As much as I love baking, summer fruit is one of the few things I’m happy eating exactly as is.
There’s just nothing better than a juicy peach, a sweet strawberry, or a handful of blueberries at their peak.
One thing I’ve learned from living in Arizona is that everyone’s summer baking traditions look a little different. I rarely see rhubarb growing locally, while other parts of the country are overflowing with it this time of year!
What’s your go-to summer fruit for baking? I’d love to hear what’s in season where you live, and what recipes you’d love to see next.
I usually eat summer strawberries straight from the carton. When they’re perfectly ripe, there’s nothing sweeter! But when I do have extra, these are the recipes I make:
This Strawberry Chocolate Galette recipe is a total crowd-pleaser and is surprisingly easy to make. Strawberries and chocolate are already a match made in heaven – but wrap them in perfectly flaky, buttery pie crust and you’ve got the most crave-worthy summer dessert.
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is bursting with so much fruity, tangy flavor. It tastes like you turned the best strawberry cheesecake ever into a scoop of ice cream. HEAVEN!
Vanilla Sheet Cake with Grilled Strawberries features an ultra moist, tender, and slightly spongy vanilla cake with fresh whipped cream and slightly smoky grilled strawberries on top. Perfect summer dessert for a crowd!
Raspberries bake up beautifully in summer desserts, softening into jammy pockets of tart, juicy flavor that make cheesecakes, pies, blondies, and brownies even better.
Raspberry Lemonade Cheesecake Bars are like biting into sunshine! A buttery, crisp graham cracker base topped with a zesty lemon cheesecake and vibrant raspberry swirl. As pretty as they are delicious.
No Bake Frozen Chocolate Raspberry Pie features a chocolate graham cracker crust, a creamy chocolate raspberry filling, all topped with more chocolate! The perfect refreshing summer treat.
Super quick and easy Raspberry Dark Chocolate Blondies are ultra ooey, gooey, and chewy blonde brownies stuffed with melty dark chocolate and tart raspberries for the perfect simple sweet treat!
Raspberry Brownies are ultra-rich and fudgy, with gooey chocolate chunks and fresh raspberries studded throughout. Garnished with raspberry powder on top so it's perfect for Valentine's Day!
Doesn’t zucchini seem to multiply overnight? If you’ve ever had a neighbor leave a bag of zucchini on your doorstep, you know exactly what I mean. Thankfully, it’s one of my favorite ingredients for creating incredibly moist cakes and quick breads.
Lemon Yogurt Zucchini Bread is the ultimate summertime treat! Moist, light zucchini bread is loaded with bright lemon flavor and topped with sweet lemon icing. The perfect way to use up extra zucchini this summer!
Ultra rich, moist, and fudgy Easy Chocolate Zucchini Cake is the perfect summer treat for any chocoholic and can be made in less than 1 hour! No mixer required. Tons of chocolate flavor!
There’s nothing neat about eating a juicy peach in the summer, and that’s exactly why I love them. That same messiness is what makes them so good in baking, especially when you let them bake down into something soft, caramelized, and a little rustic.
Peach Galette is so much easier to make than a peach pie, but with the same deliciously sweet summery peach flavor and flaky all-butter crust in every bite. Serve this homemade galette recipe with vanilla ice cream for the perfect rustic dessert.
Homemade Blueberry Peach Pie combines two juicy summer fruits in a golden, flaky crust. Tons of tips included to help you prevent a soggy bottom and bake the perfect summer pie!
This Brown Butter Peach Cobbler is the most flavorful cobbler recipe you'll ever try. The brown butter peaches, warm spices, and the biscuit-like base and topping make for the ultimate summer treat. Use fresh, frozen, or canned peaches to enjoy this cobbler all year long!
Blueberries don’t need much help in the kitchen. They burst with flavor in the oven, releasing that deep purple-blue juice and pair beautifully with lemon, vanilla, and brown butter.
Easy 40-minute homemade Blueberry Scones recipe! Extremely tender, moist, flaky, light, and full of fresh summer flavors. Topped with an easy vibrant naturally-colored lemon blueberry glaze. Don't skip this one!
Easy No Bake Frozen Blueberry Pie is the perfect frosty, fresh, and fruity dessert for any cookout, BBQ, or get-together! Quick and simple to make, and perfect for summertime.
Blueberry Cobbler is bursting with delicious blueberry flavor, featuring a hint of bright lemon freshness, and finished with a light, fluffy cake topping. Super quick and easy recipe, perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes are perfectly tender and moist with tons of fresh lemon and blueberry flavors, plus an easy swirled buttercream that will impress everyone!
Brown Butter Blueberry Muffins are crazy moist, tender, fluffy, and flavorful. Topped with a cinnamon streusel crumb topping for the best muffin top ever! Everyone will think they’re from a bakery! Perfect breakfast or sweet snack.
