Here are 30 Mother’s Day recipes including madeleines, scones, cookies, strawberry shortcake cupcakes, tea cakes, cinnamon rolls, and more! Mom will love each and every thoughtful recipe.
Mother’s Day Recipes That Mom Will Love
My team and I gathered 30 Mother’s Day brunch and dessert recipes to celebrate mom, even if that mom is you. ♥ These Mother’s Day recipe ideas include everything you need to plan a special celebration, from Mother’s Day brunch recipes like muffins and quiche to desserts like cakes, cupcakes, and tarts.
If you need recipes based on a dietary restriction, you can browse the following categories:
Happy Mother’s Day weekend to every kind of mother and motherly figure. Strong mamas, mothers to be, mamas to babies, mothers who never held their babies, mothers no longer with us, and every type of mother in between. This weekend we celebrate, remember, and embrace each other.
By the way, if you need gift ideas for mom, here’s a collection of 100+ gifts for bakers.
Sample Mother’s Day Brunch Menu
For a balanced Mother’s Day brunch spread, I recommend choosing recipes from a few different categories. For example:
- Main Dish: Quiche or breakfast casserole
- Side Dish: Fruit salad or muffins
- Sweet Dish: Coffee cake or cinnamon rolls
- Dessert: Cake or cupcakes
30 Mother’s Day Recipe Ideas
Any Flavor Scones
With more than 15 sweet and savory varieties, I’m confident you’ll find a scone flavor that Mom will love! Top sweet scones with lemon curd or icing for an extra special treat.
Easy Cinnamon Rolls From Scratch
These easy cinnamon rolls from scratch are perfect for yeast beginners because they only require 1 rise. Each cinnamon roll is extra soft with the most delicious cinnamon swirl!
Brown Butter Berry Tea Cakes
Brown butter berry tea cakes are delicate miniature sponge cakes, similar to madeleines but much easier to make. If you’re hosting Mother’s Day brunch or tea, add these to your menu.
Double Chocolate Muffins
This muffin recipe uses common baking ingredients, doesn’t require a mixer, is super straightforward, and makes for an extra-special chocolatey breakfast treat!
Everything Bagel Breakfast Casserole
Combining bagels, seasoning, bacon, eggs, and cream cheese, this everything bagel breakfast casserole is a savory, satisfying, and crowd-pleasing make-ahead breakfast dish.
Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
Anything but plain, these flavorful homemade buttermilk pancakes don’t need any add-ins to taste special (though Mom won’t fight you on adding chocolate chips!).
No-Bake Greek Yogurt Fruit Tart (GF)
This wholesome, naturally gluten-free Greek yogurt fruit tart is a wholesome option that doubles as breakfast or dessert. You need just 3 ingredients for the no-bake crust.
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
This buttery cinnamon crumb coffee cake uses sour cream to ensure a moist, light (not overly dense) breakfast cake, and there’s double the brown sugar cinnamon crumb streusel.
Sparkling Jumbo Blueberry Muffins
This recipe yields 6 jumbo blueberry muffins that are bursting with blueberries in every bite and taste just like they’re from the bakery.
Baked Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole
As a mom, I say with 100% honesty that any mother would appreciate an extra-large serving of this baked cream cheese French toast casserole. Prep it the night before and bake it in the morning.
Homemade Monkey Bread (aka Cinnamon Roll Bites)
You can never go wrong with a big pan of homemade monkey bread, something the whole family can enjoy. It’s like a giant pull-apart cinnamon roll Bundt cake!
Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread
This cake-like, iced quick bread will remind you of cinnamon rolls, but takes a fraction of the time to prepare.
Raspberry Swirl Sweet Rolls
These sweet rolls feature a pillowy-soft dough, a juicy, sweet-tart filling (using frozen raspberries), and dreamy vanilla or cream cheese icing on top. A truly memorable Mother’s Day treat!
Flaky Croissant Bread
Smells and tastes like croissants, but slices like bread. This is a popular one, and I know Mom will agree!
Raspberry Almond Crumb Cake
Simple and unassuming, this reader-favorite raspberry almond crumb cake is tender and buttery and the most perfect way to start or end Mother’s Day.
Sky-High Chocolate Mousse Pie
Creamy, smooth, and sky-high, this decadent pie boasts an Oreo cookie crust, homemade mousse filling, a layer of Oreo crumbles, whipped cream, and chocolate curls.
Flourless Chocolate Cake (GF)
This dark, rich, and deliciously moist flourless chocolate cake is naturally gluten free. A 1-bowl cake recipe without any special tools, decorating, or assembly required, this is chocolate cake made easy!
