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15 desserts that are easy to make in under 15 minutes

Keven Mawn

2026-05-12 11:15:10

When guests show up unannounced, you really aren’t in the mood to spend hours in the kitchen. But you don’t want to disappoint them by serving just a simple fruit salad or yogurt. So, to save you from such an awkward situation, here are our 15 recipes for exquisite desserts that take less than 15 minutes to make. They’re simple, quick, but absolutely delicious! Your guests are sure to be impressed!

Easy desserts you can make in under 15 minutes — Crédit: Karthik Reddy on Pexels

Chocolate mug cake

Ingredients for 4 people: • 30 g baking chocolate • 40 g butter • 20 g vanilla sugar • 30 g flour • 1 egg Preparation: Take a mug and place the butter and chocolate in pieces inside. Then place it in the microwave for 30 seconds to warm everything up, and stir until you get a smooth texture. Don’t hesitate to put it back in the microwave for a few seconds to ensure it’s completely melted. Once melted, stir in the sugar and flour before mixing everything together. Finally, add the egg and mix again. Now, place the mug in the microwave for 1 minute on high. Then sprinkle with white sugar and enjoy your warm dessert!

Rolled French toast with spread

Ingredients for 4 people: • 180 g spread • 70 g cane sugar • 20 g butter • 12 slices of crustless white bread • 2 eggs • 4 cl milk • 1/2 tsp cinnamon Preparation: Mix the cinnamon with the sugar in a bowl and set aside. In another bowl, beat the eggs with the milk and set aside as well. Now, take your cutting board and flatten the slices of bread with a rolling pin. Then, spread the spread evenly on each slice evenly before rolling them up tightly. In a skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Dip the rolls in the milk-egg mixture and cook on each side. Make sure they’re nicely golden brown! Finally, roll them in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and serve while they’re still warm.

Churros with spread

Ingredients for 4 people: • Spread • 250 g flour • 25 cl water • 5 tbsp granulated sugar • Cooking oil Preparation: First, bring the water to a boil and add the flour. Once you have the dough, place it in a churros maker. Then pipe the mixture into the frying oil and place your churros on paper towels. Sprinkle with sugar and pipe on the spread using a pastry bag. Enjoy them while they’re still warm with family or friends—with your fingers, of course!

Fresh fruit skewers

Ingredients for 4 people: • 100 g strawberries • 70 g white grapes • 2 bananas • 1/2 watermelon • Juice of 1/2 lemon • 1 pinch of rosemary Preparation: Cut the fruit into pieces and thread them onto wooden skewers. The next step is simple: drizzle them with lemon juice and let them marinate after adding the rosemary. To serve, I recommend pairing this recipe with plain yogurt or cottage cheese. Delicious!

Coconut Cookies

Ingredients for 4 people: • 200 g shredded coconut • 100 g sugar • 3 egg whites Preparation: Before you begin, be sure to preheat your oven to 180°C. Now, mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, then form the mixture into a ball. Next, take about 15 g of the dough and shape it however you like (pointed, small pile, ball). Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and repeat until all the dough is used up. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes at 180 °C. Let cool before serving.

Chocolate Banana Pancake Cake

Ingredients for 10 pancakes: • 3 bananas • 2 eggs • 125 g flour • 25 g sugar • 20 g unsweetened cocoa powder • 250 ml milk • 1 jar of chocolate-hazelnut spread • 30 g melted butter • Vegetable oil • 1 pinch of salt Preparation: Using a whisk, mix together the sugar, salt, flour, cocoa powder, and eggs. Then gradually add the milk and stir in the melted butter. Now, cook the pancakes in a small, hot skillet lightly oiled. Next, peel and slice the bananas. Then assemble the pancake cake by stacking the pancakes, each spread with the batter and generously filled with banana. For a little variety, you can drizzle some maple syrup over your dessert. Now, enjoy!

Vanilla milkshake

Ingredients for 2 people: • 20 cl milk • 250 g vanilla ice cream • 2 tsp sugar Preparation: This recipe couldn’t be simpler: put the ice cream, sugar, and milk in a blender and press the button. Then let it run on high speed for one minute. Serve and enjoy immediately for maximum freshness!

