Summertime is here, and if you’re planning get-togethers and parties, celebrating with sweet treats is a MUST! To bring you some inspiration, we’re sharing our most GORGEOUS desserts for summer hosting, from fruit tarts and crisps to no-bake cheesecakes, creamy puddings, and more!
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5-minute, no-bake vegan cheesecake cups layered like a parfait with fresh fruit and granola. A naturally sweetened, gluten-free snack or dessert. Just 7 ingredients required!
The decadent flavors of tangy cheesecake and fresh strawberry swirled together into gluten-free, vegan-friendly bars! Oat-almond crust, naturally sweetened, 10 ingredients required!
Rich and creamy vegan panna cotta with vibrant mixed berries! A beautiful dessert that’s SO quick and easy to make with just 1 pan and 6 ingredients!
Perfect vegan fruit cobbler packed with ripe, juicy summer fruit and topped with flaky gluten-free biscuits. Baked to bubbly golden perfection! Just 10 simple ingredients required.
A 1-bowl vegan gluten-free vanilla cake that’s perfectly tender, fluffy, and sweet! Delicious frosted or unfrosted and SO easy to make! 10 ingredients and 1 bowl required.
Creamy, decadent vegan cheesecake made with a date-walnut crust and cashew-coconut-yogurt filling for the ultimate tangy-sweet treat. Just 10 ingredients required, no-bake, and entirely vegan and gluten-free.
Fluffy strawberry cake that’s undetectably vegan and gluten-free! Infused with vibrant strawberry flavor and perfectly sweet. Just 9 ingredients required!
Thick, custard-like vegan chocolate cheesecakes with a date-walnut cocoa crust. Just 10 ingredients required and entirely vegan and gluten-free. Perfect topped with coconut whipped cream and fresh fruit.
Creamy lime pie bars with an almond-oat crust and creamy, cashew-based filling! Perfectly tart, naturally sweetened, and so delicious! 10 basic ingredients required.
Creamy peanut butter pudding and coconut whipped cream are layered between vegan vanilla wafers and just-ripe banana slices for a salty-sweet dessert! Just 5 ingredients required for this amazing chilled dessert.
Easy plum upside down cake with juicy, tart plums nestled into soft, fluffy, perfectly sweet almond cake. Vegan, gluten-free, and perfect for brunch or dessert. Just 10 ingredients required!
If you try any of these summer dessert recipes, let us know! Leave a comment or take a picture and tag it @minimalistbaker on Instagram. Enjoy, friends!
Hi there,
I am a big fan of your recipes. I have made countless amounts of them and they never fail, but when I found out that you turned over to the dark side and started eating meat and eggs, that really hurt. How can such a strong vegan baker/chef like you, quit veganism, just because of a tiny problem. There are many many ways to stop hair loss, and for protein, don’t get me started on that! There are so many proteins that are plant based that have as much, or even more protein than meat. I know you use “pasture raised” eggs, but that doesn’t mean anything. For an egg to be qualified as “pasture raised” the chicken has to have feed that is qualified as pasture raised, the egg isn’t. Even if it was in a farm, it is a baby, nonetheless.
For fish, wild caught is just a label. All fish, except farmed ones, are wild caught anyways. Wild caught means that they drag thousand pound fishing nets, scraping the coral and capturing trillions of animals that didn’t need to be caught, like dolphins and turtles, this is called bycatch. Bycatch kills billions, even trillions of animals per year!
Chicken, or any animal, that is used for consumption is abused in the worst of ways. Even if they are free range, cage free, Organic, or pasture raised, they are treated the same way. Cage free means they are in a large stretch of dirt and sand in a building, crammed with millions of other animals. Free range means that they have 3 feet of space to roam outside in the sun. More than half of the animals are too scared to even go into the light. Organic means that they eat Organic food, and as stated earlier, pasture raised means they eat a specific type of food that consists of some (1 or 2) ingredients they would eat on a pasture, like dried grass and dandelions. As I had said all the way in the beginning, I am a big fan, will never stop following your recipes, but I ask you ever so politely, please restore peace, and go back to your vegan self.
Nirvaan Agarwal says
Hi there,
I am a big fan of your recipes. I have made countless amounts of them and they never fail, but when I found out that you turned over to the dark side and started eating meat and eggs, that really hurt. How can such a strong vegan baker/chef like you, quit veganism, just because of a tiny problem. There are many many ways to stop hair loss, and for protein, don’t get me started on that! There are so many proteins that are plant based that have as much, or even more protein than meat. I know you use “pasture raised” eggs, but that doesn’t mean anything. For an egg to be qualified as “pasture raised” the chicken has to have feed that is qualified as pasture raised, the egg isn’t. Even if it was in a farm, it is a baby, nonetheless.
For fish, wild caught is just a label. All fish, except farmed ones, are wild caught anyways. Wild caught means that they drag thousand pound fishing nets, scraping the coral and capturing trillions of animals that didn’t need to be caught, like dolphins and turtles, this is called bycatch. Bycatch kills billions, even trillions of animals per year!
Chicken, or any animal, that is used for consumption is abused in the worst of ways. Even if they are free range, cage free, Organic, or pasture raised, they are treated the same way. Cage free means they are in a large stretch of dirt and sand in a building, crammed with millions of other animals. Free range means that they have 3 feet of space to roam outside in the sun. More than half of the animals are too scared to even go into the light. Organic means that they eat Organic food, and as stated earlier, pasture raised means they eat a specific type of food that consists of some (1 or 2) ingredients they would eat on a pasture, like dried grass and dandelions. As I had said all the way in the beginning, I am a big fan, will never stop following your recipes, but I ask you ever so politely, please restore peace, and go back to your vegan self.
Thank you,
Nirvaan Agarwal
Linda says
I think “comments” is meant for comments on the recipes….not the chef’s life…