Show Mom Love with These Mother’s Day Dessert Recipes!

If you’re looking for a heartfelt way to show Mom how much she means to you, dessert is always a sweet place to start. These recipes are full of love, flavor, and just the right amount of indulgence to make her feel extra special. Whether you’re baking with the kids or surprising her solo, each treat is a little gift from the kitchen. Let’s make this Mother’s Day one to remember—with dessert!

Classic Lemon Icebox Pie With Condensed Milk

A creamy pie with a golden brown graham cracker crust is partially cut, revealing its smooth texture. A slice of this delectable lemon dessert is placed on a white scalloped plate nearby, next to another plate holding lemon wedges and silver utensils. A grey napkin lies beneath the plates.

Treat Mom to a refreshing Classic Lemon Icebox Pie this Mother’s Day. With its buttery graham cracker crust and tangy, creamy filling, it’s a sweet way to say “I love you.”
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A Truly Classic Bread Pudding With Vanilla Sauce

A serving of bread pudding with a spoon.

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Warm Mom’s heart with the cozy comfort of this bread pudding, baked to perfection and topped with luscious vanilla sauce. It’s the kind of classic dessert that brings back memories—and makes new ones.
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The Easiest Banana Pudding With Vanilla Wafers

A bowl of creamy, layered banana pudding topped with crushed vanilla wafers, served with a silver spoon. A small glass container of the same dessert is next to it on a gray surface, offering a delightful contrast to your favorite lemon desserts.

Layered with love and full of Southern charm, this banana pudding is the ultimate no-fuss Mother’s Day dessert. Creamy, nostalgic, and topped with vanilla wafers—it’s as sweet as she is.
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Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe From Scratch

Celebrate Mom with a slice of this rich and velvety cream cheese pound cake, kissed with lemon zest and vanilla. It’s a classic Southern favorite that’s just as elegant and timeless as she is.
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Vintage Banana Split Cake With Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

A bundt cake topped with white and caramel glaze, drizzled with chocolate, and sprinkled with chopped pecans, sits on a white plate—the perfect treat for a bit of baking therapy.

Brighten Mom’s day with this cheerful Banana Split Cake, packed with fruit and topped with a tangy pineapple cream cheese frosting. It’s a fun, festive dessert that’s perfect for a Mother’s Day celebration.
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Old Fashioned Kentucky Butter Cake

A close-up of a sliced bundt cake with a light glaze. The southern dessert is golden brown with a moist, dense interior. One piece is cut and raised on a cake server, revealing the soft cake texture inside. The background includes a white surface and blurred utensils.

This tender, buttery cake soaked in a sweet glaze is a simple yet stunning way to spoil Mom this Mother’s Day. Every bite melts in your mouth and says “thank you” without words.
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Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies (Soft And Chewy)

Bring a touch of nostalgia to Mother’s Day with these soft iced oatmeal cookies. They’re perfect with tea, coffee, or as a sweet surprise for Mom’s afternoon break.
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Instant Pot Apple Crisp

Instant Pot Apple Crisp. Photo credit: Pip and Ebby.

Make Instant Pot Apple Crisp for a delicious and an even EASIER fall treat. Great for your next gathering or for a low-key weeknight dessert!
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Lemon Bundt Cake With Lemon Glaze And Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

A Bundt cake with white icing drizzled in thick lines from the center outward, displayed on a white plate—one of the perfect sweet Easter treats, with frosting and a lemon softly blurred in the background. — Lemon Bundt Cake With Lemon Glaze And Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

Lemon Bundt Cake made with fresh lemon juice, zest, and topped with a simple lemon glaze and a creamy lemon cream cheese frosting.
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Old Fashioned Gluten-Free Cherry Cobbler

Old Fashioned Gluten-Free Cherry Cobbler. Photo credit: Peel with Zeal.

Delight yourself with this Old Fashioned Gluten-Free Cherry Cobbler made with fresh cherries. The perfect summer dessert that’s easy to make!
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Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies. Photo credit: Josie and Nina.

A chewy old fashioned peanut butter cookie recipe made in less than 30 minutes with a no chill cookie dough.
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Old Fashioned Rhubarb Custard Pie

A slice of rhubarb pie with whipped cream on top.

Classic rhubarb pie meets its match with this creamy old fashioned rhubarb and custard pie recipe. Baked with a caramelized sugar topping.
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Old-Fashioned Angel Food Cake With Lemon Curd

Light as air and subtly sweet, this angel food cake paired with lemon curd is the elegant finale your Mother’s Day table deserves. A delicate treat for a delicate occasion.
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An Old-Fashioned Blackberry Cobbler Recipe With Homemade Biscuits

A white baking dish filled with freshly baked berry cobbler topped with six golden brown biscuits. The dish is placed on a cooling rack. Two spoons and stacked bowls, one pink and one green, sit in the background on a light-colored surface with a gray cloth—reminiscent of vintage recipes.

An Old-Fashioned Blackberry Cobbler Recipe With Homemade Biscuits. Photo credit: Easy Southern Desserts.

This Blackberry cobbler has a syrupy blackberry filling topped with golden brown créme fraiche biscuits made from scratch.
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Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

A sliced sweet potato pie topped with whipped cream.

Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie Recipe. Photo credit: Butter and Baggage.

Southern Sweet Potato Pie is a beloved dessert, similar to pumpkin pie but even better. Serve it all year long, not just during the holidays.
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Old Fashioned Southern Pecan Praline Recipe

Old Fashioned Southern Pecan Praline Recipe. Photo credit: Butter and Baggage.

Pralines are a Southern classic! Homemade caramel cross between a candy. and a cook. A heavenly treat that just takes 10 minutes!
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Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chess Pie With Cornmeal

A chocolate chess pie topped with whip cream swirls.

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chess Pie With Cornmeal. Photo credit: Butter and Baggage.

This is the creamiest chocolate chess pie ever! This easy old-fashioned recipe guarantees a perfectly set custard center with the simplest ingredient list.
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Old School Morning Glory Muffins With Coconut

A muffin broken in half covered with cinnamon butter. — Old School Morning Glory Muffins With Coconut. Photo credit: Butter and Baggage.

Filled with hearty ingredients like carrots, apple, and coconut, these insanely good muffins are a great start to your busy day.
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Powdered sugar cookies arranged on a white plate next to a bowl of powdered sugar and a pink-and-white striped cloth—classic treats inspired by retro dessert recipes. — Classic Butterball Cookie Recipe. Photo credit: Intentional Hospitality.

This Butterball Cookie Recipe only needs 6 simple ingredients. Buttery cookies with chopped walnuts coated in a blanket of confectioner sugar.
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Old Fashioned Butter Pound Cake Recipe

This Butter Pound Cake is a versatile classic that never goes out of style. Made with luscious butter and whipping cream, this old fashioned pound cake has a tender crumb and moist texture!
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Old Fashioned Blackberry Pie

Our old-fashioned blackberry pie is filled with sweet, plump blackberries and made just like grandma used to make. This is the real deal.
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