Chocolate Raspberry Cake
A decadent cake with so much to love: layers of moist dark chocolate cake, sweet silky chocolate buttercream, and homemade raspberry filling, all covered with a luxurious chocolate raspberry ganache. It’s sure to make Mom swoon!
Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
If Mom loves strawberry shortcake, she’ll be sure to enjoy this cupcake version. The vanilla bean-speckled cupcakes are filled with homemade strawberry filling and topped with strawberry whipped cream.
Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cookies
Soft-baked, extra chocolate dark chocolate cookies stuffed with caramel and topped with sea salt—a reader (and personal!) favorite for many years and counting.
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
A swirly batch featuring the greatest dessert flavor duo out there: peanut butter and chocolate. Shaping the dough is super simple but creates a truly unique-looking cookie.
Chocolate Coconut Almond Tart (GF & Vegan)
My chocolate coconut almond tart recipe is super simple, made with only 7 ingredients, and is the perfect choice if you need a gluten-free or vegan recipe to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Madeleines
Light and airy, my homemade madeleines feature a delicious buttery lemon flavor. These delicate treats would be a lovely addition to any Mother’s Day tea or brunch.
Lemon Pudding Cakes
With fluffy lemon cake on top and rich lemon pudding on the bottom, these unique lemon pudding cakes are a lemon lover’s dream. It’s all made from 1 easy cake batter and 8 simple ingredients.
Classic Strawberry Shortcake
These short cake biscuits are perfection when paired with lightly sweetened and juicy strawberries and fresh whipped cream. Nothing compares to this classic!
Iced Lemon Pound Cake
Small yet stunning, my iced lemon pound cake is super moist and bursting with the flavors of fresh lemon, creamy butter, and sweet vanilla. Another great “anytime” treat that can be enjoyed throughout the day.
Classic Cheesecake Recipe
My creamy and ultra-smooth classic cheesecake is simple decadence at its finest. It’s a perfect canvas for toppings, from a variety of fruit sauces to chocolate ganache, salted caramel, or whipped cream.
Easy Key Lime Pie Bars
Everything we love about key lime pie, but as handheld dessert bars. The addition of cream cheese adds delightful flavor and texture, and the buttery graham cracker crust serves as the perfect base for the tangy filling.
1 Giant Double Chocolate Cookie
If Mom loves chocolate, you won’t regret making her this giant double chocolate cookie to celebrate her special day. It’s extra chewy, fudgy, and perfect for sharing—or keeping to herself!
Easy Crème Brûlée
A fancy-looking dessert to celebrate Mom that is shockingly easy to prepare! You only need 6 ingredients, and if you follow my success tips, you’ll be gifted with the smoothest, creamiest creme brûlée ever.
More Resources
- For even more recipe inspiration, you’ll love this list of all my favorite spring dessert recipes.
- If you need a gluten-free treat, here are 40+ gluten free dessert recipes everyone loves.
- I also have a collection of Father’s Day recipes.
- Here are 100+ gifts for bakers.
Reader Comments and Reviews
Sally, your delicious recipes and clear concise instructions make you my favorite baker!!
Thank you so much, Susan!
Hello Sally,
I’ve been reading about your upcoming cookbook. I can’t wait. Will you have signed copies available in Canada?
Joan
Hi Joan, thank you! I’ll have a couple opportunities to order signed books this summer. When the book comes out, I will be HAPPY to mail out signed book plates, which are little labels you can stick inside your copy on one of the opening pages. 🙂
Thank you for sharing these yummy recipes.
Thank you sally, my mother and i like baking together A LOT, and this is perfect to show my mom i love baking with her! These recipes look splendid, and yummy. Also your recipies are great
Your RaspberryAlmond Crumb Cake is terrific!! Had it for breakfast and then nuked a slice for dessert with a dollop of whip cream …. A double hit!! Thank you
Hi, Sally. I really love the Raspberry Almond Crumb Cake. I make it every week. But in reading the recipe over again on your website I realized I had the incorrect crumb mix written down and cannot imagine where it came from. I had 2/3 cup packed brown sugar, 3/4 cup flour, 2-1/2 tspns. cinnamon & 6 Tblspns. cubed butter. It worked okay but after reading your recipe again, I realized that your crumb mix was more “delicate”. I cannot imagine where I picked up this recipe-do you recognize it? I am going to make this crumb cake with the correct crumb mix recipe as soon as I get off of this note and thank you for all of your beautiful recipes and success tips (which I love the most) to help your devotees create baked perfection. Love you, Linda Shea
Hi Linda, yes, I do recognize that! It’s the crumb topping from our coffee cake recipe. So glad you’re enjoying Sally’s recipes!
The Almond Raspberry Crumb Cake was a hit for Mother’s Day! It is such a simple, yet beautiful and delicious cake. I will definitely make this one again.
