Easy Recipes for French Desserts

Here you can learn to make delicious and easy French desserts without a lot of fuss. You probably don't have a lot of time to spend making a dessert, but I bet your family likes something sweet at the end of the meal. These desserts are quick and simple.

My First "French" Cake

The first time I made a cake following a French cookbook I ended up with enough dishes to fill my dishwasher. So many bowls and pans - it was amazing! The end result was yummy - Black Forest Cherry Cake (which is actually German, but very popular in France) - but I was a bit dismayed by the effort required to get there.

Not only were there numerous dishes and steps involved, I had to change the measurements into something I could understand - give me cups and tablespoons please!

Simplified

So here I've done the measuring for you and also taken care of a few of those dishes. That way you can get to what is more important: enjoying your dessert!

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Chocolate Mousse Recipe
There are a number of different methods for making chocolate mousse. Here is one of the easiest and ready for dessert tonight.

Chocolate Truffle Recipe
Chocolate truffles are very simple to make. They are a perfect ending to a meal when you are wanting just a little something. They also make nice homemade gifts.

Chocolate Pot de Creme
Petits pots de creme means little pot of cream, and what could be better than the chocolate version. A quick, yet elegant tasting dessert.

Here's a fun cookbook full of Simple French Desserts. Includes cookies, pastries, crepes, tarts, ice cream and mousse.

Cream Puff Recipe
This recipe for choux pastry is easier than you might imagine. It is the basis for lots of French desserts, some of them quite elaborate. A plate of cream puffs would make an easy and fun offering at a birthday party.

Creme Brulee Recipe
Crème Brulée is one of my favorite French desserts. You will love this creamy, crunchy symphony of sensations and the recipe is truly simple.

Creme Caramel Recipe
This is one of the most common French desserts for a reason. It is silky sweet and delicious and very easy to make as well.

The French Cookie Book is packed with information on everything about these delectable French treats.

French Apple Tart
Here's a fun and easy recipe for Tarte Tatin, an upside-down tart featuring caramelized apples. Yummy by itself or served with heavy cream or vanilla ice cream.

Fruit Tart Recipes
Here are two luscious fruit tarts, one made with cherries and the other with plums. They both also include Kirsch, a cherry flavored brandy.

Lemon Tart
This delicious lemon tart takes only minutes to make. Be sure you allow time for baking and chilling. Learn something about lemons while you are here.

Paris Sweets: Great Desserts From the City's Best Pastry Shops

Madeleine Cookies
If you're looking for something French to serve with tea or as a snack, these scallop-shaped cakes would be perfect. Easy to make and distinctively French.

Pear Dessert Recipe: Chocolate Pear Tart
Here's another yummy and easy tart. It makes great use of the delicious combination of pears and chococlate.

Popular French pear recipes include Poached Pears
Poaching pears in wine is an easy and low calorie (for once!) French dessert.

The Williams-Sonoma Collection: Dessert features many mouth-watering photos. Enjoy!

Prune Cake Recipe
Far Breton is a French cake recipe from the Brittany region. It features Agen Prunes in a flan-like cake. Delicious and nutritious.

Recipe for Baked Apples
This recipe for baked apples is called Pommes Bonne Femme in French. Ever so simple and divine smelling.

Strawberry Mousse Recipe
Try this delicious change from the usual chocolate mousse. Strawberry mousse makes a refreshing and light dessert.

Strawberry Tart Recipe
Here's another French fruit tart recipe - this one with strawberries. You can easily change the strawberries to apricots, peaches or raspberries, if that is what you have on hand.

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