Delicious dairy desserts recipes for Shavuot!

A selection of gorgeous creamy dreamy dairy desserts, perfect for celebrating Shavuot – the Jewish spring festival – or for enjoying all summer long!

Shavuot surely has to be the favourite festival of the Jewish vegetarian. With its emphasis on dairy foods, it means that just about everything on the menu is suitable for veggies. In particular, dairy desserts come into their own – clouds of whipped cream, gently set custards, sweet cheesecakes, and refreshing ice-creams, to name but a few.

And while the festival has not traditionally been so great for vegans, there are definitely a number of vegan options that are creamy and delicious in spirit, if not in ingredients! See below for vegan panna cotta, vegan Victoria sponge with berries and cream, and a vegan chocolate ganache tart.
(You can read more about vegan Shavuot food and traditions here.)

Below I’ve compiled a list of some favourite desserts that are perfect for Shavuot. Which to make first?!

All the delicious Shavuot dairy desserts!

Cheesecake and similar recipes

Is it really Shavuot without some kind of cheesecake? I’ll leave that for you to decide, but here are some delicious cheesecake recipes to choose from…

This gorgeous raspberry cheesecake mousse is surprisingly easy to make and looks the business. Fruity and delicious!

No-bake raspberry cheesecake mousse

Fruity, light, creamy, cool, sweet but tangy, and just fabulous! This delicious cheesecake mousse is an easy to make dessert that's sure to impress!

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These inside-out cheesecake cookies are a firm favourite in our house. Tangy cheesecake filling surrounded by a crumbly cookie crust.

Inside-out cheesecake cookies

These moreish cheesecake cookies combine a crumbly-soft lightly spiced cookie crust with a lusciously tangy cheesecake filling. A firm family favourite!

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These fabulous individual berry cheesecakes make serving a breeze! Layers of berry and plain cheesecake, topped with vibrant berry swirls are terrific Shavuot desserts.

Triple berry mini cheesecakes

Fruity berry cheesecake topped by a plain cheesecake layer and decorated with berry syrup swirls. These cute and easy mini cheesecakes are just divine!

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If you want one big showstopper cake, how about a strawberry cheesecake flan? Tender sponge, creamy no-bake cheesecake filling, and luscious fresh strawberries – yum!

Strawberry cheesecake flan

A fluffy vanilla sponge cake base filled with creamy cheesecake filling and topped with ripe juicy strawberries.

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Not quite cheesecake, not quite blintzes, this cheese blintz crepe cake is the best of all worlds!

Cheese blintz crepe cake

Lacy golden crepes are stacked with a delicious cream cheese filling to create this beautiful and delicious cheese blintz crepe cake.

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Choux pastry recipes

Choux pastry puffs are easier than you think, and never fail to impress! A stack of choux buns, oozing with cream and sauce, make a wonderful Shavuot dessert.

These Strawberry choux buns from Fab Food For All combine lovely choux pastry with billowy whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Yum! 

Strawberry Choux Buns

Strawberry Choux Buns are filled with crushed strawberries and cream and topped with a strawberry icing. Simply divine.

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Another choux pastry dessert, this one from Casa Costello – Passion fruit & white chocolate profiteroles. Mmmm.

Passion Fruit & White Chocolate Profiteroles from Casa Costello

A new way to enjoy profiteroles: Passion Fruit & White Chocolate Profiteroles

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If the weather’s hot, how about an ice-cream puff? Keep these ready in the freezer to enjoy at a moments notice.

Ice-cream puffs

Crisp, light choux pastry buns enclose a luxurious ice-cream filling. Ice-cream puffs are a great prepare-ahead dessert loved by kids and adults alike.

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Fruity recipes for Shavuot desserts

Whether you prefer fresh summer berries, zesty lemon, or the tang of rhubarb, here are fruit desserts for everyone to enjoy.

Raspberry syllabub with chardonnay vanilla biscuits from Tin and Thyme looks absolutely luscious. Wine in biscuits? Oh yes!

Raspberry Syllabub | Tin and Thyme

Layers of creamy syllabub alternate with wine soaked juicy raspberries.

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How To Cook Good Food offered up this strawberry tart with elderflower pastry cream. I’m drooling as I type! 

Strawberry tart from How To Cook Good Food

A beautiful sweet strawberry tart with an elderflower pastry cream filling.

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This lemon panna cotta from Simply Sensational Food is made with agar and looks light and luscious. Ideal on a warm spring day.

Lemon Panna Cotta from Simply Sensational Food

A vegetarian gelatine free Lemon Panna Cotta.

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Or if you prefer, my vegan panna cotta with roasted rhubarb is totally delicious.

Vegan panna cotta with roasted rhubarb

This light, creamy and delicious vegan panna cotta is simplicity to make! An impressive dessert served with vibrant seaonal rhubarb.

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These delectable strawberry mascarpone tarts are a mouthful of summer deliciousness!

Strawberry mascarpone tarts

These decadent summery tarts combine golden, sweet shortcrust pastry & vanilla-scented marscapone cream, generously topped with fresh strawberries.

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Baked gooseberry custards make seasonal fruit the star. The perfect balance of sweet and tart, with a fragrant elderflower-infused custard.

Baked gooseberry and elderflower custards

Fresh & delicious gooseberry and elderflower custards are studded with tangy, juicy and delicious berries for a simple & sweet summer dessert.

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You won’t believe this Victoria sponge with berries and cream is vegan – but it is! Perfect for dairy-avoiding friends and family.

Vegan Victoria Sponge with berries and ‘cream’

A delicious vegan Victoria sponge cake, filled with fresh berries, jam and whipped vegan cream. A perfect British teatime treat for Summer!

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Shavuot dessert recipes with chocolate

Everyone loves chocolate, right?! When you need a sure-fire winner, how about one of these?

This 10-minute vegan chocolate tart is actually vegan, despite being filled with a rich and creamy ganache.

Vegan rich chocolate tart

Rich, smooth, creamy, dense and sublimely chocolatey – this vegan chocolate tart is just gorgeous! And only 10 minutes to make.

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I wasn’t sure whether to put this under ‘cheesecake’, ‘chocolate’ or ‘other’! Biscoff cheesecake chocolate-chip dip is scrumptious wherever you put it!

Biscoff cheesecake dip

This gorgeously creamy and delicious biscoff cheesecake dip uses only 3 ingredients, and is ready in 2 minutes! It makes a wonderful dessert or snack.

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Finally, this gluten-free tiramisu which was originally made for Pesach is rich, creamy and totally heavenly!

Gluten-free tiramisu

Layers of rich, coffee-soaked hazelnut sponge, creamy mascarpone, and a thick dusting of cocoa. Gluten-free and delicious!

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Shavuot Sameach!

I hope this list has inspired you to create something delicious to celebrate the festival. You’ll find all of my Shavuot recipes – both savoury and sweet – here, and a helpful guide to Vegan Shavuot here.

Happy Shavuot – Chag Shavuot Sameach! – to one and all.