30+ Easy Delicious Summer Desserts Perfect for Peak Heat

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Get ready to indulge in some delicious summertime treats with these easy-to-follow dessert recipes! While baking might seem reserved for the holiday season, we’ve curated a collection of fun ideas perfect for the warmer months. Summer presents an opportunity to play with fresh, seasonal fruits such as berries, adding vibrant flavors to your creations.

With numerous social gatherings and potlucks on the agenda, there’s no shortage of occasions to showcase your homemade desserts. By selecting a couple of recipes each week, you can steadily build your baking repertoire, mastering new techniques in time.

Once you’ve explored this tasty selection, you’ll feel confident tackling any baking challenge that crosses your path.

1. Buttery Pineapple Crumble Bars

Buttery Pineapple Crumble Bars — Antonis Achilleos

2. Cakey Strawberry Cobbler

Cakey Strawberry Cobbler in a casserole dish and bowl

3. Key Lime Pound Cake

Key Lime Pound Cake — Jen Causey

4. Watermelon Cake

Watermelon Cake — Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners

5. Peach Cobbler Pound Cake

Peach Cobbler Pound Cake — Photographer and props: Jennifer Causey Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall

6. Spiced Rum-Peach Dumplings

Spiced Rum-Peach Dumplings — Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller

7. Lemon-Lime Poke Cake

Lemon-Lime Poke Cake — Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

8. Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

Old-Fashioned Apple Pie — Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox

9. Peach Cake

Peach Cake — Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners

10. Easy Peach Pie

easy peach pie on a table with a bowl of ice cream and pie — Ann Taylor Pittman/Southern Living

11. Blueberry-Lemon Cake

Blueberry-Lemon Cake — Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

12. Berry Chantilly Cake

Berry Chantilly Cake — Photographer: Jennifer Causey Food Stylist: Melissa Gray Prop Stylist: Heather Chadduck Hillegas

13. Florida Orange Grove Pie

Florida Orange Grove Pie — Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Ana Kelly

14. Chocolate Cobbler

Chocolate Cobbler — Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

15. Red Velvet Ice-Cream Cake

Red Velvet Ice-Cream Cake — Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Torie Cox

16. Banana Pudding Poke Cake

Banana Pudding Poke Cake — Greg DuPree

17. Nehi Orange Poke Cake

Nehi Orange Poke Cake — Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner

18. Key Lime Sheet Cake

Key Lime Sheet Cake — Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling: Margaret Dickey, Prop Styling: Kay E Clarke

19. Cherry-Nectarine Pandowdy

Cherry-Nectarine Pandowdy — Photo: Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones

20. Grand Marnier Cakes

Grand Marnier Cakes — Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Ana Kelly

21. Easy Peach Cobbler

Easy Peach Cobbler — Iain Bagwell; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

22. Blueberry-Cornmeal Cake

Blueberry-Cornmeal Cake — Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox

23. Peach Cream Kuchen

Peach Cream Kuchen — Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller

24. Peach Fried Pies

Peach Fried Pies — Iain Bagwell; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

25. Strawberry Cream Pie

Strawberry Cream Pie — Iain Bagwell

26. Dreamy Lemon Cheesecake

Dreamy Lemon Cheesecake — Jennifer Causey

27. Margarita Cake

Margarita Cake — Southern Living

28. Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes

Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes — Micah Leal

29. Sweet Tea-and-Lemonade Cake

Sweet Tea-and-Lemonade Cake — Hector Manuel Sanchez

30. Florida Citrus Cake

Florida Citrus Cake — Courtesy of Rizzoli USA

31. Frozen Margarita Pie

Southern Living Margarita Pie on a light wood background — Alison Miksch

Summer Dessert Recipes

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