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Our Very Best Dessert Tart Recipes

From rich chocolate to raspberry cream, these decadent tarts will delight your guests. 
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Our Very Best Dessert Tart Recipes

(Photography: Christie Vuong. Produced by Stephanie Han Kim. Food styling: Ashley Denton. Prop styling: Cailen Speers.

Classic Lemon Tart

Tart and tangy but still deliciously sweet, this impressive dessert is creamy, delicate and oh so easy! Get this classic lemon tart recipe.

Banana Sundae Tart

Don't forget the cherry to top this tasty treat. Get our banana sundae tart recipe.

A rectangular puff pastry tart topped with caramelized banana halves. The tart is garnished with scoops of vanilla ice cream, a generous drizzle of dulce de leche caramel sauce, and slivered almonds. A bright red cherry sits on top of the ice cream, completing the sundae look.Photo, Erik Putz.

Blackberry-Fig Tart With Pistachio Praline

A honeyed topping paired with fresh fruit and sweet, crunchy pistachio pralines takes this simple tart over the top. Get this blackberry-fig tart with pistachio praline recipe.

A honeyed blackberry-fig tart with pistachio praline on a colourful tale background next to a vase of wildflowers. The tart is made with sugar; toasted pistachios; butter; graham-cracker crumbs; Greek yogurt; mascarpone; eggs; honey; vanilla; fresh figs; fresh blackberries. All for a post on a delicious honeyed blackberry-fig tart with pistachio pralines recipe(Photo: Erik Putz)

Lemon Poppy Seed And Raspberry Tart

"This tart is made with a shortbread crust and a bright raspberry filling— making it half cookie, half pie and 100 percent delicious. Sturdy enough to hold in your hand yet elegant enough to serve at a dinner party, this dessert will impress any guest." Get Michelle Rabin's lemon poppy seed and raspberry tart recipe.

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A checkerboard-patterned lemon poppy seed and raspberry tart with one slice missing for a post on Chatelaine's best raspberry recipesLemon Poppy Seed And Raspberry Tart. (Recipes and text by Michelle Rabin. Produced by Aimee Nishitoba. Photography by Christie Vuong. Food Styling by Ashley Denton. Prop Styling by Christine Hanlon.)

Quince Tarte Tatin

These exquisite apple-like fruits are a little-known treat. Use them in an easy, classic French recipe (or substitute apples!) Get our quince tarte tatin recipe.

A quince or apple tarte tatin on a pottery cake stand for a post on the best quince or apple tarte tatin recipe(Photo: Erik Putz)

Easy Banoffee Tarts

A delicious, 15-minute dessert with bananas and a hint of Kahlua. Top with chocolate shavings. Get our easy banoffee tarts recipe.

A vertical, high-angle food photography shot of an elegant individual banoffee tart served on a vintage silver plate. The dessert features a crisp, round, golden-brown biscuit base topped with a layer of smooth caramel. Slices of fresh banana are stacked beneath a generous, billowy mound of white whipped cream. The cream is garnished with dark chocolate shavings and curls. In the softly blurred background, a second identical tart sits on a matching plate, alongside silver dessert spoons and a partial view of a blue bowl.(Photo: Ryan Szulc)

Ballymaloe Almond Tarts

These are wonderful with a cup of tea or as a little after-dinner sweet. Use any berries or soft fruit. Get our Ballymaloe almond tarts recipe.

Ballymaloe almond tarts on a white plate(Photo: Sian Richards)

No-Bake Summer Fruit Tarts

This easy, beautiful and delicious creamy fruit tart is our favourite no-cook summer dessert. Get our no-bake summer fruit tarts recipe.

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No-bake summer fruit tarts: graham cracker crust tarts filled with mascarpone, cream, honey and vanilla topped with sliced peaches, figs and black raspberries and sprinkle with chopped pistachios and lime zest for a post on an easy no cook summer fruit tart recipe(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Perfect Portuguese Tarts

Imagine a flaky, buttery shell oozing warm vanilla custard. These traditional bite-sized treats are totally doable and utterly irresistible. Get the perfect Portuguese tarts recipe.

Portuguese tarts with a flaky, buttery shell oozing warm vanilla custard on a cooling rack for a post on an easy Portuguese custard tart recipe(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Cranberry-Pecan Butter Tarts

Your search for a holiday-worthy butter tarts stops here—our flaky pastry holds a rich filling that isn’t too runny or too thick. Get Carolyn Chua's cranberry-pecan butter tarts recipe.

Two golden-brown butter tarts filled with pecans and cranberries resting on a clear glass cake stand with a beaded rim. The front tart is tilted on its side against the second tart, showcasing the flaky pastry crust and the glossy, nut-and-fruit filling against a stark white background.(Photo: Yvonne Duivenvoorden)

Salted Caramel And Chocolate Tart

It will be love at first bite when you taste the rich chocolate ganache, gooey caramel, buttery crust and delicate sprinkling of pink salt that make up this sinfully good dessert. Get the salted caramel and chocolate tart recipe.

A salted caramel chocolate tart show from above with one slice cut out of it and a serving utensil next to it on a white plate(Photo: Erik Putz)

Berry Tartlets With Jumbleberry Jam

Say hello to delicious small-batch preserves that take just minutes to prepare! Our jumbleberry jam makes perfectly delicious, bite-sized tartlets for an after-dinner treat. Get the berry tartlets with jumbleberry jam recipe.

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Jumbleberry berry tartlets filled with red freezer jam made of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries with a cut-out flower topping on a table next to two tarts on a blue plate and a cup of coffee(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

White Chocolate Tart With Berries

Impress guests with a palate-pleasing dessert that can be made a day ahead. Top with fresh berries before serving. Get the white chocolate tart with berries recipe.

Our Very Best Dessert Tart Recipes

Raspberry-Cream Tart

This pretty pastry pie is packed with fresh raspberries and will be sure to impress dinner guests. Get the raspberry cream tart recipe.

A raspberry cream tart with slices cut out of it on a black serving plate on a pink table next to a pink pitcher of cream and a slice of raspberry cream tart(Photo: James Tse)

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