Love and Olive Oil

Desserts Recipes

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, you’re in the right place! Here are all our favorite dessert recipes, from cakes and cupcakes to cookies, brownies and more!

Stack of Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies on a small plate, with candy canes and broken up peppermint bark scattered around, rack of cookies cooling in the background.

Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies

Stack of Chewy Maple Brown Butter Sugar Cookies on a ceramic plate, with a small glass pitcher of maple syrup and more cookies scattered around.

Chewy Maple Brown Butter Sugar Cookies

Stack of three square cut Pecan Pie Shortbread Cookie Bars on parchment, with the rest of the pan of bars in the background.

Pecan Pie Shortbread Cookie Bars

Lifting a slice of Black Bottom Pumpkin Cream Pie out of the pie plate, showing the distinct layers of chocolate ganache and pumpkin cream.

Black Bottom Pumpkin Cream Pie with Chocolate Ganache

Chocolate Banana Cream Pie with Flaky Chocolate Pie Crust sliced on white plates on marble background.

Chocolate Banana Cream Pie

Closeup of the fluted edge of an unbaked chocolate pie crust.

Flaky Chocolate Pie Crust

Cut pieces of Brown Butter Banana Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting on a marble surface with gold knife and topped with multi-color crispy pearls.

Brown Butter Banana Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting

Three red and white striped containers with scoops of Buttered Popcorn Ice Cream, on a gray background with popped popcorn scattered around.

Buttered Popcorn Ice Cream (Eggless!)

Slices of Vanilla Bean Peach Pie on white plates with forks and topped with dollops of whipped cream, with a small bowl of cream and the rest of the pie in the background.

Fresh Peach Pie with Vanilla Bean

Rows of Homemade Gummy Peach Rings (made with Real Fruit and Gelatin) lined up like little soldiers on a parchment background.

Homemade Gummy Peach Rings (made with Real Fruit and Gelatin)

Cut squares of Blackberry Butter Cake on a piece of parchment, with a small blue knife and a few fresh blackberries scattered around.

Blackberry Butter Cake

Strawberry Elderflower Tiramisu in individual clear ramekins, on a white marble background with two gold spoons and strawberries.

Strawberry Elderflower Tiramisu (with Eggless Mascarpone Cream)

Grapefruit Olive Oil Bundt Cake with two cut slices leaning against each other, on a white cake plate and cut grapefruit and a slice of cake in the background.

Grapefruit Olive Oil Bundt Cake (with Greek Yogurt)

Squares of Meyer Lemon Cheesecake Bars with a swirl of lemon curd on top, on a piece of parchment with a few Meyer lemons scattered around.

Meyer Lemon Cheesecake Bars with Lemon Curd Swirl

Scattered Pistachio Butter Blossom Cookies on a white background, one cookie with a bite out of it to show the dark chocolate and soft texture of the cookie.

Pistachio Butter Blossom Cookies

Flourless Hazelnut Cake with Nutella Whipped Ganache with one slice cut out to show the layers.

Flourless Hazelnut Cake with Whipped Chocolate & Nutella Ganache

White bowl of candied hazelnuts and hazelnut spikes with a dramatic black and white background.

Caramelized Candied Hazelnuts (Clusters and Spikes)

Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookie with a bite taken out of it resting on top of a glass of milk, more cookies arranged around it.

Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookies

Chewy Lemon Almond Crinkle Cookies scattered on a marble background with a few cookies on a small cookie plate.

Chewy Lemon Almond Crinkle Cookies

Slice of Flourless Almond Flour Cake lifted by a cake knife, on a blue tile background with linen napkin.

Flourless Almond Cake

Triangular slices of Pumpkin Pecan Coffee Cake on a marble cake plate, one slice on a plate in the background with a cup of coffee.

Pumpkin Pecan Coffee Cake

Small dish of Homemade Raspberry Pectin Gummies on a light pink background with linen and bowl of raspberries in the background.

Homemade Raspberry Pectin Gummies (no Gelatin!)

Bowl of Swiss Meringue Buttercream in a metal mixing bowl with white sprinkle spatula.

Swiss Meringue Buttercream (with Lemon Curd + Other Flavor Variations!)

Rows of Peanut Butter & Jam Thumbprints on a wire baking rack, with bowl of strawberry jam and a few more cookies scattered around it.

Peanut Butter & Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Triple Lemon Layer Cake decorated with tiny royal icing lemons, on a white cake plate with marble surface and lemons in the background.

Triple Lemon Layer Cake

Glass bowl filled with a swirl of Meyer Lemon Curd and two spoons, with fresh lemons scattered around.

Meyer Lemon Curd (Extra Thick!)

Strawberry Crunch Sheet Cake with Buttermilk Frosting cut into serving squares, on a piece of parchment with messy crumbs, cake server, and a bowl of more crumbs and frosting in the background.

Strawberry Crunch Sheet Cake with Buttermilk Frosting

Glass bowl of Strawberry Shortcake Crunch Topping on a marble background, with a few crumbs scattered alongside the bowl.

Strawberry Shortcake Crunch Topping (from Scratch)

One round scoop sitting in a silver pan with Candied Orange Ice Cream with Chocolate Fudge Swirl, ice cream scoop on the side.

Candied Orange Ice Cream with Chocolate Fudge Swirl (Crema del Doge)

Faceted glass canning jars filled with Candied Orange Peel in Syrup in direct sunlight with harsh shadows and highlights on a marble background.

Candied Orange Peel in Syrup

Overhead, marble background and three glass plates with cross-section slices of Raspberry & Passionfruit Semifreddo with Chocolate Crumbs, and a few frozen raspberries scattered around.

Raspberry & Passion Fruit Semifreddo with Chocolate Crumbs

Flourless Pistachio Cake with Chocolate Ganache on a gray background, two slices cut to show the bright green color inside.

Flourless Pistachio Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Homemade Candied Blood Orange Slices on a wire rack in bright direct light to showcase the stained-glass like appearance.

Homemade Candied Blood Orange Slices

Backlit brightly colored Chocolate Olive Oil & Blood Orange Cupcakes with one cupcake in the foreground and more cupcakes on a wire rack in the background, with fresh blood oranges, candied oranges, and frosting.

Chocolate Olive Oil & Blood Orange Cupcakes

Rows of Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies on a wire baking rack, with bowls of chocolate chips, flake salt, and a spoonful of Nutella on the side.

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

Matcha Rice Crispy Treats cut into triangles and decorated like Christmas trees, one leaning up against a mug of matcha on a marble background.

Matcha Rice Crispy Treats