun gathering with friends, these desserts will be the highlight of your picnic spread.
Limoncello Bundt Cake
It’s a light, fluffy cake topped with a sweet lemon glaze. Limoncello liqueur features in both the cake itself and also the glaze.
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Baked Donuts with Fresh Raspberries
Light, cake donuts with fresh raspberries stirred in topped with a lemony glaze. These easy baked donuts are delicious and easy to make any time. No more trips to the donut store required!
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Strawberry Napoleon
With its delicate layers of buttery puff pastry and juicy strawberries, this classic Mille-Feuille dessert is sure to impress. This impressive strawberry puff pastry dessert is surprisingly easy to make and requires just a handful of ingredients.
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Rhubarb Cookies
Not all easy drop cookies are especially attractive, but these rhubarb cookies are really lovely with their bright pink bits of rhubarb from the rhubarb compote and the pink rhubarb glaze.
Lemon Blueberry Cake
Light, fluffy, moist lemon cake with with fresh blueberries with a sweet cream cheese frosting. This is the best lemon blueberry cake recipe!
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Lemon Raspberry Cake
This lemon raspberry cake is moist, fluffy, filled with a creamy, tangy raspberry curd, and frosted with a lemon raspberry cream cheese frosting. It's packed full of lemon and raspberry flavors, and is the perfect refreshing cake!
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Strawberry Dump Cake
This is the BEST Strawberry Dump Cake Recipe! It's a delicious dessert and one of the easiest recipes you can make.
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Strawberry Crumble Bars
Summertime desserts are all about fresh fruit and easy-to-make recipes. These homemade Strawberry Crumble Bars are a simple and sweet treat that everyone will enjoy.
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Rice Krispies Treats
These gluten free Perfect Rice Krispie Treats are better than the recipe on the box. Also learn all the crispy cereals that are gluten free.
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Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Cake
Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Cake is a deliciously light and subtly sweet treat with juicy blueberries in every bite. Coated with sumptuous cream cheese frosting, this cake is moist, soft, and perfect for holidays, weekends, or just because.
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Vanilla Baked Donuts
Gluten Free Vanilla Baked Donuts are deliciously soft, light, and coated with a refreshingly sweet raspberry glaze. They are a perfect treat for that someone special or to simply surprise your kiddos with a festive after school snack. Boasting a fluffy vanilla cake-like texture, you’ll be surprised that these treats are gluten-free and dairy-free.
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Gluten Free Banana Cake
This tender and sweet Gluten Free Banana Snack Cake is loaded with banana flavor and piled high with sweet buttercream frosting. Easy to make and the perfect small size!
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The Best Gluten Free Blueberry Coffee Cake
This Gluten Free Cinnamon Coffee Cake is moist, sweet and delicious. It makes a great breakfast for guests or is easily made with Bob's Red Mill.
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Lemon Lavender Cookies
Easy lemon lavender cookies with lemon glaze! The best lemon lavender shortbread cookies with vegan and gluten free options included!
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Lemon Blackberry Bread
A glazed quick bread that bakes to a golden brown. You can use fresh or frozen fruit, the crumb is soft, keeps well and can be frozen.
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Gluten-Free Blackberry Crumb Bars
These super easy Gluten-Free Blackberry Crumb Bars are vegan, allergy-free, loaded with sweet juicy blackberries, and a sweet dairy-free buttery crust!
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Cream Cheese Jello Salad
Cream Cheese Jello Salad is a creamy & fruity treat that's so easy to make. Just 2 ingredients needed for this delicious jello dessert recipe!
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Zucchini Bread
This easy Gluten Free Zucchini Bread comes together quickly, and no mixer is needed. With just 6 basic ingredients plus a few baking essentials, you'll have super moist and delicious sweet bread with chocolate chips in every bite.
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Deviled Strawberries
Yummy Deviled Strawberries AKA no-bake Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries are quick and easy to make and SO delicious! Recipe inspired by tiktok.
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Almond Flour Carrot Cake
This Almond Flour Carrot Cake is healthier than the classic, perfectly moist and fluffy with a cream cheese frosting and dairy free options.
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Easy Fruit Salad Recipe
Perfect as a side dish, snack, or healthy dessert, this Fruit Salad Recipe couldn’t be easier! Loaded with fresh summer berries, grapes, and pomegranate, it gets tossed in a honey, lime, and poppy seed dressing. A great option for busy families, this recipe takes no time at all!
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Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies
While brownies and cheesecake are heroes in their own right, raspberries go so well with both, why not bring them together in these delightful Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies?
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Strawberry Pie with Jello
When faced with seasonal fresh strawberries, this strawberry jello pie is a crowd-pleaser that will disappear quickly! With a flaky crust, a sweet, well-balanced filling and lots of strawberry flavor, it keeps well for several days. If you're apprehensive about using gelatin, don't be, this recipe is great for beginners.
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Big Boy Strawberry Pie
No other dessert screams summer quite like a fresh strawberry pie. The sweet and tart filling perfectly complements the light, flaky crust in this strawberry pie inspired by the pies served up at Big Boy’s restaurants.
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Finnish Blueberry Pie
A layer of blueberries are buried in a creamy custard topping on a cookie-like crust. This easy recipe is made with ingredients that are easy to find in North America.
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Strawberry Magnolia
A strawberry magnolia is a quick and easy dessert recipe composed of custard, biscuits, and fruit – think of it like a Turkish trifle or Turkish fruit pudding.
