Here are 40+ Mother’s Day recipes including madeleines, scones, cookies, strawberry shortcake cupcakes, tea cakes, cinnamon rolls, and more! Mom will love each and every thoughtful recipe.
Mother’s Day Recipes That Mom Will Love
Happy Mother’s Day weekend to every kind of mother and motherly figure. Strong mamas, mothers to be, mamas to babies, mothers who never held their babies, mothers no longer with us, and every type of mother in between. This weekend we celebrate, remember, and embrace each other. Here are 40+ Mother’s Day brunch and dessert recipes to celebrate mom, even if that mom is you. ♥
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40+ Mother’s Day Recipe Ideas
Any Flavor Scones
With more than 15 sweet and savory varieties, I’m confident you’ll find a scone flavor that Mom will love! Top sweet scones with lemon curd or icing for an extra special treat.
Easy Cinnamon Rolls From Scratch
These easy cinnamon rolls from scratch are perfect for yeast beginners because they only require 1 rise. Each cinnamon roll is extra soft with the most delicious cinnamon swirl!
Brown Butter Berry Tea Cakes
Brown butter berry tea cakes are delicate miniature sponge cakes, similar to madeleines but much easier to make. If you’re hosting Mother’s Day brunch or tea, add these to your menu.
Double Chocolate Muffins
This muffin recipe uses common baking ingredients, doesn’t require a mixer, is super straightforward, and makes for an extra-special chocolatey breakfast treat!
Everything Bagel Breakfast Casserole
Combining bagels, seasoning, bacon, eggs, and cream cheese, this everything bagel breakfast casserole is a savory, satisfying, and crowd-pleasing make-ahead breakfast dish.
Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
Anything but plain, these flavorful homemade buttermilk pancakes don’t need any add-ins to taste special (though Mom won’t fight you on adding chocolate chips!).
No-Bake Greek Yogurt Fruit Tart (GF)
This wholesome, naturally gluten-free Greek yogurt fruit tart is a wholesome option that doubles as breakfast or dessert. You need just 3 ingredients for the no-bake crust.
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
This buttery cinnamon crumb coffee cake uses sour cream to ensure a moist, light (not overly dense) breakfast cake, and there’s double the brown sugar cinnamon crumb streusel.
Sparkling Jumbo Blueberry Muffins
This recipe yields 6 jumbo blueberry muffins that are bursting with blueberries in every bite and taste just like they’re from the bakery.
Baked Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole
As a mom, I say with 100% honesty that any mother would appreciate an extra-large serving of this baked cream cheese French toast casserole. Prep it the night before and bake it in the morning.
Greek Yogurt Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes
These lemony pancakes are like a stack of sunshine. They’re made with whole wheat flour but are still incredibly light and fluffy, thanks to a handful of power ingredients.
Homemade Monkey Bread (aka Cinnamon Roll Bites)
You can never go wrong with a big pan of homemade monkey bread, something the whole family can enjoy. It’s like a giant pull-apart cinnamon roll Bundt cake!
Berries & Cream French Toast Casserole
This impressive breakfast or brunch dish is creamy, soft, crisp, and comforting. It’s best made the night ahead, so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy Mother’s Day brunch while waiting for the casserole to bake.
Homemade Glazed Doughnuts
Just like the doughnuts from your favorite bakery, but made from the comfort of your home in about 2 hours. This recipe would be a fun baking project to tackle (and enjoy!) as a family.
Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread
This cake-like, iced quick bread will remind you of cinnamon rolls, but takes a fraction of the time to prepare.
Raspberry Swirl Sweet Rolls
These sweet rolls feature a pillowy-soft dough, a juicy, sweet-tart filling (using frozen raspberries), and dreamy vanilla or cream cheese icing on top. A truly memorable Mother’s Day treat!
Flaky Croissant Bread
Smells and tastes like croissants, but slices like bread. This is a popular one, and I know Mom will agree!
Giant Cinnamon Roll Cake
The only thing that can top a plate of warm cinnamon rolls is a GIANT cinnamon roll cake. Kids love helping with this one, and it’s really fun to serve.
Glazed Strawberry Bread
With its cake-like crumb, juicy strawberries, and dreamy vanilla icing, this glazed strawberry bread tastes like summer in a loaf pan. No mixer required!
Raspberry Almond Crumb Cake
Simple and unassuming, this reader-favorite raspberry almond crumb cake is tender and buttery and the most perfect way to start or end Mother’s Day.
Sky-High Chocolate Mousse Pie
Creamy, smooth, and sky-high, this decadent pie boasts an Oreo cookie crust, homemade mousse filling, a layer of Oreo crumbles, whipped cream, and chocolate curls.
Flourless Chocolate Cake (GF)
This dark, rich, and deliciously moist flourless chocolate cake is naturally gluten free. A 1-bowl cake recipe without any special tools, decorating, or assembly required, this is chocolate cake made easy!
