9 DIY Summer Cakes That Will Make Your Mouth Water

Summer is in full swing and I hope you are enjoying it as much as we do! This is a season of beach holidays, picnics, pools and of course the tastiest and juiciest berries and fruits. If you want to enjoy them all, I have a great idea – make a summer cake! Embrace the season baking it with fresh fruits and berries that you like and make your family and friends happy. Here are some of the coolest recipes we’ve found on the web.

This heavenly strawberry and vanilla mousse cake is a light version of strawberry, vanilla and chocolate flavored ice cream, with a mint notch that adds a fresh finish to this trio. The dark chocolate base is not dominant in this cake. It has, however, a strong and a waking up effect, like a chocolate topping on your ice-cream which blends perfectly with the rest of the flavors, giving them character and depth. The vanilla mousse is sweet, creamy and delicate. It is so light, that it is almost like eating clouds – it never makes you full, but leaves you craving for more. The strawberry mousse layer, although not the tallest one, brings the dominant flavor of sour, fresh and juicy fruits.

This easy strawberry cake recipe has nearly 2 pounds of fresh summer strawberries. The cake has a soft, lightly sweet, and moist crumb with bursts of strawberry flavor in every bite. It is winning in every way: simple ingredients, easy to make, perfect for entertaining and completely yummy. This is one crowd-pleasing dessert, but it disappears fast!

Like cherries? Then you’ll like this cherry and orange cheesecake, too! The sourness of the sour cherry layer contrasts perfectly with the heaviness of the cheese layer. Decorated with some extra cherry makes this cheesecake a good candidate for a festive cake, for example, for a birthday cake. It gets such a refined taste while it is not too sweet.

The strawberry cloud crepe cake is light and refreshing. The fresh strawberries are mixed with a bit of honey and lemon juice and left to marinate in the fridge for a bit so the juices can come out. The whipped cream is flavored with a bit of honey and vanilla. It’s a simple matter of layering the three components which, when in several layers, makes for a pretty impressive looking cake!

This apricot, hazelnut and dark chocolate cake is studded with rich dark chocolate and sharp, fresh apricots, and stuffed with toasty chunks of hazelnut to give it a bit of satisfying crunch. This cake is simple enough to whip up with relative ease, but probably pretty enough for a birthday or a special gathering if you cover it in a loads of miscellaneous bits and pieces.

This triple berry no-bake cheesecake with Amaretti crust is a heaven dessert for any summer day! The best thing about this cheesecake is that it’s no-bake – in the summer it’s hot and humid, many of us don’t want to cook or bake. Another advantage is that the cheesecake filling is unbelievably light – isn’t that what we all need for summer?

This is the recipe of incredibly delicious summer dessert – no bake Charlotte cake with fresh strawberries and mango. The basis of it is savoiardi biscuits soaked in orange liqueur. Inside, two types of delicious filling – from a delicate almond cream with strawberries and light mascarpone cream with mango.

If you have fresh fruit on hand you can make this incredibly simple summer berry cobbler cake. All it takes is a some fruit, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, almond milk, vanilla, and butter. Here you’ll see strawberries and blueberries but you can actually go for any fruit combo.

My berry smoothie yoghurt cake is the ultimate answer to summer, full of amazing ingredients, vegan, gluten free and just a dream to eat. It’s refreshing, make in one blender, no bowl needed, summery, unbelievably creamy without any oil, satisfying, drool worthy, colorful, fruity, mouthwatering and, seriously the best dessert combination ever.