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No Bake Sour Cream Lemon Pie
This no-bake lemon pie has a lemon custard folded with sour cream in a graham cracker crust. No need to bake the crust or the pie itself. Chill for 4 hours before you serve.
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart
This Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart is made with a buttery tart crust, sweet vanilla cream cheese filling, and fresh strawberries with a shiny glaze. The perfect easy Summer strawberry dessert.
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Mini Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Mini Strawberry Rhubarb Pies are a perfectly-portioned way to make the most of strawberry season! A sweet-and-tart homemade strawberry and rhubarb pie filling is encased in flaky refrigerated pie crust—and to keep things petite, they’re made in muffin tin cups.
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Strawberry Mousse Tartlets
You can’t go wrong making these delicious mini strawberry pies. They’re a delicious combination of pastry, strawberries, cream, mascarpone cheese, and more.
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Rhubarb Custard Bars
Rhubarb custard bars are a lovely spring treat! They’re a great way to use up an abundance rhubarb from the garden. Just sweet enough, with a sturdy shortbread crust and rich, egg-based custard wrapped around sweet-tart rhubarb.
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Greek Yogurt Chocolate Fruit Dip
Smooth and creamy Chocolate Fruit Dip is delicious with everything from fruit and cookies to pound cake. Enjoy it as snack or dessert!
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Cream Cheese Fruit Dip Recipe
An easy 4-ingredient cream cheese fruit dip recipe made with cream cheese, marshmallow creme, vanilla extraxt, and orange zest.
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Heavenly Pineapple Coconut Squares
These Heavenly Pineapple Coconut Squares with a cake base, pineapple filling, and a coconut topping makes these taste like a tropical dream!
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Lemon Brownies
Lemon Brownies are soft and sweet, topped with a tangy citrus glaze. This lemon brownies recipe is easy to make from a yellow cake mix!
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Scones
Scones make the BEST afternoon tea treat. I love them and always have. These scones are soft, fluffy, delicious and comforting. Obviously they are best served with a wedge of clotted cream and jam.
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Lemon Olive Oil Cake
Rich olive oil, tangy yogurt, and fresh lemon were made for one another in this lemon olive oil cake. Don't skip the sweet and zippy lemon icing!
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Honey Cupcakes With Honey Buttercream Icing
These honey cupcakes are the best you've ever had! They're moist and delicious, and the peanut butter icing pairs perfectly with the flavor.
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Lavender Lemon Cheesecake Bars
These Lemon Lavender Cheesecake Bars are a delightful combination of zesty lemon and fragrant lavender, making them a perfect dessert for a refreshing taste experience. These bars are a great addition to your afternoon tea or as a sweet treat for any occasion.
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Avalanche Bars
Avalanche Bars leave no crumbs. Held together by PB and melted chocolate, they are both easier to make and clean up. And...they taste better!
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White Chocolate Raspberry Scones
White Chocolate Raspberry Scones are delicious as a sweet brunch item or as dessert! This scone recipe marries the sweetness of white chocolate with tanginess of raspberries to make a very tasty little treat.
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Lemon Crinkle Cookies
These lemon crinkle cookies are no chill lemon cookies. They have white chocolate chips and are rolled in powdered sugar for the crinkle top.
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Lemon Bars
You will only need a few pantry staples to make creamy, sweet, and delightfully tangy Lemon Bars. Dusted with powdered sugar, these classic and sophisticated Lemon Squares become next-level delicious!
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Creamsicle Orange Cupcakes
These rich, soft vanilla cupcakes are filled with creamy orange curd filling and topped with a silky, buttery orange buttercream – welcome to Creamsicle Orange Cupcakes!
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Lemon Stuffed Cupcakes
These luscious lemon stuffed cupcakes are perfect for the springtime or for Easter. They are a feast for the senses with their bright sunny yellow filling, moist and deliciously fluffy cupcake bases and lemon cream cheese frosting on top.
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Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake
Embrace citrus season with this delicious Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake. It’s bursting with fresh flavor, moist, fluffy and perfectly sweet. The cake is topped with a light, zesty glaze for a delightful snacking experience.
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Lemon Dump Cake
Also known as a cobbler with cake mix, this effortless dessert recipe is a crowd-pleaser with a layer of canned filling and a cake mix topping. This version for lemon lovers is a bright change from the usual fruity ones. It's creamy and sweet, comes together in minutes and freezes well.
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Blackberry Cobbler
This is an old-fashioned recipe with a layer of juicy blackberries and a golden biscuit topping. It's fantastic served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. You can have it ready in an hour. Or make it in advance and keep it refrigerated for a few days or frozen for a month.
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Strawberry Chocolate Truffles
The creamy smooth chocolate and strawberry filling is paired with a crushed freeze-dried strawberry coating providing a delightful little crunch as you take a bite. These simple Valentine's Day truffles use only 5 ingredients and are so easy to make!
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Strawberry Crumble
A sweet, crunchy layer of brown sugar and oats covers the top of this easy strawberry crumble. When you dig your spoon through the crust, you'll find a deliciously sweet, fruity layer of strawberries, sugar and orange zest that melts in your mouth when you take a bite.
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Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake
Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake is a simple variation of the classic dessert. White cake is topped with strawberry pie filling, whipped topping and fresh strawberries, delivering a delicious and easy treat.
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Raspberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Raspberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies are soft baked with subtle lemon and vanilla flavors that pair well with the fruit and chocolate in a delicious way!
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