27 Delicious Lemon Desserts

Regular lemons are intensely sour and very potent, whereas meyer lemons aren't as acidic, and have a subtly sweet, floral flavor. Also, meyer lemons are more orange in color, and have smoother skin.

Substituting one for the other won't make a recipe taste bad, exactly, it'll just taste different. Better to go with whichever variety is suggested.

With marshmallow frosting, you get the pretty effect of meringue without having to understand the annoyingly subtle difference between a "soft peak" and a "stiff peak." Recipe here.

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Lemon curd > frosting, any day. Recipe here (with the lemon curd recipe hidden over here).

So, there's no actual lemon, but these get points for unbeatable simplicity. Recipe here.

A sundae bar for grown-ups. Recipe here.

Macaron recipe here, buttercream recipe here.

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Still confused as to whether this is pudding OR cake OR something entirely new. Honestly, though, it doesn't really matter. Recipe here.

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I literally gasped at the sight of this. Recipe here.

No frosting. No dusting. No artful presentation. This cake literally has nothing to prove. Recipe here.

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An extra tart, cold treat. Recipe here.

WARNING: it's truly impossible to eat just one. Recipe here.

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Candying the lemons makes them sticky-sweet and the perfect pastry topping. Recipe here.

You could even serve this for brunch if you were feeling something sweet (and ambitious). Recipe here.

What is biscoff, you ask? Only the most addictive little cookie that's ever existed. Recipe here.