Gluten-Free Desserts for Spring - Flavour and Savour

A delicious collection of 10 gluten-free desserts for Easter and Spring featuring Springtime flavours of carrot cake, lemon, strawberries and chocolate!

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Whether you celebrate Easter, Passover or Ramaden, enjoying a special dessert is likely part of your celebration. And when that dessert is gluten-free, it means that everyone can enjoy it!

I've rounded up 10 of my favourite dessert recipes that I like to serve in the spring to share with you here.

Carrot cake, lemon, strawberries and chocolate are the flavours I most associate with springtime desserts. I've picked recipes that feature these, hoping that you can pick one to make for your family this year. And yes, they're all gluten-free!

If there are just two of you, or you and your kids, a smaller dessert might be better than making a full-sized cheesecake, for example. Many of the following dessert recipes can easily be halved.

If you're looking for more mini desserts, you'll find more ideas in this post: 12 Gluten-Free Mini Desserts in Jars.

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Grain-free Carrot Cake with Pineapple
5-Minute Lemon Curd
Lemon Curd Tart with Berries
Lemon Curd Fruit Dip
Mini Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Light lemon Mousse with Blueberry Sauce
Gluten-free Strawberry Shortcake
Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes
Macerated Balsamic Strawberries with Cashew Cream
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie
Desserts you can make ahead of time

Grain-free Carrot Cake with Pineapple

a slice of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Grain-Free Carrot Cake with Pineapple

This carrot cake is made without grains or refined sugar. Baked with almond flour and coconut flour, it's naturally sweetened with pineapple and maple syrup. Frost with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting, if desired.

Grain-Free Carrot Cake with Pineapple

A square of grain-free carrot cake with cream cheese frosting .

5-Minute Lemon Curd

3 jars of Microwave Lemon Curd with fresh strawberries, a gluten-free dessert for Easter and Spring

5-Minute Microwave Honey Lemon Curd

This quick Microwave Honey Lemon Curd is life-changing! Made with fresh lemons and sweetened with honey, it's the easiest no-stir lemon curd recipe you could imagine. Use as a filling for tarts, layer it in a parfait, spread it on pancakes, or swirl it into yogurt.

5-Minute Microwave Honey Lemon Curd

small jars of lemon curd with fresh strawberries

Lemon Curd Tart with Berries

Gluten-Free Lemon Curd Tart with mixed berries close up view

Gluten-Free Lemon Curd Tart with Berries

This luscious lemon curd tart is gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free! It's made with a tender almond flour crust and garnished with fresh mixed berries.

Gluten-Free Lemon Curd Tart with Berries

Lemon Curd Fruit Dip

Creamy Lemon Curd Fruit Dip

A creamy Lemon Curd Fruit Dip made with cream cheese, Greek yogurt and luscious lemon curd, this popular dip recipe has sugar-free options.

Creamy Lemon Curd Fruit Dip

Mini Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Mini Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

These one-bite gluten-free carrot cake cupcakes are made without grains or refined sugar. Baked with almond flour and coconut flour, they're naturally sweetened with pineapple and maple syrup. Great for kids' lunches.

Mini Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Mini Gluten-free Carrot Cake Cupcakes frosted with maple cream cheese frosting on a white cake plate.

Light lemon Mousse with Blueberry Sauce

Light Lemon Mousse with Greek Yogurt

This delicately sweet and airy Light Lemon Mousse is made without raw eggs. Made with Greek yogurt, it's flavoured with fresh lemon juice and blueberry or raspberry sauce.

Light Lemon Mousse with Greek Yogurt

Gluten-free Strawberry Shortcake

Sugar-Free Strawberry Shortcake topped with a red bowl of whipped cream in the background.

Low-Carb Strawberry Shortcake

Grain-free, sugar-free almond strawberry shortcake is a popular dessert year-round. You'd never guess it's gluten-free!

Low-Carb Strawberry Shortcake

Close up overhead view of a serving of Keto Strawberry Shortcake

Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes

Even Healthier Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes

These Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes are rich, uber-chocolately and gluten-free.

Even Healthier Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes

Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes with Chocolate Coconut Cream Frosting

Macerated Balsamic Strawberries with Cashew Cream

Macerated Strawberries with Cashew Cream

Macerated strawberries with cashew cream make a beautiful no-bake vegan, gluten-free dessert. These sweetened sliced strawberries are also delicious with whipped cream or lightly sweetened yogurt.

Macerated Strawberries with Cashew Cream

a dessert glass with cashew cream and macerated strawberries

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie

Gluten-Free Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie

Slightly sweet, slightly tart, this Gluten-Free Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie is baked in a tender flaky crust and topped with an oatmeal crumb crust. Sugar-free option!

Gluten-Free Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie with one slice removed

Desserts you can make ahead of time

Planning a meal for family or friends can be a lot of work! If you can have dessert made a day or two before, it frees up time to make the rest of the meal. Many of these desserts can be made in advance.

For example, you can make Microwave Lemon Curd several days ahead of time, then use it to make Gluten-Free Lemon Curd Tart, Easy Lemon Curd Fruit Dip or Meyer Lemon Mini Parfaits.

Bake a carrot cake or cupcakes, refrigerate or freeze, then add frosting a day or two before you're planning to serve it.

Freeze this Gluten-Free Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie days or even weeks in advance, then thaw and reheat it in the oven. Delicious with a scoop of ice cream!

Make and freeze the cake portion of Sugar-Free Strawberry Shortcake and make the strawberry sauce in advance. Then all you'll have to do is thaw the cake, and assemble it with the strawberries and topping.

Which of these gluten-free desserts for Easter and Spring will you be making?

How ever you choose to celebrate this year, make it delicious!