Lemon Berry Petit Fours
Petit fours are a quintessential Mother’s Day tea menu addition. My simplified lemon berry version uses melted white chocolate, cream cheese pound cake, lemon curd, raspberry jam, and vanilla buttercream for a special bite-sized treat.
Chocolate Raspberry Cake
A decadent cake with so much to love: layers of moist dark chocolate cake, sweet silky chocolate buttercream, and homemade raspberry filling, all covered with a luxurious chocolate raspberry ganache. It’s sure to make Mom swoon!
Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
If Mom loves strawberry shortcake, she’ll be sure to enjoy this cupcake version. The vanilla bean-speckled cupcakes are filled with homemade strawberry filling and topped with strawberry whipped cream.
Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cookies
Soft-baked, extra chocolate dark chocolate cookies stuffed with caramel and topped with sea salt—a reader (and personal!) favorite for many years and counting.
Homemade Strawberry Cake
The secret to plenty of pure strawberry flavor in this pretty pink cake? Reduced strawberry puree in the batter and freeze-dried strawberries in the frosting—resulting in a perfect springtime cake to celebrate Mom.
Small Chocolate Cake (6 Inch)
This recipe yields a single 6-inch chocolate cake layer, making it perfect for smaller gatherings and celebrations. Top with chocolate ganache or Mom’s favorite frosting.
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
A swirly batch featuring the greatest dessert flavor duo out there: peanut butter and chocolate. Shaping the dough is super simple but creates a truly unique-looking cookie.
Chocolate Coconut Almond Tart (GF & Vegan)
My chocolate coconut almond tart recipe is super simple, made with only 7 ingredients, and is the perfect choice if you need a gluten-free or vegan recipe to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Strawberry Coconut Macaroons (GF)
Add a pop of flavor (and color!) to classic macaroons with the addition of fresh strawberries. They’re moist and chewy on the inside, slightly crisp around the edges, and completely irresistible.
Madeleines
Light and airy, my homemade madeleines feature a delicious buttery lemon flavor. These delicate treats would be a lovely addition to any Mother’s Day tea or brunch.
Lemon Pudding Cakes
With fluffy lemon cake on top and rich lemon pudding on the bottom, these unique lemon pudding cakes are a lemon lover’s dream. It’s all made from 1 easy cake batter and 8 simple ingredients.
Classic Strawberry Shortcake
These short cake biscuits are perfection when paired with lightly sweetened and juicy strawberries and fresh whipped cream. Nothing compares to this classic!
Chocolate Swiss Roll
A nod to a classic childhood favorite, this chocolate cake roll combines light chocolate sponge cake with sweet vanilla whipped cream and dark chocolate ganache.
Mille-Feuille (Napoleon Pastry)
From the thousand layers of delicate puff pastry, to the creamy clouds of vanilla pastry cream, to the decorative marbled icing, mille-feuille is an indulgent dessert worthy of a special occasion—like celebrating Mom!
Iced Lemon Pound Cake
Small yet stunning, my iced lemon pound cake is super moist and bursting with the flavors of fresh lemon, creamy butter, and sweet vanilla. Another great “anytime” treat that can be enjoyed throughout the day.
Classic Cheesecake Recipe
My creamy and ultra-smooth classic cheesecake is simple decadence at its finest. It’s a perfect canvas for toppings, from a variety of fruit sauces to chocolate ganache, salted caramel, or whipped cream.
Lemon Thumbprint Cookies
For the moms that love all things lemon, these cookies are nothing short of a dream. Enjoy sweet, soft lemon sugar cookies filled with lemon curd (or another fruit preserve/jam of your choice), and a drizzle of lemon icing.
Flourless Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (GF)
Enjoy thick, flavorful, soft cookies—all without butter or flour. These naturally gluten-free cookies use only 9 ingredients and are packed with peanut butter flavor.
Easy Key Lime Pie Bars
Everything we love about key lime pie, but as handheld dessert bars. The addition of cream cheese adds delightful flavor and texture, and the buttery graham cracker crust serves as the perfect base for the tangy filling.
1 Giant Double Chocolate Cookie
If Mom loves chocolate, you won’t regret making her this giant double chocolate cookie to celebrate her special day. It’s extra chewy, fudgy, and perfect for sharing—or keeping to herself!
Nutella Crinkle Cookies
Chocolatey and packed with crunchy hazelnuts, these cookies are thick and soft-baked, and stuffed with a little extra Nutella in the middle for good measure.
Easy Crème Brûlée
A fancy-looking dessert to celebrate Mom that is shockingly easy to prepare! You only need 6 ingredients, and if you follow my success tips, you’ll be gifted with the smoothest, creamiest creme brûlée ever.
