From Easter to May Day, bridal showers to baby showers and the Kentucky Derby, there are so many beautiful moments to celebrate this season. Whether you’re looking for old-fashioned lemon squares, a fresh strawberry pie, or the perfect one-bowl carrot cake, these easy spring desserts add a festive touch to any occasion!
The best part of any celebration has got to be the dessert! As we welcome longer, warmer, sunnier days, easy spring desserts that feature coconut, carrots, berries, citrus, and other fresh fruits earn a front-row spot on our sweet buffet.
These simple yet delicious options take advantage of minimal ingredients, don’t require any special baking skills, and often even utilize shortcuts like a box of cake mix. We want to enjoy the season and celebrate with loved ones, but we might not want to devote hours to the kitchen. We’d love to hear about your favorite easy spring desserts, too!
Strawberry Tres Leches Cake
This easy strawberry tres leches cake starts with a box of cake mix for a quick, crowd-pleasing dessert with minimal effort!
Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
A simple banana bar recipe is finished with a thick layer of cream cheese frosting for an easy homemade dessert!
Old Fashioned Lemon Squares
These sweet and tangy old-fashioned lemon squares are easy to make from scratch with just 10 minutes of prep!
Strawberry Shortcake Biscuits
These strawberry shortcake biscuits are tender, flaky, sweet, and buttery! Perfect with juicy berries and clouds of freshly-whipped cream.
Coconut Cream Cake
This easy coconut cake with cream of coconut starts with a box of yellow cake mix!
Simple Carrot Cake
Moist, perfectly spiced, and finished with a fluffy cream cheese frosting, this easy carrot cake recipe is truly the best!
Carrot Oatmeal Bars
These easy baked Carrot Oatmeal Bars with Cream Cheese Glaze are a sweet breakfast, snack, or satisfying dessert!
Oatmeal Cake with Coconut Pecan Frosting
This easy one-bowl oatmeal cake with a rich, buttery, broiled coconut pecan topping doesn't even require an electric mixer!
Easy Strawberry Cobbler
This easy strawberry cobbler is a delicious way to enjoy fresh spring and summer berries!
The Best Coconut Cake Recipe
Your search for the best Coconut Cake recipe stops here! With three layers of moist, fluffy cake smothered in a rich, creamy frosting, this old-fashioned coconut cake is the ultimate Southern dessert!
Watergate Cake
This vintage Watergate Cake is a pistachio, pecan, and coconut dessert that's topped with a creamy whipped frosting.
Pistachio Cake with Pudding
This semi-homemade Pistachio cake is super easy and flavorful, made with boxed cake mix and pistachio instant pudding for a moist, delicious cake for any special occasion.
No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake Bars
These yummy no-bake lemon bars will remind you of cheesecake and lemon pie combined in one decadent square!
Lemon Pound Cake
The very best lemon pound cake is a classic Southern dessert that has been loved for generations!
Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf
A delicious and easy recipe for lemon poppy seed cake that starts with a box of cake mix!
Old Fashioned Lemon Buttermilk Pie
You'll love this old-fashioned buttermilk pie recipe — a classic Southern dessert with a flaky, buttery pastry crust and a creamy, tangy, lemon custard filling!
Lemon Bundt Cake
Thanks to help from a box of cake mix and a box of instant pudding mix, this easy lemon bundt cake recipe comes together in just minutes!
Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake
An easy no-bake strawberry icebox cake made with a creamy pudding filling, fresh berries, and graham crackers.
Strawberry Crisp
This easy strawberry crisp recipe is the perfect way to enjoy a bounty of fresh berries!
Strawberry Shortcake Cake
This easy semi-homemade strawberry shortcake cake is the perfect combination of summertime favorite strawberry shortcake and moist yellow cake. Topped with a whipped cream cheese frosting and sweet glazed strawberries!
Old-Fashioned Strawberry Pie Recipe
Mom's Old-Fashioned Strawberry Pie recipe is a classic easy dessert for the spring and summer months!
Key Lime Icebox Cake
This no-bake key lime icebox cake is a cool, creamy, and tangy dessert for summer!
Angel Food Icebox Cake
This light and fresh Angel Food Icebox Cake is about to become your new favorite easy dessert recipe!
Fannie’s Frosted Lemon Bars
With help from a boxed cake mix, Fannie’s Frosted Lemon Bars are a perfect easy dessert to welcome Spring!
Easter Muddy Buddies – Bunny Chow
Muddy Buddies with an Easter twist. This sweet mix is packed full of mini marshmallows, colorful candy, and cute sprinkles.
Jelly Bean Cookies
Jelly Bean Cookies are a fun and easy Easter dessert — ready in 20 minutes with just one bowl!
Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
You'll love the ease of this strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting. It starts with a boxed mix!
7UP Pound Cake
This old fashioned 7up cake is a simple Southern dessert that's perfect for just about any occasion!
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Rich, buttery, and dense, with a moist crumb and golden exterior, this classic Southern cream cheese pound cake recipe is truly the best!
Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie
For a classic Southern dessert, it doesn't get much better than a chocolate bourbon pecan pie!
Easy Key Lime Pie Recipe
This easy Key Lime Pie recipe is quick to assemble, bursting with bright citrus flavor, and perfect for warm summer days!
Hummingbird Cake Recipe
This classic Southern Hummingbird Cake recipe is the perfect easy dessert, tea time snack, or sweet breakfast treat!
Easy Banana Pudding
This simple, shortcut, easy banana pudding recipe is the ultimate prep-ahead, no-bake dessert!
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Using Cake Mix
A quick and classic pineapple upside down cake made with boxed yellow cake mix, buttery brown sugar topping, cherries, and pineapple rings.
Sour Cream Pound Cake
This old-fashioned sour cream pound cake is a simple and easy dessert that comes together with just a handful of basic pantry staples!
Aunt Bee’s 5-Ingredient 5-Minute Cherry Dump Cake
Just combine 5 simple ingredients in a cake pan, bake it in the oven, and Aunt Bee’s 5-Minute Cherry Dump Cake is warm, bubbly, and ready to be enjoyed!
Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
Soft and chewy funfetti cake mix cookies are semi-homemade using boxed cake mix, pudding mix, sprinkles, and sweet funfetti chips. Delicious fresh-baked cookies in a flash!
Poppy Seed Bread
This old-fashioned poppy seed bread with a sweet glaze is the perfect addition to your breakfast, brunch, dinner, or dessert table!
Kentucky Butter Cake
For a sweet, decadent, and easy dessert, it's tough to beat an old-fashioned Kentucky butter cake!
Cherry Almond Yogurt Cake
This tender and moist cherry cake is studded with almonds and dusted with powdered sugar!
One-Bowl Vanilla Buttermilk Cake
This old-fashioned buttermilk cake recipe requires just one bowl, a whisk, and 10 minutes of prep!
Pig Pickin’ Cake
This classic Southern dessert is an easy, semi-homemade recipe with boxed cake mix, mandarin oranges, and a fluffy pineapple frosting.
