Ultimate Summer Cookbook

Discover your summer cooking and entertaining destination on the web, complete with cooling drinks, fun appetizers, company-worthy main dishes, and fresh desserts.

Summer Desserts

End any summertime meal on a delicious note with these healthy desserts.|Text: Jason Horn and Cooking Light Editors

Our Test Kitchens awarded this recipe a rare perfect score.

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Lemon Pound Cake with Cherry Compote

Our Test Kitchens awarded this recipe a rare perfect score. The light and fluffy cake incorporates the tang of buttermilk and lemon, plus a hint of mint, topped off with a sticky and sweet sauce featuring big chunks of fresh summer cherries. The compote is good on any other kind of dessert as well, especially ice cream.

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