Home  >  Food & Recipes  > Desserts  > Fruit Desserts

Celebrating Summer Fruit: 14 Sweet Desserts

Peaches, plums, berries, pineapples. Turn the season's ripest finds into treats the whole family will love.

By the Family Circle food editors

  • Share
  • Print

  • view all thumbnails
Nectarine Shortcake
15 of 15
15 of 15
1 of 15
Nectarine Shortcake

Makes: 6 servings

Prep: 20 minutes

Bake: 12 minutes

1 of 15
2 of 15
Pineapple Tart

Prep: 15 minutes

Chill: 2 hours

Bake: 20 minutes

Cook: 10 to 15 minutes

2 of 15
3 of 15
Peach and Raspberry Parfaits

Makes: 4 servings

Prep: 5 minutes

3 of 15
4 of 15
Lattice-Topped Peach Pie

Makes: 12 servings

Prep: 20 minutes

Bake: 45 plus 20 minutes

4 of 15
5 of 15
Nectarine Cherry Grunt

Makes: 8 servings

Prep: 20 minutes

Cook: 28 minutes

5 of 15
6 of 15
Plum and Blueberry Galette

Makes: 12 servings

Prep: 15 minutes

Bake: 35 minutes

6 of 15
7 of 15
Pear-Plum Crisp

Prep: 15 minutes

Bake: 40 to 45 minutes

7 of 15
8 of 15
Cherry-Filled Crepes

Makes: 8 servings (2 crepes each)

Prep: 5 minutes

Cook: 35 seconds per crepe; 11 minutes for filling

8 of 15
9 of 15
Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

Makes: 8 servings

Prep: 10 minutes

Chill: 6 minutes or overnight

9 of 15
10 of 15
Strawberry Banana S'mores

Makes: 12 servings

Prep: 10 minutes

Microwave: 15 seconds per batch

10 of 15
11 of 15
Very Raspberry Pie

Makes: 8 servings

Prep: 20 minutes

Chill: 3 hours

Cook: 2 minutes

11 of 15
12 of 15
Blueberry Cheesecake

Makes: 12 servings

Prep: 30 minutes

Chill: 3 hours or overnight

Bake: 1 hour

Microwave: 15 seconds

12 of 15
13 of 15
Lemon Blueberry Semifreddo

Makes: 10 servings

Prep: 10 minutes

Freeze: 4 hours or overnight

Stand: 15 minutes

13 of 15
14 of 15
Blueberry Zabaglione

Makes: 8 servings

Prep: 10 minutes

Chill: 1 1/2 hours or overnight

Cook: 8 minutes

Copyright © 2011 Meredith Corporation.

14 of 15