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    43 Plant-Based Desserts

    Published: Dec 15, 2022 · by Nico

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    Discover our 43 best plant-based desserts that will satisfy any sweet tooth, kids and adults alike. This list includes cakes, cake fillings, biscuits, muffins, and sweets, they're great for birthdays, Holiday celebrations, and special occasions.

    To navigate, see the list of topics and click on the section you want to see. Or, just scroll through this compilation of plant-based desserts to get inspiration for your next sweet treat!

    43 plant-based desserts including vegan cakes and vegan custard
    On this page:
    • Cakes
    • Special Occasions Dessert
    • Pastry Creams
    • Pastry and Brioche
    • Italian Desserts
    • Easy Desserts
    • Recipe

    Cakes

    1. Vegan Apple Cake

    This vegan apple cake is soft, moist, and packed with apple pieces. It's an easy, 1-bowl recipe, made with 8 simple ingredients. You can serve or fill the cake with our vegan custard for an even more indulgent experience!

    baked vegan apple cake

    2. Orange cake

    This egg-free orange cake is light, and soft, and it takes just 5 minutes to whip together. You can eat it as is or you can fill it with a tangy and velvety smooth orange curd filling.

    Orange cake on a plate

    3. Easy Lemon Cake

    This light and airy vegan lemon cake is soft, moist, and incredibly easy to make. Whip it up in 5 minutes with a few simple ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry. Upgrade the cake with a tangy dairy-free frosting, it's perfect for birthdays and special occasions!

    Vegan lemon cake with frosting

    4. Blueberry Pound Cake

    This lemon blueberry pound cake is the perfect balance of moist and gooey. It's made with simple basic ingredients, packed with lemon and blueberry flavor, and it's whipped up in just 5 minutes.

    lemon blueberry pound cake slices

    5. Carrot & Orange Cake

    This carrot and orange cake is an easy Italian recipe made with carrots, orange juice, and almond flour. Although this is probably one of the easiest cakes you’ll ever make, its flavor is absolutely outstanding.

    slice of carrot cake with orange juice

    6. Vegan Vanilla cake

    Our vegan vanilla cake is easy to make, with simple ingredients, and it's soft, moist, and light. It's egg-free, milk-free, and without butter, yet no one will be able to tell.

    Vegan vanilla cake with frosting

    8. Carrot Cake (egg-free)

    Carrot cake can be easily made vegan (that is, without eggs, butter, or milk) and with very simple ingredients. Despite having less sugar, less oil, and no eggs, this cake's taste is incredible and rich, and the texture is light and moist - a real crowd-pleaser!

    vegan carrot cake with frosting

    9. Egg-free Pear cake

    This pear cake is a simple, soft, round cake stuffed and topped with tender pear pieces. As the cake cooks, the pears release their flavor and juices, keeping the cake moist, adding a pleasantly soft texture, and infusing it with flavor.

    Pear cake with cinnamon and fresh pears

    10. Easy blueberry lemon cake

    This blueberry lemon cake is whipped up in 5 minutes! The crumb's texture is soft, moist, and light. The blueberries get juicy and slightly gooey and infuse the cake with their incredible flavor and beautiful purple color. Try it for a lighter yet delightful cake

    blueberry cake with fresh blueberries

    11. Easy Brownie Cake

    This chocolate brownie cake is an easy recipe made with 5 simple ingredients. Packed with chocolate flavor, it can be served warm, with ice cream, or at room temperature.

    brownie cake with ice cream

    12. Chocolate Pound Cake

    This vegan chocolate pound cake is moist, soft, and packed with chocolate flavor. If you love chocolate, you are going to love this 100% plant-based chocolate pound cake.

    pound cake with chocolate

    13. Vegan brownies

    Technically not a cake, but this rich double chocolate brownie recipe deserves a spot on this list. It's perfectly fudgy, takes just 10 minutes to prepare, and bakes in 30 minutes. A real treat for special occasions and Sundays with chocolate cravings.

    Vegan brownies stacked on white plate

    14. Vegan Coffee Cake

    This vegan coffee cake is soft, spongy, moist, and packed with coffee flavor. And if you like, you can even fill it with a layer of coffee custard or with homemade hazelnut cream.

    vegan coffee cake

    15. Banana Bread

    One-bowl, one-fork, 7-ingredient vegan banana bread. With this recipe, you can make the best, easiest vegan banana bread any time you feel like it, with no need for complicated ingredients.

    Vegan banana bread sliced

    16. Lemon Pound Cake

    This vegan pound cake with lemon is easy to make, soft, moist, spongy, and the perfect treat for a quick breakfast or a light dessert. It cuts perfectly and it's delicious served with a layer of your favorite jam.

