Mother’s Day isn’t complete without a delicious dessert for mom to indulge in! I’ve collected 30+ of my favorite recipes you can use to celebrate your mama, – desserts that are easy to make ahead like Easy S’mores Icebox Cake and No-Bake Cheesecake, small batch cake recipes for more intimate family celebrations, and classics that my own mother loved to bake like Berry Crisp.
A quick note about dietary restrictions: I have a small but growing collection of gluten-free dessert recipes, eggless cake recipes, and vegan dessert recipes in case you need them!
Mother’s Day Dessert Ideas
Strawberry Cupcakes
These cupcakes are delightful and bursting with natural strawberry flavor! They are a labor of love (you’ll have to cook some strawberries) but worth it for mom.
No-Churn Berry Crisp Ice Cream
Inspired by my love for berry crisp a la mode (and how it reminds me of my mom!), this berry crisp ice cream is smooth no-churn vanilla ice cream with ribbons of berry filling and buttery oat streusel clusters!
Strawberry Lemon Cake
Soft and zesty lemon cake layers with bright strawberry buttercream that’s bursting with authentic flavor – this is the BEST strawberry lemon cake and it’s unbelievably easy to make.
The Perfect No-Bake Cheesecake
Velvety smooth, creamy filling that has all the traditional flavor of cheesecake (without any baking!) set on a buttery graham cracker crust. This one is perfect for making ahead!
Hummingbird Cake
As a mom, I can attest that this cake is so comforting! Stick-to-your-fork moist, perfectly spiced, and has incredible flavor between the ripe banana, crushed pineapple, and toasted pecans.
Berry Fruit Pizza
A giant chewy sugar cookie with cream cheese frosting, dressed up with fresh berries for a dessert that will impress your mom big time! It’s quick, easy, and so fun to decorate.
Easy Smores Icebox Cake
Layers of graham crackers (which soften into a cakey consistency), easy chocolate ganache, and pillowy soft homemade marshmallow meringue that gets toasted on top! An easy make ahead dessert that mom will obsess over.
Lemon Cupcakes
These lemon cupcakes are light and refreshing, perfectly fluffy, bursting with natural lemon flavor, and irresistible topped with lemon cream cheese buttercream.
Berry Crisp
This always reminds me of my mom – she made it all the time growing up and I think of her every time I make it! A warm dish of mixed berry crisp topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream is so comforting.
Small Batch Raspberry Chocolate Cake
Decadent chocolate cake with delicious raspberry buttercream and a beautiful chocolate ganache drip, perfectly portioned for 2-4 people! Perfect size for a small family celebration.
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
Super soft yet moist lemon cupcakes with fresh blueberries perfectly suspended inside and irresistible lemon cream cheese frosting. These are always a hit and I have a layer cake version too!
Small Batch Strawberry Cake
The perfect amount of strawberry cake for 2-4 people and bursting with natural strawberry flavor! You can bake this as a mini 4-inch layer cake OR a single layer 6-inch cake.
Small Batch Strawberry Cake
The dreamiest cookies and cream cheesecake made without any baking! Rich and creamy french vanilla filling studded with Oreo cookies on a delicious Oreo crust.
Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Cake
This cake is so nostalgic – any mom from the 90’s would remember a strawberry shortcake ice cream bar! This cake version is no-churn strawberry and vanilla ice cream with layers of strawberry crunch.
Berry Chantilly Cake
Inspired by the iconic Whole Foods bakery dessert, this cake features layers of fluffy white cake, Chantilly cream frosting, and fresh berries throughout.
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
The ultimate chocolate chip skillet cookie made with rich brown butter! Perfectly gooey, crisp on the edges, and amazing whether served warm with ice cream or sliced at room temperature. Mom will love this!
Neapolitan Ice Cream Cake
Layers of delicious no-churn ice cream in classic neapolitan flavors (chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla), paired with decadent chocolate cake. Nostalgic and easy!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake
For the mom who can’t help herself to the cookie dough: soft and moist chocolate chip cookie cake, decadent brown sugar buttercream, semi-sweet chocolate ganache, and edible cookie dough!
Easy Oreo Icebox Cake
7 layers of Oreo cookies and homemade whipped cream, refrigerated until the cookies soften into the perfect dessert consistency. Just four ingredients, easy to make, and every bite tastes like a milk-dunked Oreo.
Millionaire Cake
Inspired by a $22 slice of cake at Disneyworld, this recipe is so indulgent: decadent chocolate cake, thick caramel filling topped with shortbread crumbles, caramel buttercream, and whipped chocolate ganache frosting. Mom will feel like a millionaire!
No-Churn Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream
No-churn vanilla ice cream with sweetened strawberries and baked shortcake crumbles in every bite. So dreamy and easy to whip up (no ice cream maker needed)!
Small Batch Churro Cake
For the Disney moms (or just moms who enjoy churros), this small batch version of my churro cake recipe is soft churro-flavored cake, smooth Mexican chocolate ganache, and cinnamon-vanilla buttercream. Makes just enough to serve 2-4 people.
The Ultimate S’mores Ice Cream Cake
I am such a big fan of s’mores and this would be my dream mother’s day dessert! Layers of no-bake graham cracker crust, homemade hot fudge, chocolate ice cream, and toasted marshmallow ice cream.
Lemon Raspberry Layer Cake
Layers of soft lemon cake with raspberries baked into each layer (and perfectly suspended!), fresh raspberry cake filling, and lemon raspberry buttercream.
Fudgy Flourless Chocolate Cake
This extra fudgy, decadent cake tastes like it came from a high brow restaurant and it’s so easy to make! It’s naturally gluten-free and will make Mother’s Day feel a little fancier.
Oatmeal Creme Pie Cake
Another nostalgic bake for any 90’s mom! Inspired by the classic after school treat, this Oatmeal Creme Pie cake is layers of deliciously moist oatmeal brown sugar cake and homemade marshmallow creme filling.
The Ultimate Snickers Cake
For the candy bar loving mom: layers of moist chocolate cake, chocolate peanut butter nougat, and thick peanut caramel, all wrapped up in chocolate buttercream frosting. I’ve also got a Milky Way Cake and a Twix Cake if either of those are her favorites!
Strawberry Shortcake Layer Cake
Layers of moist and fluffy white cake, homemade whipped cream frosting, fresh sweetened strawberries, and baked shortbread crumbs. So light and refreshing!
Small Batch Chocolate Cake
For the chocolate loving mom and perfectly portioned for 2-4 people! It’s an easy one-bowl recipe, super moist and decadent, and can be baked as a mini layer cake OR single layer 6-inch cake.
London Fog Cupcakes
If your mom is a black tea lover, these cupcakes are right up her alley! They’re single serve portions of my beloved London Fog cake recipe – super soft and moist, infused with Earl Grey tea, and full of black tea vanilla flavor.
I hope you found the perfect Mother’s Day dessert on this list! Let me know what you make in the comments and feel free to share on Instagram. Be sure to tag @sugarandsparrowco if you post a photo – I love to see what you bake!
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