Try one of these mouthwateringly beautiful and delicious lemon curd desserts at your next party or gathering. The sweet and tart flavor of lemon curd pairs well with spring and summer berries. Includes recipes for cakes, cheesecake, cookies, crepes, tarts, parfaits, doughnuts and more.
Pucker up! If you enjoy the taste of sweet combined with tartness, you will love these lemon curd desserts.
Ever since I made a batch of homemade lemon curd, I’ve been obsessed with finding ways to use it! This post is the result of that quest — a collection of the best lemon curd desserts.
They are as beautiful as they are tasty. These are seriously some of the prettiest desserts I’ve ever seen. These lemony cakes, tarts, cookies, cheesecakes, ice cream, crepes and other sweets definitely will impress your guests. There are even a few breakfast or brunch recipes that can double as dessert!
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🍋 What is Lemon Curd?
Lemon curd. like other fruit curds, is made by combining butter, sugar and eggs with fruit juice and zest.
Lemon curd is intensely flavorful, which makes the custard-like spread a great choice for desserts. Since it is made with butter, it’s creamier than lemon pie filling. it also has a bolder lemon flavor.
How Can I Use Lemon Curd in Desserts?
Lemon curd is such a versatile ingredient. It can be used in cake batters and as a filling between layers of cake, by itself or along with frosting. You can make a baked and no-baked version of lemon curd pie.
Lemon curd is often combined with ricotta cheese or marscapone cheese to make dessert fillings for cakes, tarts, pastries, cheesecakes, French toast and crepes.
You can use lemon curd to make tarts and cheesecake, as well as in baked pudding or ice cream. It makes a wonderful filling on its own or with cream cheese for doughnuts, danishes, pastry, crepes or kringle.
Lemon curd complements fresh berries well. Blueberries and blackberries are good choices because they pair well with lemon, and the yellow-blue color combo is visually appealing.
Lemon curd can also be combined with strawberries and raspberries in cakes, parfaits, tarts and other desserts.
You can also use lemon curd as a filling for thumbprint cookies and meringue cookies.
Keep reading for the best lemon curd dessert recipes.
Looking for more ideas for how to use lemon curd? You’ll find lots more ideas here, along with a good, easy recipe for lemon curd and printable jar labels for your homemade curd.
Lemon Curd Tarts
Tarts are some of the easiest recipes you can make using lemon curd, especially if you use pre-made tart shells or store-bought puff pastry shells.
I love making individual pies by filling mini graham cracker crusts with curd and topping whipped cream, berries and mint leaves.
If you have time to make crust and lemon curd from scratch, you won’t regret it. These homemade lemon curd tarts are mouthwatering!
Easy Desserts with Lemon Curd
A jar of lemon curd is a great shortcut ingredient to have on hand for dessert.
Layer it in parfait glasses or a trifle bowl along with fruit, yogurt, cake, scones, frosting, marscapone, whipped cream or whatever you fancy.
Mix with cream and sweetened condensed milk to make gelato-style ice cream. Pair with premade puff pastry sheets to make a cheater danish that’s every bit as delicious as one made from scratch.
Where To Buy Lemon Curd
While many of these recipes use the homemade version, you can use store-bought lemon curd for most of them. Look for lemon curd at the grocery store or specialty markets on the jelly aisle.
No time to make homemade lemon curd? No worries! Here are some delicious options you can buy online.
Lemon Curd Cookies & Doughnuts
Citrus curds are a good substitute for jellies and custards in thumbprint cookies, doughnuts and meringue shells.
If you like other citrus fruits, you can substitute those for the lemon in most of these recipes. Lemon curd and orange curd are delicious, as well.
Try one of these cookie or doughnut recipes with lemon curd or another flavor.
🍰 Lemon Curd Cake Recipes
There are so many different types of lemon curd cakes you can make — from easy coffee and crumb cakes to stunning layered cakes with lemon curd mousse.
Use lemon curd betweens the layers of homemade cake or mix it in the batter to add bright lemon flavor. Lemon curd can also be combined with frosting, marscapone cheese, cream cheese and ricotta cheese to make delicious cake filling.
Enjoy these gorgeous and tasty lemon curd cake recipes.
Lemon Curd Breakfast Recipes
These lemon curd recipes can be served as dessert or for breakfast!
You can use curd in sticky buns, puffy pancakes, French toast and crepes.
I would serve any of these for brunch or a holiday dinner! They would be great for Easter breakfast or brunch.
More Delicious Lemon Recipes
If you love the flavor of lemon, try these other lemony recipes:
- Frozen Frosted Lemonade
- Frozen Strawberry Lemonade
- Lemony Italian Chicken Artichoke Pasta
- Pink Lemonade Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
- Lemon Oatmeal Lacie Cookies
- Moroccan Preserved Lemons
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