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:
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.
