When the weather starts to warm up, there is nothing better than a tasty and refreshing summer dessert to accompany a delicious BBQ with your friends or family. The beauty of no-bake recipes is that they are effortless to make, only needing a handful of ingredients to create tasty, sweet treats that can be made in advance and enjoyed throughout the week.
From fresh fruit and lemon tarts to no-bake cheesecakes that simply need time to set in fridges, there is the perfect recipe to suit all preferences, summer events, and cooking abilities.
Classic Cheesecake
A classic no-bake cheesecake is the ideal dessert for any summer party or family gathering when you want to make a statement with little effort. It can be stored in the fridge for up to five days in a well-sealed container to maintain flavor and form.
The base is made from crushed digestive biscuits mixed with melted butter, while the filling requires just three simple ingredients – soft cream cheese, caster sugar, and vanilla extract. Leave it to chill for at least 6 hours to fully set before serving it with a spoonful of whipped cream and fresh seasonal fruit.
Biscoff Banoffee Tart
For banoffee tart lovers, a Biscoff banoffee tart will exceed your expectations and bring incredible variety to your dinner table. As it is a fairly rich and decadent dessert, it is best paired with a light summer meal to create a lasting impression long after your guests have gone home.
The wonderful flavors of Biscoff are introduced in both the base and the filling itself. Make an easy tart base with crushed Biscoff biscuits and melted butter. Once it has had time to set, stir your caramel to loosen and begin to layer your tart with rich caramel and sliced banana. Top your layers with toasted walnut halves and drizzled Biscoff spread. Finally, finish your dessert with whipped cream and a light sprinkling of grated dark chocolate.
Fruit Tart
Fruit tarts may look elegant and dramatic, but they are one of the easiest summer desserts to make for your next family BBQ or Sunday lunch with friends. While you can bake the tart crust yourself, you can simplify your baking even further by using a store-bought pastry crust as your base.
Simply layer it with velvety smooth vanilla bean cream filling and top it with your favorite seasonal fruit. Just before serving, lightly drizzle with sweet honey and adorn each slice with a fresh sprig of mint for color and an extra flavor boost.
Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars
When the summer heat settles in, the perfect frozen dessert stashed away in the freezer will go down a treat. Strawberry shortcake ice cream bars are a refreshing and nostalgic frozen treat that will delight the entire family.
It can be made using five ingredients, all of which can be purchased from the store. Combine strawberry ice cream, vanilla ice cream, crushed sugar cookies, freeze-dried strawberries, and strawberry preserves before transferring to a popsicle mold for freezing.
Chocolate Biscuit Cake
A chocolate biscuit cake takes just 15 minutes to prep and is a crowd-pleaser for all ages. It is a fantastic way to use up leftover or broken biscuits in combinations of your choice, and when stored in a cool place, it can be kept for up to a week.
Melt together butter, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and caramel condensed milk. Break your biscuits and mix them with the melted chocolate mixture once it has cooled for roughly 10 minutes. Chop up additional ingredients like a caramel chocolate bar, nougat, or dried cranberries, should you want to add them, and give your mixture a thorough stir. Press the mixture into a buttered tin and chill for at least 3 hours before serving.
Lemon Tart
A zingy and fresh lemon tart is the ideal way to end any meal or enjoy alongside a cup of coffee on a warm summer evening. It looks and tastes like a slice of sunshine and is the perfect combination of sweet and tangy.
Like many fridge tarts, you can choose to bake the shortbread crust yourself or simply use store-bought. Layer it with a healthy serving of sweet, tangy, and deliciously smooth homemade lemon curd filling before setting it in the fridge. Serve alongside a dollop of cream and a few of your favorite summer berries.
Matcha Tiramisu
Matcha tiramisu perfectly combines sweet mascarpone cream with bitter matcha powder to create a flavor profile that is a match made in heaven. Five simple ingredients bring this pale olive green dessert to life.
Mix together three egg yolks, sugar, mascarpone cream, and matcha powder until it is creamy and pale olive-green in color. Fold in the whipped egg whites to make your batter light and airy. Add matcha powder to water for a dipping liquid for your biscuits, which get layered with your filling. Leave it in the fridge to set for at least 4 hours, and serve it with a light dusting of matcha powder on top.
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