Bananas flambéed with rum

Ingredients for 4 people: • 6 bananas • 10 cl rum • 50 g golden raisins • 50 g brown sugar • 50 g butter • Rum-coconut ice cream • 1 pinch of cinnamon Preparation: After peeling the bananas, melt the butter in a skillet. Brown the bananas in the butter for 4 minutes on each side. Now add the raisins, sugar, and cinnamon, and let simmer gently over low heat. 5 minutes should be plenty of time for cooking. Once done, pour the rum into the skillet and light it on fire. Feel free to swirl the skillet so the alcohol burns off completely. Then serve the dish, accompanied by rum-coconut ice cream.

Bounty

Ingredients for 4 people: • 250 g milk chocolate • 155 g condensed milk • 130 g shredded coconut • 60 g hot heavy cream Preparation: In a mixing bowl, combine the hot heavy cream and shredded coconut. Then stir in the condensed milk and mix again. Next, moisten your fingers and shape the mixture into small bars, then set them aside in the refrigerator. The next step is to melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Then, dip the coconut bars into the melted chocolate and let them set in the refrigerator.

Coffee Tiramisu

Ingredients for 4 people: • 250 g mascarpone • 15 ladyfingers • 10 g brown sugar • 10 cl coffee • 3 eggs • Cocoa powder Preparation: Dip the ladyfingers in the coffee and arrange them in a baking dish. Mix the sugar, egg yolks, and mascarpone. After beating the egg whites until stiff, fold them into the mixture. Pour the mixture over the ladyfingers and refrigerate. Then sprinkle with cocoa powder, and you’re done!

Strawberry Waffles

Ingredients for 4 people: • 250 g flour • 45 cl milk • 50 g flour • 3 eggs • Strawberries • 1/2 packet baking powder • 1 pinch of salt Preparation: Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well until you have a smooth batter. Then, pour the batter into a waffle maker and cook for 5 minutes. Next, add pieces of fresh strawberries and a few mint leaves before serving.

Glass of blended fruit with yogurt

Ingredients for 4 people: • 2 yogurts • 2 apples • 2 bananas • 1 mango • 1 handful of blueberries Preparation: Peel the fruit, cut it into small pieces, and blend it. In a glass, pour a first layer of yogurt, a layer of blended fruit, and finally another layer of yogurt. Then add the blueberries before refrigerating the entire dish.

Quick Pavlova

Ingredients for 4 people: • 50 cl whipping cream • 20 meringues • 500 g frozen or fresh red berries • 1 tbsp powdered sugar Preparation: First, whip the cream until stiff, adding the powdered sugar at the end. Then break the meringues into large pieces with your fingers. Add a layer of meringue to a glass, followed by the berries (setting aside a few raspberries for garnish), and a layer of whipped cream. Repeat the steps once more. Now place the reserved raspberries on top for decoration and serve immediately so the meringues can stay crisp. For extra crunch, you can slightly modify the recipe by using hazelnut meringues.

Speculoos and Strawberry Dessert

Ingredients for 4 people: • 2 containers of vanilla dessert cream • 300 g strawberries • 8 speculoos cookies • Whipped cream Preparation: Place the strawberries in a blender and pulse until small pieces remain. Then divide the mixture among 4 ramekins and cover with half a container of the dessert cream. Next, crumble the speculoos cookies and sprinkle them over the surface of the cream. Finally, top the speculoos with whipped cream before serving.

Carrot Cake-Style Pancakes

Ingredients for 4 people: • Canola oil • 1 pinch of salt • 1 tbsp. four-spice blend • 1/2 packet of baking powder • 2 eggs • 15 cl oat milk • 125 g oat flour • 1 orange • Walnuts Preparation: In a large mixing bowl, combine the juice of half an orange, the milk, the flour, the baking powder, the spices, the salt, the eggs, and the orange zest. Then pour a drizzle of oil into a small skillet so the pancakes don’t stick. To pour the batter, you can use a ladle. When bubbles form on the surface of the pancake, you can flip it. Need a tip? Cook for 3 minutes on one side and 1 or 2 minutes on the other. When serving, feel free to add walnuts and the other half of the orange.