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6-photo picture collage of carrot cake, chocolate zucchini muffins, Samoa Rice Krispie treats, raspberry cheesecake brownies, tres leches cake, and magnolia bakery blueberry jamboree with the text of the title overlayed on the collage.

2023 Readers’ Favorite Dessert Recipes

6-photo picture collage of a slice of peach dessert, a slice of rice Krispy ice cream dessert, a strawberry rhubarb galette, a slice of brownie Oreo ice cream cake, a fruit pizza, and a slice of magnolia bakery blueberry jamboree with the text of the title centered and overlaying the photos.

Desserts to Sweeten your Summer

A raspberry cheesecake brownie on a small white plate with a metal fork inserted downward into a corner of the brownie. In the upper left is a fork head a part of another small plate.

Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies

Two small plates stacked with a piece of fresh raspberry almond cake with a raspberry on top and raspberries scattered around the plates. In the upper left corner is a serving spatula. In the upper right corner is a corner of a glass 9x13 baking dish missing a piece of cake.

Fresh Raspberry Almond Cake

Faded in the background is a serving spatula, a whole strawberry and a glass 9x13 dish of strawberry rhubarb crumb bars with a piece cut out of the corner. In front of the baking dish is a square piece of strawberry rhubarb bar on a dessert plate with a fork handle in front and a whole strawberry in the left corner.

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Bars

A lemon blueberry ricotta bundt cake dusted with powder sugar sitting on a round Polish pottery plate.

Blueberry Lemon Ricotta Bundt Cake

A plate of blueberry muffin cookies with a half of lemon and a whole lemon in opposite corners and blueberries scattered around the plate.

Blueberry Muffin Cookies with Streusel and Lemon Glaze

A mini cherry cheesecake on top of three small plates with two forks on the left of the plate. Faded in the upper background are more little cheesecakes on a large plate.

Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

A galette made of strawberries and rhubarb.

Strawberry Rhubarb Galette

Puff Pastry Berry Galette.

Easy Puff Pastry Berry Galette

7 frosted Banana Split Cookies on a dark blue plate with white dots. Strawberries and chocolate chips are in the bottom corners and upper right corner.

Banana Split Cookies

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie

Strawberry Nutella Puff Pastry Dessert with two whole strawberries on opposite diagonal ends, all sitting on an oval dark blue Polish Pottery plate with a white hearts pattern

Strawberry Nutella Puff Pastry Dessert

A spoon of berry glaze held over a small plate with an ice cream dessert and fork. Above and in the upper right corner are partial pictures of small plates with a slice of ice cream dessert.

How to Make an Easy Fruit Glaze with Frozen Berries

a piece of strawberry delight cake with a bite taken out of it stacked on three white plates with a fork in the backgroud

Strawberry Delight Sheet Cake

Slice of strawberry jam cake on a white plate with strawberries

Strawberry Jam Sheet Cake

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