Food Desserts & Baking Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes to Satisfy Any Sweet Tooth By Midwest Living editors Midwest Living editors Midwest Living's experienced editors create best-in-class travel, lifestyle, food, home and garden content you won't find anywhere else. We're loudly, proudly Midwestern, and we're passionate about helping our audience explore and create through award-winning storytelling. Midwest Living's Editorial Guidelines Updated on August 10, 2023 Trending Videos Photo: Carson Downing Eating gluten-free doesn't mean you have to give up delicious and satisfying desserts. 01 of 15 Spiced Apple Mochi Cakes with Miso Caramel and WalnutsC Carson Downing Chef Ji Hye Kim of Miss Kim in Ann Arbor, Michigan, shares the recipe for these lightly spiced, apple-flecked cakes. Their slightly chewy texture comes from sweet rice flour, a typical ingredient in many Asian sweets—and one that is naturally gluten-free. Topped with miso caramel, toasted walnuts and whipped cream, this dessert is a showstopper—but the buttery cakes are totally snackable on their own, too. View Recipe 02 of 15 Poppy Seed Bundt Cake Brie Passano Angela Garbacz, owner of Goldenrod Pastries in Lincoln, Nebraska, features recipes that adapt to gluten- and dairy-free needs in her cookbook, Perfectly Golden. This simple, sweet cake reminds her of her time in Poland. To avoid gluten in your diet, remember: Be sure to check the ingredient list of any foods for gluten-containing ingredients before purchasing a product; different brands of the same product may contain different ingredient formulations. View Recipe 03 of 15 Tiny Chocolate Torte Say hello to your new sinfully rich (but still gluten-free) dinner-party standby. View Recipe 04 of 15 Seven-or-So Layer Cake Carson Downing This striking gluten-free cake is inspired by the Jewish bakery classic, Seven-Layer Cake. Our simplified sheet-pan method sandwiches rich mocha glaze with almond cake. (Just don't count the layers too closely!) View Recipe 05 of 15 Lemon Posset Blaine Moats This brilliant (and totally old-school) British dessert uses heat and kitchen magic to turn lemon and cream into luscious pudding. View Recipe 06 of 15 Hot Fudge Sauce Jacob Fox Chocolate cravings have met their match: In 15 minutes, you can melt six ingredients into the thickest, gooiest topping. Serve over your favorite gluten-free ice cream. View Recipe 07 of 15 Mood-Booster Cookies Brie Passano Treat yourself to one of these insanely rich morsels, which fall somewhere between a truffle and a cookie, on those gray or rainy afternoons when only chocolate will do. They contain no flour, aside from a little almond meal, which gives them a melting texture—and makes them perfect for anyone who avoids gluten. View Recipe 08 of 15 Pistachio Pavlova with Fresh Berries Mildly nutty meringue cradles fresh berries in this classic dessert named for a ballerina. Substitute other fresh fruit, such as blueberries, peeled and cut-up kiwifruit, sliced bananas, pineapple chunks and/or seeded, peeled and sliced peaches, papaya or mango for the strawberries. If you like, substitute finely chopped almonds or pecans for pistachios. View Recipe 09 of 15 Mediterranean Chocolate Mousse If mousse vacationed in a Sicilian villa, this is how it would taste when it came back. Olive oil lends sultry silkiness and fruity complexity. The apricot and pine nut topping is a sun-soaked (but optional) delight. View Recipe 10 of 15 Any-Fruit Sorbet Our five-ingredient sorbet recipe works with most melons, berries or citrus fruits, and you can make it in an ice cream maker or refrigerator freezer. Plus, it's fat-free! View Recipe 11 of 15 Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Our apologies to the classic chocolate chip cookie recipe: We've got you beat. Toast the nuts before mixing them into the batter to maximize crunch. This recipe calls for creating your own gluten-free flour mix, but in most cookie recipes, you can achieve good good results by substituting a gluten-free 1:1 baking flour for regular flour. View Recipe 12 of 15 Flourless Rhubarb-Almond Upside-Down Cake Our naturally gluten-free cake swaps ground almonds for all the flour and wears a rosy blanket of tart rhubarb and chopped nuts. View Recipe 13 of 15 Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread Gluten-free flour usually results in dense dough, so it works well in desserts with a vegetable element, like this moist zucchini bread. View Recipe 14 of 15 Blueberry-Coconut Pavlova When Kristin Rosenau (thepastryaffair.com) discovered her lactose intolerance, she had to get creative in her Bismarck kitchen. The result: Desserts like Blueberry-Coconut Pavlova, a pillow of meringue with whipped coconut milk and blueberry sauce. This is also a naturally gluten-free dessert—just double-check that the coconut milk is labeled gluten-free. View Recipe 15 of 15 Watermelon-Lemonade Pops We've tested a lot of pops over the years, and this one is the most refreshing of the bunch. It tastes like pure summer. Mango-Spice Pops or Choco-Banana Pops View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit