Whether you love them sweet or sour, cherries are the star ingredient in some of the most delightful desserts.
We’ve rounded up our best cherry dessert recipes in this collection, from classic cherry pies to indulgent chocolate-cherry treats.
Fresh cherries are only in season until February, so now is the perfect time to whip up a cherry jam with cinnamon and vanilla or a show-stopping cherry dessert. And when the heat calls for something cool, don’t miss our refreshing cherry ice-cream recipe.
Loving the cherry dessert recipes and looking for even more fruit dessert inspiration? Check out our stone fruit desserts collection.
Chocolate cherry cake
There’s no better way to celebrate than with this cake from our Test Kitchen Collection.
Brandied cherry cheesecake
Christmas time means cherries have arrived and they’re here for a good time, not a long time!
Raspberry & cherry jam
This soft-set jam is a delight.
Dark chocolate, cherry and walnut soda bread
Create memories with this family-favourite soda bread recipe. If dried cherries are hard to find, you could use dried cranberries instead.
Cherry and almond slice
Crunchy and sweet with a gooey centre.
Apple, cherry and amaretti crumbles
One for the almond lovers.
Black Forest cake
Not a cake for the kids, which means more for the grownups!
Chocolate cake with sour cherry ganache
Dense and rich chocolate cake with a gorgeously contrasting sour cherry glaze.
Chocolate and cherry ripple ice-cream
The ultimate sweet summer treat.
Cherry Ripe choc cheesecake
Rich and indulgent.
Chocolate and cherry bombe alaska
The winning dish this Christmas!
Red fruit salad with chai spiced yoghurt
Fresh vibrant and full of summer fruits, this colourful red fruit salad is just what you need. Perfect for summer gatherings and hot days.
Chocolate wontons with ice cream & jam
A gooey chocolate centre wrapped in cinnamon-spiced crunchy pastry.
Lemon ricotta semolina cake with cherry syrup
We love the sweet cherry syrup!
Choc-cherry coconut slice
A marriage of flavours made in heaven.
Cherry lattice pies for your pie maker
This handy appliance can make more than just the standard pie.
Cherry hazelnut cake
Cherries and hazelnut are the perfect team in this lightly crumbly tea cake.
Cherry, cinnamon and vanilla jam
Spread over fresh ricotta on thick toasted sourdough or use as a filling for little cream cheese tarts.
Decadent Black Forest trifle
A decadent twist on a classic trifle.
Chocolate, honey and red berry parfait
The ideal summer treat.
Cherry & berry prosecco jellies
Jelly just got a whole lot more grown up.
Cherry friands
Make the most of cherry season.
Cherry and amaretti white Christmas log
Filled with divine festive flavours.
Easy Danish pastries
Sweet and fruity, these apricot and cherry Danish pastries are easy enough to throw together after work for a weeknight family dessert.
Cherry and pine nut crumble cake
This afternoon tea cake gets its unique flavour and texture from in-season cherries and a crunchy pine nut crumble topping.
Fudgy choc-cherry biscuits
Make double, these are bound to go quick.
Fruits of the forest cookie ‘pizza’
See how to make the most of your seasonal fruits like these cherries and add them to your favourite dessert!
Fresh cherry pies with orange cream cheese pastry
These pretty little pies taste just as good as they look. Use fresh cherries when they are in season; otherwise thawed frozen cherries will do.
Cherry marshmallows
Make the most of the short cherry season with our beautiful take on this old favourite. With a syrupy sweet jam sandwiched between fluffy marshmallows, it’s the ultimate way to celebrate this fruit.
Cherry tarte tatin with meringue
This show-stopper dessert is a triumph of textures, with buttery crisp pastry, toffeed cherries and a cloud of meringue all coming together for the ultimate tarte tatin.
Cherry and ginger ice-cream cake
Traditional Christmas flavours are given a decadent update and a distinctly Australian twist in this cherry and ginger ice-cream cake. Topped with brandied cherries, it’s sure to be the talk of the town.
Sherry cherry and chocolate tart
With an easy shortcrust pastry base, sherry-infused morello cherries and a crumbly choc-almond topping, this Spanish-inspired tart recipe makes the perfect dessert idea. Serve it up with double cream.
Roasted cherry cheesecake
If you think regular cheesecake is delicious, try it with the addition of juicy roasted cherries. Baking them brings out their natural sweetness, perfect swirled through a cool and creamy centre.
Cheat’s black forest cake
With decadent chocolate, fresh cherries and a rich vanilla cream, this recipe has everything you love in a black forest cake but takes less than a quarter of the time to prepare!
Hazelnut, plum and sour cherry cake
This cake will have you coming back for more- packed full of crunchy hazelnuts, sweet plums and sour cherries, this is sure to be a family favourite!
Chocolate cherry berry pavlova
This decadent chocolate, cherries and mixed berry pavlova is the perfect way to end a dinner party, birthday celebration or date night.
Easy cherry almond puddings
Filled with cherries and almonds, this pudding is perfect for an easy sweet treat.
Coconut cherry strudel
Add some sweet and sour bliss to an Austrian favourite. Layered with nutritious morello cherries, cinnamon, coconut and delicate filo pastry, this is sure to please your tastebuds.
Sour cherry custard tart
This scrumptious tart combines sweet and sour flavours to become a crowd-pleasing dessert, high tea or special afternoon treat.
Almond cherry pithivier
Perfect for a winter’s dessert or decadent weekend treat, this almond cherry pithivier is bursting with flavour.
Cherry and coconut macaroon cake
Why enjoy just one dessert when you can mix the best elements of two? Covered in crumbled macaroon pieces this cherry and coconut cake is sure to wow.
Christmas ice-cream pudding
Hot Christmas pudding is all well and good, but when faced with a steamy Australian festive season, we think this recipe for ice-cream pudding is going to win the day. It doesn’t involve very much work, but will need to be frozen overnight before serving.
Cherry white chocolate ice-cream
Cool, creamy and packed full of sweet, juicy cherries, this beautiful vanilla ice-cream is swirled with honey glazed almonds and white chocolate chunks for extra flavour and texture.
Chocolate cherry dacquoise
Unveil this exquisite cake layered with poached cherries, dark chocolate cream and almond meringue for an extra special dessert.
Sweet almond cherry tart
Not suitable to freeze. Not suitable to microwave. Note
Mini cherry cheesecakes
Ensure cream cheese is at room temperature to avoid lumps in cheesecake. Note
Cherry Ripe slice
Could your day get any better? Well yes, yes it could. Ladies and gentlemen, we present the cherry ripe slice that really is as good as it sounds. You can thank us later.
Cherry parfait
Topped with crunchy toasted oats, these layered yoghurt and cherry parfaits are a quick, delicious and healthy dessert. You can add a handful of slivered almonds to the toasted oats for extra crunch if you like.
Orange blossom baked ricotta with roasted cherries
We used Grand Marnier,an orange-flavoured liqueur based on Cognac-brandy.Use your favourite brand. Note
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