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Italian Dessert Recipes

Top off any meal with Italian dessert recipes like tiramisu or crespelle with orange sauce.

Italian Cream Cake

Try this layered Italian dessert - it has coconut flakes in the batter and the frosting.

Lianne's Italian Tiramisu

Instead of the usual ladyfingers in this dessert, this recipe uses vanilla wafers. They are dipped in brewed coffee and layered with chocolate cream cheese ...

Pizzelles & Ice Cream

Softened ice cream (topped with chocolate syrup and sprinkles, if you wish) is spread on thin Italian wafer cookies called pizzelles.

Venetian Amaretto Zuccotto Cake

This classic Italian dessert recipe will give you a great taste of old Italy.

Grandma's Cannoli

Grandma's cannoli recipe should not be missed out on. Ricotta cheese, chocolate, and hazelnuts are just the beginning of this delicious recipe.

Italian Apple Cake

Pine nuts and grapes give this apple cake a genuine Italian taste.

Cream Cheese and Pineapple Tort

A round springform pan is lined with split ladyfingers on the bottom & sides, and layered with a sweet, rich cream cheese filling, topped with ...

Coconut-Almond Italian Cream Cake

This elaborate 3-layer cake contains coconut, buttermilk, ground almonds and extract, plus a cream cheese frosting and a garnish of Jordan almonds.

Baked Alaska with Italian Cookies

Baked Alaska is a dessert sure to impress your friends--this version uses biscotti cookies for the base. Very easy and fast to make.

Cannoli Cheesecake

This dessert is bursting with flavor and will leave all of your guests begging for your recipe. No one will leave disappointed.

Venetian Expresso and Amaretti Torte

This classic Italian dessert is great with espresso as an after dinner treat.

Sicilian Cake

This Sicilian cake is traditional from the ricotta to the crushed pineapple and rum.  Topped off with cherries and chocolate chips, this is unbeatable.

Easy Sicilian Christmas Cookies

Delicate bar cookies filled with raspberry or fig jam, sliced almonds and a little brandy or rum.

Apple Upside-Down Tiramisu

This incredible dessert brings a down home feel to a traditional Italian dessert.

Raspberry White Chocolate Tiramisu

This traditional Italian dessert is pepped up with white chocolate and raspberry. What a great treat.


Fresh Pear Custard Tart

Be sure to use ripe pears for this tart. Pears that are too firm or unripe will make it difficult to eat. If you're really ...

Chocolate Biscotti

These crunchy Italian cookies are perfect for dipping into a cup of coffee or a glass of sweet wine. Unsweetened cocoa enhances the chocolate chips.

Cheesecake Treasures

These creamy cups are easier to make, lower in fat, and neater to serve than a full-size cheesecake.