    Lemon pound cake bite

    Special Occasions Dessert

    17. Acquafaba meringue

    These egg-free meringues are light, fragrant, crunchy, and sweet just like regular meringues. You can eat your meringues plain, or top them with chocolate, nuts, and fruits. Our recipe will teach you how to get this easy but tricky treat right on your first try.

    Meringue

    18. Vegan Tiramisù

    This tiramisu with homemade egg-free ladyfingers is developed and tested to recreate the flavor of real Italian tiramisù. It's light, airy, with a subtle coffee flavor, and incredibly delicious!

    vegan tiramisu inside

    19. No-bake Cheesecake

    Made with no nuts, no blending, no cooking, and goes straight into the refrigerator to set. This vegan cheesecake is smooth, fluffy, tangy, and creamy and it cuts perfectly.

    Vegan cheesecake with berries

    Pastry Creams

    20. Vegan custard

    This 5-minute vegan custard is a smooth, creamy, and delicious recipe that you can make in 10 minutes with 5 simple ingredients. Use in cakes, pastries or serve in a glass with fresh berries.

    custard variation with vanilla

    21. Lemon Curd

    Vegan lemon curd is so tasty, tangy, light, and easy to make. It's a flavor bomb made with 5 simple ingredients, no eggs, and in just 5 minutes. Use it in lemon cake, lemon bars or pastries as a creamy filling or topping.

    Vegan lemon curd in pot

    22. Hazelnut spread

    Impossible to resist! This vegan Nutella has a consistency and is perfect for spreading on toast, or as a filling for crepes, cakes, and brioche. We make two versions; sugar-free and super decadent hazelnut spread, take your pick!

    Nutella on bread

    23. Pistachio custard

    If you like pistachios, this pistachio custard is a great addition to your dessert repertoire! Made with simple ingredients and with unsalted pistachio nuts, this custard takes just 10 minutes to make.

    pistachio custard

    Pastry and Brioche

    Better than pastries from a box, these homemade yeast dough desserts are brunch-friendly and celebration-worthy. Follow our step-by-step guides to achieve the fluffiest and airiest pastry results.

    24. Cinnamon rolls

    These vegan cinnamon rolls are easy to make, lightly toasted on the outside, soft and moist on the inside, and with a tad of caramelized sugar underneath. Glaze with vanilla icing or a quick vegan frosting for a decadent and sweet brunch idea.

    Cinnamon rolls with glaze

    24. Vegan Donuts

    Vegan donuts are simple to make with simple ingredients and they are as delicious as regular donuts. Our vegan donuts are real yeast donuts and can be deep-fried or baked, and topped with chocolate glaze, sugar or icing.

    vegan donuts with sugar

    25. Sweet dough balls

    These Italian Sweet Dough Balls are an easy and delicious sweet treat that you can either bake in the oven or deep fry. They are made without yeast, and they are very easy to prepare.

    dough balls with custard

    26. Bomboloni - Italian Donuts

    Bomboloni are Italian doughnuts made with soft leavened dough. They are filled with chocolate, jam, or custard, and covered in sugar. A great alternative to donuts, and guaranteed crowd-pleasers!

    bomboloni in a hand

    Italian Desserts

    Take your pick from biscuits, tarts, and pies - all of which are plant-based and taken straight from Italian baking traditions. They're made with staple ingredients and perfect for Holidays and special occasions.

    27. Biscotti

    Our almond biscotti recipe is easy and made with simple ingredients. You'll get beautiful, crunchy, and nutty biscotti, perfect to dip in sweet wine or to eat on their own.

    biscotti on a baking tray

    28. Red wine Cookies

    These red wine cookies are traditionally made with grape must, red wine, or white wine. The result is a light, crunchy, and sweet wine cookie that can be enjoyed as it is, or dipped in your favorite red wine.

    wine cookies on a plate

    29. Lemon Tart

    This vegan lemon tart is a popular recipe that everyone will love. Sweet, crusty on the outside, and made with really simple ingredients that you already have in your pantry.

    Lemon tart

    30. Lemon bars

    These vegan lemon bars are easy to make, delicious, and full of lemon flavor thanks to finger-licking good lemon curd.

    Lemon bars with powdered sugar

    31. Fruit Tart

    This beautiful and delicious fruit tart is a classic Italian pastry recipe that everyone loves. We make a light, crunchy, and easy pie crust that we then fill with our homemade custard. It's great for summer, picnics and as a putlock dessert.

    fruit tart

    32. Blueberry tart

    Our blueberry tart is made with a crunchy pie crust, topped with fresh blueberries and tangy lemon zest. It's a great autumn and winter tart when you feel like a fruity and refreshing treat.

    blueberry tart sliced on a plate

    33. Apple tart

    A flaky melt-in-your-mouth crust, a crunchy texture on the sides, and a sweet and cozy apple filling make this autumn-winter dessert hard to beat. This plant-based apple tart is without eggs and butter, but yields a comforting and whole sweet treat.

    apple tart just baked

    34. Italian Crostata

    A crunchy Italian crostata with a customizable filling. Make it with strawberry jam, or apricot jam, or try a gluten-free version with oat flour.

    Crostata with slice on a white plate

    35. Ricotta Pie

    This ricotta pie is an easy recipe made with a few simple ingredients. We make a sweet shortcrust pastry, and fill it with a velvety smooth and chocolate-infused ricotta cream, mixed with dark chocolate chips and orange zest.

    ricotta pie

    Easy Desserts

    With less than 10 minutes of preparation time, these desserts are easy and quick to make. They're great as weeknight treats, and you might already have most of the ingredients in your pantry.

    36. Coffee Mousse

    This simple, 4-ingredient coffee mousse almost tastes like a tiramisù, without the biscuit, but is a lot easier to make. It's creamy, soft, light, and sweet, but with an irresistible coffee aroma.

    coffee mousse and spoon

    37. Baked Apples

    Hasselback apples look pretty, taste delicious and they require just 10 minutes of preparation. Top them with a quick cinnamon streusel that makes them extra crunchy and irresistible, and serve with plant-based vanilla ice cream for a comforting dessert.

    Baked apple with streusel

    38. Baked Pears

    Baked pears are sweet, tender, and so easy to make. All you need is 4 ingredients and 30 minutes in the oven. The result is a plant-based and wholesome dessert with fruity and cinnamon-infused flavor.

    half pear on a plate with nuts and ice cream

    39. Blueberry muffins

    These light and berry-packed blueberry muffins are made without eggs and butter but are wonderfully delicious and fun to eat. They're great as a plant-based breakfast, sweet treat, and for Sunday brunch.

    blueberry muffins

    40. Lemon muffins

    Light, tangy, and perfectly sweet, these lemon muffins take just 5 minutes of preparation time and 25 minutes in the oven! Upgrade them to party status with a streusel topping or cream cheese frosting; they are great for parties and birthdays.

    Lemon muffins with cream cheese topping

    41. Zucchini muffins

    These vegan zucchini muffins are easy to make, moist, light, and super tasty. We use grated zucchini, chocolate chips, cinnamon, and walnuts to make a sweet and wholesome muffin batter. Once baked, they're perfect as a light snack or a quick breakfast on the go.

    Zucchini muffins opened

    42. No proofing chocolate glazed donuts

    Try these soft and rich chocolate glazed donuts, they whip up in 5 minutes and bake in just about 20 minutes. It's a cozy and special breakfast treat that the whole family will love!

    Chocolate donuts with bite

    43. Easy vegan pancakes

    Light, airy, fluffy, and perfectly sweet. These vegan pancakes are wonderful for breakfast, brunch, and desserts with a drizzle of maple syrup, fresh berries, and whipped cream.

    pancakes stack with syrup

    How to store plant-based desserts

    Most of these desserts keep for 2-3 days out of the fridge, covered in a cake container or you can even store it in a plastic bag to keep them soft and moist.

    How to reheat: If you want to reheat the cakes or sweets, you can do so in a preheated oven for 5-7 minutes in order to make them softer.

    NOTE: It is important to limit airflow to the cakes and sweets in order to preserve their softness.

    Make it a plant-based menu

    If you're looking for a main dish to eat before your plant-based dessert, take your pick here for some inspiration:

    • 15 easy tofu recipes with plant-based protein and plenty of inspiration for stews, curries, and salads!
    • 45 best pasta recipes with easy weekday meals that are family-friendly and quick to make
    • 40 easy dinners: 40 of our best dinners ready in less than 30 minutes
    • 60 vegan Italian recipes: delicious appetizers, mains, and Italian desserts

    For much more plant-based dessert inspiration make sure to check out our Dessert Recipes Page!

    Recipe

    43 plant-based desserts including vegan custard and apple cake

    45 Plant-Based Desserts with few ingredients

    Author: Nico
    Wondering how to make a plant-based dessert? We've got you covered with these 45 sweet recipes including cakes, biscuits, custards, pies, tarts, pastries and more.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Total Time 14 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American Italian
    Servings 4 people
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    Ingredients
      

    • Pick your favorite dessert from the list
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    • Make the recipe by following the instructions

    Instructions
     

    • How to store: Most of these desserts keep for 2-3 days out of the fridge, covered in a cake container or you can even store it in a plastic bag to keep it soft and moist.
    • How to reheat: If you want to re-heat the cakes or sweets, you can do so in a preheated oven for 5-7 minutes in order to make it softer.
    • NOTE: It is important to limit airflow to the cakes and sweets in order to preserve their softness.

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