Since it has to chill for at least six hours and can be made even a few days ahead , it's the ideal dessert for a dinner party. Serve them on their own, with a dollop of sour cream or crème fraîche, or spooned over vanilla ice cream.

This dessert comes together quickly in the food processor. How does it get so wonderfully moist? Puréed apricots , folded into the batter. Grated cassava takes the place of flour in this Filipino cake recipe.

The starch content in the tuberous root helps it absorb the coconut and sweetened condensed milks and transform into a sweet, chewy dessert. When challenged to turn our favorite beachside piña colada cocktail into a delicious gluten-free dessert, this is where we landed: store-bought coconut ice cream with a sunny, boozy kick.

No butter, no flour. All you need to make these gluten-free cookies is peanut butter, sugar, and an egg. Gluten-free brownies are possible! These ones look like if blondies and chocolate brownies had a baby and taste like sweet fudge swirled with salty cream cheese.

Halvah, a dense Middle Eastern confection, gets its nutty and creamy texture from tahini. Use your favorite flavorings to make a customized version for your family and friends. This simple baked custard relies on honey for sweetness and a bit of citrus extract and zest for a boost of flavor.

These classic pignoli cookies get their chewy texture from almond paste and egg whites and crunch from the pine nuts embedded in their crispy surface. A combination of almond flour, oat flour, and rolled oats give these jam bars their nutty-sweet crumble.

Use any store-bought jam you like, or go for gold and make your own raspberry jam. These chewy-crisp cookies get their bright color from ground pistachios. Be sure to use raw nuts as toasted ones will turn out darker. This dairy-free, gluten-free dessert has a secret.

It never fails to surprise. Need an easier-than-easy recipe? Here, all of the best flavors of sweet potato casserole meld with puffed rice cereal and toasted pecans.

The best part? It all comes together in about half an hour. Why settle for rice pudding when you can have grilled rice dumplings coated in a sweet soy glaze? Okay, okay, we love rice pudding , too, but do try these Japanese rice balls. The secret to their luscious texture is a mixture of milk and chopped dates , which disintegrate into the liquid, thickening it.

Just the right mix of crisp, creamy, and slightly sweet, this no-bake dessert is what we want to snack on all summer long. It could serve as breakfast in a pinch, too. This ticks all the boxes for a healthy dessert: The mixture of oats, almonds pecans would work, too , berries, dates, and cinnamon creates the perfect sustained energy-releasing treat.

Have you met Pavlova, the national dish of Australia? Master our gluten-free, multi-purpose sweet pastry dough and you can use it for this citrusy summertime classic and much more. By the way, these bars are best after a day of chilling, so plan accordingly.

This gluten-free cake makes a stunning end to any springtime dinner, with surprisingly bright layers of green pistachio cake and pink strawberry meringue that crackles in the oven.

Is it bread or is it cake? Is it breakfast or is it a dessert? Similar to shortbread cookies, these butter cookies, made with gluten-free flour, come in three flavors: lime, lemon, and grapefruit. Make them all or pick one; just be sure to triple the amount of zest and juice if you go the latter route.

Our two favorite gluten-free carrot desserts of all time: gluten-free carrot cake hard to compete with cream cheese frosting and this Indian-style carrot halwa. This ambitious Mallomars-inspired recipe is a project: Make the wheat-free!

cookie base and top with marshmallow on day one; enrobe in chocolate on day two. A mashup of them both: oatmeal cookies with chunks of coarsely chopped bittersweet chocolate. Leaving the skins on the peaches for the purée makes for a beautifully pink swirl throughout the semifreddo.

This is not the kind of cake you make on an average Tuesday night. This one—apricot compote, layers of almond macaroon, praline almonds, mascarpone cream—is a special-occasion dessert.

It definitely delivers the wow factor. Bananas Foster, a flambéed dessert of halved bananas in a syrupy rum sauce, is a New Orleans favorite that never fails. Photo by Matt Russell.

Get This Recipe. Photo by Isa Zapata, Prop Styling by Stephanie De Luca, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boystova. Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boystova. This deep, dark chocolate bar is sweetened with a caramel-forward date purée, studded with walnuts and natural peanut butter, and layered with dark chocolate.

This super simple gluten-free dessert—made with coconut water, sugar, and sliced strawberries—is exactly what we want on a hot summer day. All you need to do is combine the coconut water and sugar in a baking dish, freeze until solid, and then scrape occasionally to create ice crystals.

Avoid the fussy water bath and temperamental cooking process with this recipe for no-bake gluten-free crème brûlée. The cream mixture is infused with cinnamon and nutmeg, which makes it taste like our favorite holiday beverage.

Give the ice cream sundae a fall twist by serving scoops of vanilla with baked apple slices and a spiced caramel sauce.

Almond flour takes the place of the usual all-purpose flour in these rich cookies. They're made from bittersweet chocolate, roasted almonds, and shredded coconut.

A Crisp Rice-Almond Pie Crust is the secret weapon in our gluten-free baking arsenal. It pairs beautifully with a cinnamon- and nutmeg-spiked pumpkin filling for this pumpkin dessert, and would be a superb base for just about any pie.

Rice pudding may seem old-fashioned, but this gluten-free version is totally modern. While the creamy pudding is delicious on its own, we've taken it to the next level with a homemade sea-salt caramel sauce, fresh berries , and nuts on top.

Floral elderflower liqueur brightens the duo of tart cherries and sweet raspberries in this frozen, Italian-inspired dessert. It needs to be made at least eight hours in advance, so it's perfect for make-ahead entertaining.

Juicy raspberries tossed in brown sugar are bursting beneath a gluten-free crumble made from butter , rolled oats , and sliced raw almonds. It's a fabulous treat for a crowd it serves at least six!

Light and creamy, the ultimate duo chocolate and peanut butter take center stage in this gluten-free Italian dessert. Each slice is topped with homemade caramel popcorn, a kid-friendly, carnival-inspired treat.

Double doses of lemon juice and zest—and almonds chopped plus extract —give this Italian-inspired cake plenty of flavor. This is a cake for the ages, regardless of your dietary preferences.

Skipping the flour just means you get a dense crumb. Salted caramel sauce and whipped cream make it even more decadent. Dress up store-bought coffee ice cream with almonds, ground coffee beans, and flaky salt , then sandwich it between coffee-swirled meringues to make this over-the-top dessert.

Cornstarch gives these brownies structure, just as the gluten in flour would. We added toasted pecans, but walnuts or hazelnuts would also be delicious.

Pretty in pink and super elegant—who could pass up panna cotta, an elegant gluten-free dessert? A fresh grapefruit-gelatin mixture is combined with basil-infused milk for a first-class sweet. For the uninitiated, buckwheat flour is gluten-free because it's ground from a seed, not a grain. It adds a wonderful earthiness to this scrumptious cake.

Using gluten-free flour doesn't make this classic dessert any less scrumptious. The texture is light as a cloud. Use limited data to select advertising. Create profiles for personalised advertising. Use profiles to select personalised advertising. Create profiles to personalise content.

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