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Delicious French Dessert Recipes

This is the spotlight on the very best delicious French dessert recipes, suitable for family meals or entertaining friends.

Try French cakes like buttery Breton Flat Cake, Kugelhopf (a shared treat from Germany), and cookies like Palmiers Glaces made from puff pastry! And speaking of French pastries, they are not as difficult to make as you might think! They say the "proof of the pudding is in the eating" or "custard" in this case with Crème Brulée, and "OH," what a treat! Try them all!

  • Crêpes Suzette is the classic French crêpe served with flaming orange sauce.
    Crepes Suzette Recipe
  • Easy lemon tart recipe with shortcrust pastry and fresh lemon custard filling.
    French Lemon Tart Recipe
  • Plum tart is a classic French dessert of fruit custard filling baked in a short crust pastry.
    Plum Tart Recipe
  • Pears poached in spicy red wine with orange and lemon zest.
    Red Wine Poached Pears
  • Cherries surrounded by a creamy custard in a baking dish.
    Cherry Clafoutis Recipe
  • Poached Peach Melba is a French classic dessert with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce.
    Peach Melba Recipe
  • Strawberry sorbet dessert is easy to make with only 3 ingredients.
    Strawberry Sorbet Recipe
  • An off-white pie shell with scalloped edges and steam release holes across the bottom cooling on a wire rack.
    How To Make Pastry Dough Like A French Chef
  • Galette des rois is the cake of kings baked with a surprise inside for the celebration of the three wise men came to visit baby Jesus.
    Galette des Rois
  • A large round flat yellowy cake with a brown edge and one slice cut out on top.
    Butter Cake Recipe, Easy, & Crunchy
  • Three cream puffs covered in buttercream icing in various flavors cherry, butterscotch, and chocolate.
    French Religieuse Cakes
  • normandy apple tart
    Classic Normandy Apple Tart Recipe
  • A pie shaped dessert filled with concentrically placed golden slices of apples covered in light brown sauce.
    French Apple Tart Recipe: Golden Heaven
  • White swirl shaped cookies, sprinkled with sugar.
    Easy French Butter Biscuits
  • Palmiers pastry cookies are sometimes called shoe-soles, or glasses, were created early in the 20th century.
    Palmiers Recipe
  • Light brown pastry with almond slices on top and filled with creamy pastry cream on pink floral plate.
    Paris Brest Recipe An Exceptional Cake
  • Raspberry Millefeuille is a classic French dessert. It is a French patisserie recipe.
    Raspberry Millefeuille: A Classic French Dessert
  • Yellow and white baking dish with baked fruit on a red background.
    Baked Pears Recipe In A Ginger Cream Sauce
  • A step in making puff pastry where the dough is folded over the butter.
    How to Make Perfect Puff Pastry Dough The Easy Way
  • Leaf shaped cake cookies sprinkled with icing sugar and bits of dried orange peel.
    Madeleines Cookies Recipe
  • A light brown galette on a white plate with orange flowers on the side and a pink French bull dog figurine.
    Best Easy Apple Pie Filling Galette
  • A strawberry tart recipe with an exquisite orange cream cheese filling.
    Strawberry Tart Recipe With Orange Cream Cheese Filling
  • A French classic of apples caramelized in butter and sugar with a mouth-watering crust.
    Caramelized Apple Tart A French Classic
  • Two small baking dishes, ramekins, filled with custard topped with golden brown and yellow caramel topping.
    How to Make Crème Brûlée: The Best Custard Recipe with Simple Ingredients
  • Rich dark chocolate mousse in a bowl with a dollop of white whipped cream on top.
    Authentic French Chocolate Mousse Recipe
  • A light fluffy rich dark brown chocolate dessert with bubbles in a white baking dish.
    French Chocolate Soufflé Recipe
  • A heart shaped dark brown chocolate cake decorated with red candied cherries.
    Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe
  • A clear pudding glass filled with dark chocolate pudding called mousse with shaved chocolate piled on top.
    Classic French Sugar-Free Chocolate Mousse Unbelievably Easy To Make
  • Chocolate truffles coated in cocoa, coconut, and chopped nuts
    Dark Chocolate Truffles Recipe
  • Chocolate cake with dark brown top and toasted chopped nuts on the sides.
    Supreme French Chocolate Cake Recipe
  • Kugelhopf cakes contain dried fruit and nuts but some are savoury and contain bacon and herbs.
    Kugelhopf Recipe
  • Five golden donuts on a white plate.
    The Best Apple Fritter Recipe
  • Dark cake layered with pink ice cream and covered with white meringue on a white plate with two raspberries.
    Baked Alaska Recipe Is Melt-in-Your-Mouth Heaven
  • Blue bowl full of colored cookies.
    Light French Meringue Cookies
  • Eleven round beige Breton Cookies sprinkled with dark currents, sitting on a cooling rack.
    Easy Buttery Shortbread Biscuits
  • Chestnut cake with dark layers of cake with creamy chestnut filling covered in chocolate glaze icing on white surface.
    Chestnut Cake Recipe
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