Summer fruit recipes

Peach slab cake

This peach cake is a great way to use leftover fruit. It's big enough for a cake stall or for office morning teas – everyone will be begging for the recipe!

Cherry custard tart

Butter-yellow custard gets the cherry treatment in this can’t-stop-at-one-piece tart. With real cherries, it's a mix of fresh and fruity with creamy vanilla.

Cherry popsicles

These sophisticated-looking popsicles make the perfect snack for kids in summer, or a fun and light dessert at a summer backyard dinner party with friends.

Cherry and rosemary focaccia

Try a bread you've probably never had before with this surprising recipe. The sweetness of cherries is offset by rosemary and salt in this fabulous focaccia.

Black forest pavlova

This is one show-stopping dessert that really will be the cherry on top of a beautiful meal. With cherry brandy and a cocoa meringue, it's scccccrumptious!

Cherry and vanilla jam

With fresh cherries and a touch of vanilla, this jam spread is bursting with fruity flavour. Pack them up in pretty little jars with tags for a beautiful gift.

Strawberry mousse cake

Pretty in pink, there’s two luscious layers and oodles of oooh and ahhh! With a top fruity mousse and brownie biscuit bottom, it's an ideal summertime dessert.

Mango kulfi

The quintessential summer fruit that everyone loves - the mango - is getting a delicious dessert makeover. This creamy ice-cream only takes 20 mins to prep!

Choc-berry pavlova

There is nothing more Australian than a pavlova dessert at Christmas time. So make the most of the Aussie fruit season too, and pile on the juicy strawberries!

Summer trifle with rose jelly and mango

Nothing says summer like chopped, juicy mangoes. Add meringues, cream, custard, more delicious fruit and rosé, and you've got one incredible summer dessert!

Strawberry trifles

These trifle dessert pots are full of summertime flavour thanks to their strawberry and peach combo. Jelly and yoghurt layers make it delightfully pretty too!

Tropical summer punch

Summer season mocktail

Vanilla bean bavarois with cherry sauce

Serve this classic French dessert at your next dinner party and wait for the applause.

Spiced plum 'cheese'

This densely packed spiced fruit 'cheese' is the perfect accompaniment to roast meats such as pork and duck, or a cheeseboard.

Rustic harvest fruit tart

Fill homemade rough puff pastry with a medley of soft juicy blackberries, blueberries and plums for an easy and eye-catching dessert.

Fennel, cherry & goat’s cheese salad with lentils

This seasonal salad is packed with contrasting flavours and textures such as crunchy walnuts, hearty lentils and juicy cherries.

Maple-glazed blueberry muffins

Serve up an element of surprise - give the classic blueberry muffin a makeover by adding a crisp maple-sugar glaze, which sets to a cracked crust. Delish!

Blue cheese & pancetta pizza with grilled peaches

Store-bought bases put these delicious pizzas on the table in less than 30 minutes, or set aside an afternoon to make the dough from scratch for a more authentic experience.

Sticky jerk salmon with mango slaw

Serve chunky salmon fillets with a spicy Caribbean honey glaze on a homemade coleslaw with cabbage, red capsicum, mango and coriander.

Orange & apricot loaf cake

Tantalising summer fruit cake best enjoyed with others.

Coconut & mango sponge

This thrifty slice sponge uses canned fruit and coconut yoghurt. Cut into squares and serve up at a party or cake sale!

Sloe gin layer cake

The best use of sloe gin. Team with plums and make a layer cake with wow factor. It's sure to impress your friends, and best of all it's an easy recipe too.

Plum slice

Delicious puff pastry parcels to make a speedy pie. These fruit-filled slices are packed with plums and marzipan.

Blueberry cheesecake with speculoos crust

Speculoos are a spiced caramelised biscuit.