Desserts Archives - A Side of Sweet

Lemon Curd Tart Recipe with Olive Oil Crust

A lemon curd tart recipe baked in a delicious olive oil tart shell made with Spanish olive oil. Plus, everything you need to know about choosing, storing and tasting olive oil.

You really can’t go wrong with lemon curd. Right now our lemon tree is producing like crazy, providing us with a bounty of lemons to use. We’ve been eating lemon curd by the gallon. Although I love spooning it on homemade yogurt, my new favorite thing is making baking it into this lemon curd tart. For this recipe, a traditional tart crust gets a delicious twist with tart dough made with olive oil. And for a plot twist – the lemon curd also uses olive oil instead of butter!

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No-Bake Créme Brûlée Cheesecake

Your holidays will be LIT (literally) with this no-bake créme brûlée cheesecake recipe. This dessert is perfect for parties as it can be made in advance.

I gave my classic no-bake cheesecake recipe a fun and decadent upgrade just in time for the holidays with this créme brûlée version. It has the crispy sweet crust of créme brûlée, but with the firm and creamy texture of cheesecake. It’s also incredibly easy and it’s such a crowd pleaser to light food on fire (intentionally of course!) before serving.

Read on for the recipe and what I’ll be drinking with it!
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Best Strawberry Cupcakes EVER

Tried and tested, this is the best strawberry cupcakes recipe! Banish mushy cupcakes and read on for the secret to perfect strawberry buttercream frosting.

The internet is full of bad recipes for strawberry cupcakes. This watery fruit is a tricky one to bake with as it releases all that water into your cake or cupcake making it totally mushy. Most of the recipes out there are either soggy because of this or they skip the real strawberries altogether and use some variation of strawberry extract or flavoring…. Read More »

Magical Unicorn Ice Cream Cones

Add a touch of magic to your next party with unicorn ice cream cones! They are made with real edible gold and colorful white chocolate dipped ice cream cones.

Unicorn desserts are everywhere, but these unicorn ice cream cones are a luxurious take on this whimsical trend. Believe it or not, they are completely edible, even the brilliant gold horns.

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Homemade Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches

These Homemade Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe are the perfect summer treat! This halfway homemade version is so easy and totally Instagrammable.

When I think about these waffle ice cream sandwiches, all sorts of annoying made up foodie words come to mind like NOMTASTIC and FOODGASM.

Cringeworthy right?

Yet those words come to mind as I bite into a heavenly mix of all my favorite foods – ice cream, waffles, chocolate, sprinkles, pistachios…

Read on for the waffle ice cream sandwich recipe with step-by-step photo instructions!

Homemade Dulce de Leche Ice Cream

This Dulce de Leche Ice Cream recipe is like caramel ice cream but BETTER. Includes recipe for how to make homemade dulce de leche in the oven.

Here in San Francisco, we’re experiencing some of our best weather of the year, so I’ve been inspired even more than usual to make and eat ice cream (let’s be serious, it doesn’t take much inspiration). To be completely honest, even in our coldest, foggiest months, we always have a batch or two of homemade ice cream on hand. Making your own ice cream is something that defies weather patterns!… Read More »