Spring Farmhouse Desserts
Longer days, the first flowers, warm breezes, and strawberries. There’s plenty to celebrate in springtime in the country. And that means you need all my favorite farmhouse desserts for spring.
Fresh air and sunshine tends to arrive before the actual produce shows up, but that’s okay. For these homemade desserts, we’ll rely on lemons, lavender, and sneak in some strawberries for May.
Click on the button to be taken to the full recipe. I hope you love them all!
Strawberry Buttermilk Quick Bread
A moist quick bread with fresh strawberries and bright lemon zest, topped with a perfect vanilla glaze. You’ll love this recipe for brunches, tea time, or a quiet morning at home.
Made in one bowl and freezes beautifully for up to 3 months.
From-Scratch Coconut Lemon Curd Cupcakes
These moist and delicious scratch-made coconut cupcakes are filled lemon curd.
Can be made a day ahead – just store unfilled and fill with curd before serving.
Vanilla Cream Pie
A no-bake dessert that’s rich and creamy, this pie is easy to make and perfect for those warm spring days when you’d like something cold.
The crust requires a brief baking, but you can do that in the morning or when the oven is on for something else.
Old-Fashioned Creamy Lemon Pie
An easy pie with plenty of tart and creamy lemon filling on top of a graham cracker crust.
Make the day before you serve it so it’s super cold.
From-Scratch Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Tart rhubarb, sweet strawberries and a secret-recipe topping inspired by sugar cookies. A springtime classic you’ll love.
Best served warm, with plenty of vanilla ice cream. It’s tart!
Honey Chamomile Tea Cake
This delicious cake is infused with chamomile tea and honey, which sounds complicated, but it’s actually an incredibly easy, one bowl cake recipe.
If you can’t find fresh chamomile flowers, dried work just as well for decorating.
Lemon Sheet Cake with Lemon Buttercream
A from-scratch sheet cake that’s moist and fluffy, topped with a classic buttercream with the irresistible taste of fresh lemon.
Perfect for feeding a crowd – cuts into 24 neat squares.
Lemon Lavender Cookies
These lemon lavender shortbread cookies are an incredible spring and summertime treat, made with just a few ingredients.
The dough freezes well, so you can bake them fresh as needed.
Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake
A moist, from-scratch strawberry cake with a beautiful pink strawberry icing you pour on top. Soft, sweet, fresh, and delicious.
No mixer needed – just a whisk and a bowl. Comes together in 30 minutes.
Classic Lemon Meringue Pie
The classic you know and love: tart lemon filling, fluffy meringue, and a homemade crust.
One of my true favorites!
Meringue-Topped Key Lime Pie
A key lime pie made from scratch using real key lime juice, a graham cracker crust, and a fluffy meringue topping.
But this is my number one favorite! Best dessert of all time.
Soft Lemon Sour Cream Cookies
Soft and cake-like cookies with plenty of lemon zest and a classic lemon buttercream.
No mixer needed – just a whisk and a bowl. Comes together in 30 minutes.
Coconut Lemon Bundt Cake
A moist pound cake made with everyday ingredients and topped with an extra simple icing of lemon juice and powdered sugar, then sprinkled with sweetened coconut.
Uses just one bowl and basic pantry ingredients you probably have right now.
Strawberry Tart
In the spring, when your farmers market is brimming with baskets of berries, make this strawberry tart recipe. It’s at once light and rich, with a creamy filling that’s infused with notes of honey and almond.
The crust can be made a day ahead and stored in the fridge
Spring desserts don’t need to be complicated to be special. Whether you’re making a simple lemon cake or trying your hand at that strawberry tart, these recipes are meant to be enjoyed without stress.
Don’t wait for a special occasion – sometimes a sunny afternoon is reason enough to bake something sweet.
By Katie Shaw
Katie lives in Virginia with her husband, three daughters, a chocolate lab, and over thirty chickens. She loves creating simple tutorials for sourdough, bread, and soap. Her recipes, articles, and YouTube videos reach millions of people per year.