20 Pink Desserts That Are As Pretty As They Are Sweet
What's better than a delicious dessert? A dessert that's also eye-catching and these pink desserts are sure to impress. Whether you're looking for a pink dessert recipe to serve for a special occasion or just want to serve a fun dessert after dinner, there's sure to be a recipe on this list that fits your needs. Plus, we don't use food coloring to color most of these desserts, just pretty ingredients like strawberries, raspberries, and even rhubarb.
This list of pink desserts includes cakes, pies, cupcakes, cookies, and more so there's desserts to fit every occasion.
Related: 53 Lemon Dessert Recipes As Lovely As They Are Sweet
Strawberry Rose Snack Cake
Antonis Achilleos; Prop Stylist: Kay E. Clarke; Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall
Freeze-dried strawberries give both the cake and icing for this cake a pretty pink color. Raspberries would also work in this recipe.
Strawberry-Pretzel Icebox Pie
Jennifer Davick
We love a strawberry-pretzel combination, and this twist on the retro Strawberry-Pretzel Jell-O Salad is a pretty-in-pink dessert that is sure to please.
Pink Champagne Cake
This showstopping cake actually starts with a box of cake mix so it comes together with less than 10 ingredients.
Strawberry Lemonade Cake
The flavors of strawberry and lemonade are perfectly married in this layer cake. Strawberry-Lemonade Jam is sandwiched between lemon cake layers that are then topped with strawberry frosting.
Key Lime Slab Pie with Strawberry Whipped Cream
Strawberry whipped cream is a welcome addition to the Key lime filling of this slab pie. Slab pies are easy to make and feed more of a crowd than a regular circle-shaped pie.
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cheesecake
This impressive cheesecake takes just 25 minutes of hands-on time to prepare.
Strawberry Pound Cake
Jen Causey; Food Stylist: Margaret Dickey; Prop Stylist: Hannah Greenwood
While this pretty pound cake makes a great dessert, we wouldn't blame you if you enjoyed a slice for breakfast.
Cakey Strawberry Cobbler
You'll know this cobbler is ready to come out of the oven when the batter is puffed and the edges are dark golden brown in color.
Strawberries- and- Cream Sheet Cake
Cakes made on sheet pans are easy to transport and this strawberry one will be the star of any potluck you bring it to.
Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream
Enjoy the flavors of strawberry shortcake while also cooling down with a refreshing bowl of ice cream with this recipe.
Mini Strawberry Chiffon Pies
Not only are these petite pies cute because of their pink color but also because of their miniature size. We use refrigerated pie crust to help them come together a little easier.
White Cake with Berry- Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones
Freeze-dried raspberries give the meringue buttercream on this layer cake a rosy pink finish without any food coloring. In addition to the color, piping the frosting in arches around the cake makes it look like a flower as well.
Fresh Strawberry Cupcakes
Both fresh and freeze-dried strawberries give these cupcakes plenty of color and flavor. You won't find any artificial coloring on the ingredient list.
Chocolate Strawberry Cake
Think of this cake and an inside-out chocolate covered strawberry as the cake layers on the inside are filled with semisweet chocolate and the icing is filled with strawberries.
Rhubarb Custard Pie
Antonis Achilleos Prop Stylist: Christine Keely; Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer
You can use fresh or frozen rhubarb to give this pie its bright color. It comes together with just 15 minutes of hands-on time.
Raspberry-White Chocolate Meringue Sandwich Cookies
White chocolate ganache is the perfect filling for meringue cookies that are almost too pretty to eat.
No-Churn Rhubarb-Raspberry Ice Cream
No ice cream maker is required to make this homemade ice cream recipe, you'll just need to set aside 6 hours for chilling before you can scoop it up.
Cheerwine Cherry Cupcakes
A combination of Cheerwine and cherry-flavored gelatin turns white cake mix pink.
Gingerbread Cake with Cranberry- Vanilla Frosting
Antonis Achilleos; Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Stylist: Lydia Pursell
Fresh cranberries give the icing for this gingerbread layer cake a pink hue. Plus, sugared cranberries are the ideal finishing touch.
Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
Lemon zest and juice add flavor to white cake mix that serves as the ideal base for homemade strawberry frosting.
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