Perfect dessert ideas for Mother’s Day! Nothing can say it better than a dessert made with love. Here’s a bunch of ideas for you to go through to rustle up something special for Mum. Whether it’s chocolate, cherries, mango, lime, strawberries, carrots or matcha, I have you covered. The desserts are all eggless and each one quite special. If you need more inspiration, please head to my feed on Instagram!
Eggless Coconut Lime Mango Tea Cake. When you think of a match made in heaven, count this in. This is a simple, one bowl, hand whisked recipe that I experimented a few times before getting it right. The cake is quite delicious as it is, also good with a serving of single cream and fresh mangoes. Then again, you could give it a drizzle of coconut milk & condensed milk, else like us, enjoy it with a light buttercream topped with fresh mangoes! It’s the perfect tea cake for Mum! Recipe here
Eggless Black Forest Trifles. Who doesn’t like a good black forest? With cherries finally here, Mum is going to love it. Everything from scratch, it’s surprising how simple dessert can be. A quick one bowl eggless chocolate sponge moistened with Kirsch, thickened almond cream, a simple cherry pie filling made on the stove top, a layer of chocolate ganache because chocolate makes everything better, then a little more cake. These are moist, bursting with flavour and just right for summer. She’ll love them! Recipe here
Eggless Nobake Mango White Chocolate Cheesecake. Hello mango season, my favourite season of all and I’m sure Mum will love this too. This no bake, eggless, no gelatine cheesecake celebrates the best summer has to offer, nature currently a riot of colours. Brighten her day with this! Recipe here
Eggless Carrot Orange Walnut Cake with a whipped orange buttercream is my best carrot cake to date. Everything came together so well from the sweetness of the carrots, the bite of walnuts and then the fresh appeal of orange zest. Tell Mum it has carrots, and she’ll love you for it! Recipe here
Eggless Mango & Cream Trifles. Simple and delicious dessert ideas, as you can see, this is something I absolutely love. Trifles are easy, trifles are fun and trifles are quick to bring together! They’re even more fun when mangoes are in season because there’s so much more you can do. These simple one bowl eggless sponges are moistened with a mango syrup, have a layer of fresh mango, then a smothering of a light eggless mango curd. Every bite screams of the goodness of an Indian summer complete with a vibrant burst of flavours and colours. If Mum likes mangoes, this is another great idea! Recipe here
Eggless Caramel Brownies Trifles. Cocoa brownies smothered in an indulgent vanilla cream and topped with salted caramel – on repeat! Another drop dead delicious idea for a quick dessert. I’ve shared the recipe for eggless cocoa brownies just below. Go on, spoil her with this! Recipe here
Eggless Fudgy Chocolate Walnut Brownies, brownies Mum will ask you to make on repeat! They are so delicious and also so simple. Fudgy, chocolatey and deep, these are brownies you will bake often! I must confess that I sometimes bake them just to make brownie trifles; they’re so good. Recipe here
Shrikhand Mango Jelly Pastry Tart {no gelatine}. It’s always fun to try a new dessert idea and pastry is something I really enjoy. This dessert pastry is a saffron shrikhand paired with a fresh mango jelly nestled in a crisp delicious eggless pastry shell. And if you aren’t up to making the pastry, do try the jelly which is simple and quite refreshing. Made with fresh mango puree and diced mangoes, it’s a great summer treat for Mum. Recipe here
Eggless Banana Bread… Wholegrain, one bowl, quick and addictively good! Here’s a recipe I’ve been making over the years and I simplify it each time I make it. It’s been baked by so many of you with simple substitutes, olive oil instead of ghee, jaggery instead of sugar, into cupcakes and even a sheet cake. It never disappoints! Impress Mum with this! Recipe here
Mango Cheesecake Ice Cream. Creamy and refreshing, a simple 5 ingredient mango ice cream that is perfect for Mothers Day! I’ve been making no churn ice creams forever and this is a favourite. There are so many ways to serve this creamy goodness – soft serve in ice cream cups set in the freezer for a couple of hours, popsicles and scoops if you set it overnight (see stories). I daresay it tasted so good as I mixed it together, quite a few spoons disappeared even before it hit the freezer! Recipe here
Eggless Strawberry Swirl Vanilla Cheesecake. Simple and special, treat Mum to this delicious eggless baked cheesecake! Strawberries and vanilla really shine in here. A quick ‘everything blended in a bowl cheesecake batter‘ that slow bakes for just over an hour, the longest wait is the overnight rest. Recipe here
Eggless Baked Lime Curd White Chocolate Pudding… Light, dreamy, mousse like and bowl scraping good, here’s a baked eggless pudding that’ll have Mum hooked. The pudding is inspired by an earlier baked eggless chocolate pudding, as also inspired by my eggless lime curd trifles. Recipe here.
Blue Matcha Panna Cotta {no gelatine}. Is it just me, or do desserts taste better when blue? I love these colours, the calming, peaceful blue, a feeling of cool. This blue is therapeutic, makes life better! A beautiful blue take on the classic panna cotta, one with #nogelatine, yet dessert that is creamy and delicious. This 5 ingredient recipe takes just a few minutes to come together, and the longest wait is for it to set. While nothing can beat the wobble and indulgence of the classic Italian panna cotta, the simple cooked cream set with gelatine, this vegetarian version might not have the quintessential ‘wobble’ but it tastes divine. Recipe hereEggless Chocolate Orange Biscuit Cake {No bake}… the simplest biscuit cake you’ll ever make! It’s a version of a recipe an aunt used to make years ago, back when cocoa powder was the only way to a chocolate cake. I added fresh orange zest to flavour the biscuit cake, then topped it with a simple ganache. I spiked the ganache with some Cointreau. You can totally skip that if you like, though it does add beautiful notes overall, makes it special. This is as simple as a one bowl, no bake cake gets. With 6 staple pantry ingredients, make it for her! Recipe here
And one last dessert idea, a no churn Blue Matcha Ice Cream. Satiny smooth and sooooo delicious, it’s an easy ice cream that feels like you’re walking on clouds. It’s heavenly good and very calming too! Recipe here.
