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Home › Recipes › Italian Desserts

Italian Desserts

Incredible Italian desserts to satisfy your sweet tooth. Whether you’re looking for an Authentic Tiramisu Recipe  that’s light and creamy or a quick and fun Italian Affogato that takes no more than 5 minutes to make you’ll find them here!

A close up of a slice of ricotta and cherry crostata dusted with powdered sugar.

Italian Desserts

Crostata Ricotta e Visciole (Ricotta and Cherry Tart)

An Italian bundt cake on a wooden board topped with meringue and sprinkles.

Italian Easter Recipes

Ciaramicola (Umbrian Easter Bundt Cake)

Three Sicilian pastries sitting on a blue patterned plate, the pastries are dome shaped with white icing and a cherry on top.

Italian Desserts

Minne di Sant’Agata (Sicilian Pastries)

Homemade Italian baci chocolates on a travertine worktop with pink foil wrappers.

Italian Desserts

Homemade Baci Chocolates (Italian Kisses)

A Sicilian dessert made with ricotta, grain and candied fruit in a glass serving dish topped with a candied cherry.

Christmas

Cuccia (Sicilian Ricotta Dessert)

Panpepato cut into slices sitting on a wooden board with christmas red ribbon and candles.

Christmas

Panpepato (Christmas Spiced Cake)

An overhead shot of an Italian flourless chocolate cake cut into slices.

Italian Desserts

Torta Barozzi (Rich, Flourless Chocolate Cake)

A scoop of orange sorbet served inside a hollowed out orange topped with mint leaves and a small spoon.

Italian Desserts

2 Ingredient Orange Sorbet

A small glass of coffee granita topped with whipped cream and a spoon in it.

Italian Desserts

Granita al Caffè con Panna (Coffee Granita)

Italian lemon sorbet served in a large Amalfi lemon with leaves attached.

Italian Desserts

Amalfi Lemon Sorbet (Sorbetto al Limone)

A close up of Ricotta al Caffe (ricotta and coffee) in small glasses topped with dark chocolate. The background is stone.

Italian Desserts

Ricotta al Caffè

A close up of a piece of pistachio tiramisu on a plate sitting on a wooden table.

Italian Desserts

Pistachio Tiramisu

Pastiera Napoletana on a cake stand sitting on a wooden surface with white flowers at the side.

Italian Easter Recipes

Pastiera Napoletana

A mimosa cake on a cake stand with mimosa flowers in the background.

Italian Desserts

Italian Mimosa cake (Torta Mimosa)

An overhead shot of Crema Fritta (fried custard bites) in a bowl topped with powdered sugar. There's confetti sprinkled around.

Italian Desserts

Crema Fritta (Deep Fried Custard)

A red wine poached pear sitting on a bed of Amaretto whipped cream on a small plate, the background is Christmassy.

Christmas

Amaretto Red Wine Poached Pears

A mini Panettone dipped in melted chocolate sitting on a snowy Christmas themed surface with Christmas trees at the side.

Christmas

Ice Cream Stuffed Mini Panettone (Cherry and Chocolate)

Cherry chocolate ice cream in an ice cream dish with an ice cream scoop at the side.

Italian Desserts

Amarena Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream

A whole tiramisu cheesecake sitting on a wooden board and parchment paper.

Italian Desserts

No Bake Tiramisu Cheesecake

An Italian pastry called Pasticciotto on a small pink and white plate with pink flowers at the side.

Italian Desserts

Pasticciotti (Italian Cream Filled Pastries)

Aperol granita in a small glass bowl with a slice of orange at the side sitting on a marble board.

Italian Desserts

Aperol Spritz Granita

A vanilla panna cotta on a plate with a bite out and raspberries at the side.

Italian Desserts

Vanilla Panna Cotta (classic recipe)

A dome shaped Italian dessert called Zuccotto on a patterned plate with a slice cut out.

Italian Desserts

Zuccotto (Sponge Cake with Ricotta Filling)

A close up of an Italian Pan di Spagna sponge cake with a slice cut out and berries on the top.

Italian Desserts

Pan di Spagna (Italian Sponge Cake)

An overhead shot of Nutella cookies on a wooden surface with a ramekin of Nutella at the side and chopped hazelnuts.

Italian Cookies

Italian Nutella Cookies (Nutellotti)

Five Cuccidati cookies on a plate with fake white snow scattered around.

Italian Cookies

Cuccidati (Italian Fig Cookies)

An overhead shot of amaretti cookies on a wooden surface some in pink and green wrappers.

Italian Cookies

Soft Amaretti Cookies (Amaretti Morbidi)

Chocolate tiramisu in an oval dish sitting on a rustic wooden background with pieces of chocolate at the side

Italian Desserts

Irresistible Chocolate Tiramisu

An overhead shot of both original and chocolate Brutti ma Buoni cookies on a gold cooling rack with pink flowers dotted around

Italian Cookies

Brutti ma Buoni (Ugly but Good Cookies)

A small glass bowl filled with Zabaglione and a savoiardi cookie dunked into it

Italian Desserts

Italian Zabaglione Recipe

An overhead shot of small ricotta doughnuts on a plate dusted with powdered sugar

Italian Desserts

Italian Ricotta Doughnuts

A close up of Italian Zeppolechoux buns filled with pastry cream and a cherry on top sitting on a blue and white plate.

Italian Desserts

Zeppole di San Giuseppe (St. Joseph’s Pastries)

Chocolate Budino shaped like a flower on a small pink patterned plate

Italian Desserts

Chocolate Budino (Budino al Cioccolato)

An overhead shot of a slice of chocolate torta caprese on a pink patterned plate

Italian Desserts

Torta Caprese (Flourless Italian Chocolate Cake)

Baileys panna cotta in a small glass dish with a spoon and grated chocolate on top

Italian Desserts

Boozy Bailey’s Panna Cotta

An overhead shot of cranberry and pistachio biscotti on a wooden background drizzled with white chocolate

Italian Cookies

Cranberry and Pistachio Biscotti

An overhead shot of Cenci Italian pastries on a blue plate

Italian Desserts

Cenci di Carnevale (Chiacchiere, Crostoli, Bugie) Italian Fried Pastries

An overhead shot of an apple crostata with some slices cut and a scoop of ice cream on top

Italian Desserts

Apple Crostata with Apricot Jam

Zuppa inglese (Italian trifle) in a glass trifle dish so you can see all of the layers

Italian Desserts

Zuppa Inglese (Italian Trifle)

A chocolate torrone bar filled with hazelnuts sitting on baking parchment

Italian Desserts

Chocolate Hazelnut Torrone (Torrone dei Morti)

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