Dessert, Custard Recipes

Classic French creme patissiere made with egg yolks, sugar, milk, and vanilla. The essential pastry cream for tarts, eclairs, cream puffs, and fruit desserts.

Silky lemon custard in a buttery homemade cookie crust, bursting with bright citrus flavor from fresh lemon juice and zest. A simple from-scratch pie that sets beautifully as it cools, finished with a snowfall of powdered sugar.

Fresh and seasonal plums, creamy and rich custard are baked together to make this irresistibly decadent plum clafoutis.

Easy bundt cake made with boxed cake mix and instant pudding, spiked with amaretto and nutmeg. Moist, foolproof dessert ready in an hour.

A from-scratch coconut custard pie with a silky cream and egg yolk filling loaded with shredded coconut, topped with billowy golden meringue. Old-fashioned diner pie done right at home.

Old-fashioned cottage cheese custard pie with a cloud-light texture from folded egg whites. Sieved cottage cheese, vanilla, and milk bake into a silky, sweet filling.

Apple custard cake layered on a buttery lemon shortcrust, with rum-soaked raisins and tart apples under a baked vanilla custard that sets soft and creamy. A bakery-style dessert with a boozy backbone.

Apple spice custard cake: a doctored boxed cake mix loaded with fresh apples, then crowned with a tangy sweetened condensed milk and sour cream custard topping. Easy potluck dessert in under an hour.

Silky Mexican flan baked in homemade caramel with cinnamon-infused milk, whole eggs, and extra yolks for richness. A traditional custard dessert that's slow-baked in a water bath until set like velvet.

Old-fashioned coconut custard pie made from a fresh whole coconut. Coconut milk infuses dairy milk before joining eggs and sugar in a single crust for the deepest, purest coconut flavor.

Jamaican banana bread custard with dark rum, apricot preserves, and a rich egg custard baked over bread and ripe bananas. Warm, tropical bread pudding.

Silky baked egg custard with fresh ginger, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Gently cooked in a water bath for a wobble-in-the-center finish. Serve warm or chilled.

A silky baked banana custard set over a layer of homemade caramel, similar to a banana flan. Made with evaporated milk, eggs, and fresh nutmeg, then chilled overnight and inverted to serve.

Quesillo! Venezuela's silky three-milk custard baked in a caramel-lined pan. Just 6 ingredients, a blender, and a water bath stand between you and the smoothest flan you've ever tasted.

Creamy caramel custard (flan) made with cream cheese, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and vanilla, baked in a water bath over caramelized sugar. Lighter with fat-free milks.

Three layers of fall flavor: a press-in oat crust, sour cream custard filling loaded with cinnamon apples, and a buttery brown sugar crumble on top. No pie dough skills required.