Love the site, but I’m getting hit with Slickstream popups on every page I look at. It’s driving me crazy. I hate it.
Hi Melissa! That setting was turned on by default and I just deactivated it. It shouldn’t pop up; instead, you’ll just be able to save/favorite your selected recipes as normal.
Una seleccion estupenda de recetas para el dia de la mami!
Sally, I’ve tried several recipes and loved them all! Thank you!
Hiii sally .. can I make the Red Velvet Cup Cake batter into 6inch cake
Hi Belmera, absolutely. You can use our red velvet cupcakes recipe for a 6 inch cake. Enjoy!
Sally, you have such a beautiful way with words. Thank you❤️
Thank you so much Rachel.
Happy Mother’s Day! I made the Strawberry shortcake and it was such a big hit with my 19 month old baby boy… he couldn’t stop smacking his lips everytime he took a bite 🙂
Thanks for sharing the recipe Sally!
Happy Mother’s Day! We made a double batch of your chocolate cupcakes today for the mothers in our lives. They are amazing! Best cupcakes I’ve ever made!
Happy Mother’s Day to all! Just my wife and me this AM took it easy with a special French Toast recipe. And my daughter is coming over just making the awesome brownies today.
Happy Mother’s Day Sally!
Hi Sally! I bought a trifle bowl last fall and have been wanting to use it for spring/summer desserts. Your lemon berry trifle looks luscious & am looking forward to making it sometime in the future, but right now I have no lemons or fresh berries. Due to quarantine, I don’t feel like running out just to get them. Do you have any other suggestions on any other trifle I can make for Mother’s Day tomorrow? TIA & hope your Mother’s Day finds you & your family happy & healthy!
Hi Bella, you can always do a regular pound cake or homemade brownie trifle with whipped cream and/or pudding and whatever fruit you have/enjoy. Thank you for the kind wishes!
Hi Sally! I would love to make my mom something but the only problem is, is that she is on Keto! but these are great recipes I gave these to my friend for her mom and she loved them! Thank you!
I’m planning to porch deliver a spinach bacon frittata to my mother and lemon glazed blueberry scones for my mother-in-law. Happy Mother’s Day!!!
Thank you Sally for all of your delicious recipes. I now have your cookie cookbook and
a folder full of your recipes. I love cooking and baking and am always looking for something new to try. Your recipes are wonderful
Have a most Blessed Happy Mother’s Day.
Happy Mother’s Day, Sally. You must feel so blessed to have sweet Noelle and a little one on the way. We are living through such a difficult and uncertain time so any reason to celebrate is a good reason.
Enjoy your special day and stay well and healthy!
I made the raspberry crumb cake for my new neighbors. When my husband saw it he thought it was for us so naturally I had to make another. It was delicious. Also loved the best vanilla cake recipe. Happy Mothers day
Happy Mother’s Day to you, Sally!! Thank you so much for sharing you light…and your recipes…with us all!
Great selections here, thanks Sally! They all look delicious, but I think I’m going to try your mini galettes for Mother’s Day; then I can enter the baking challenge, too 🙂
Happy Mother’s Day to you all…My Mom has passed and I miss her so much every single day. I grew up in the 1950’s and she had dinner on the table every day at 5pm when we all sat at the kitchen table and ate together. My daddy always wanted something sweet after dinner so she always had a cake or pie for us. One of my favorites was her Pineapple Upside Down CAke that she made in her cast iron skillet. If your mother is still with you, appreciate the time you have with her and when you can hug her…DO IT!!! Blessings…
Thank you so much for reminding me about the Raspberry Crumb Cake one of my Mom’s favorites of your recipes. I am going to do a porch delivery Sunday morning for my 88 year old Mom.
I started making my own mother’s day brunch when I had my children. Mother’s day was one of those restaurant days where the crowds and wait times were large and long, and my kids were antsy…so, I started a new tradition that I actually enjoyed much more. We didn’t have to go out, the food was great, and the atmosphere much more relaxing. I have a favorite menu that I may switch up this year since everything else is different. My kids have long since grown up and moved away, but I continued my celebration at home. Thank you for all your wonderful choices and the most difficult will be deciding on which ones to make. Thank you for your wonderful recipes and blog, and congratulations for your new little one on the way and for your sweet little girl you already have. I wish you a most enjoyable and yummy mother’s day and stay well.
Thank you Sally! These recipes are perfect for Mothers day! I am looking forward to baking a lot this weekend.
These recipes all look so perfect! I wish I could make all of them at once! Thank you so much for the amazing inspo 🙂
Wishing you a wonderful healthy and happy Mother’s Day!!!! Thank you for all the delicious recipes I am going to try.