Dessert Sauce & Topping Recipes

Drizzle, sprinkle and drool over our dessert sauce and topping recipes. Perfect for ice cream sundaes and rounding out your favorite desserts!

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    Berries with Sour Cream Sauce

    Delightfully dressed-up sour cream makes a delicious topping for fresh fruit in this dish shared by Linda Franceschi. "My great-grandmother came up with the recipe, but I lightened it," she writes from her home in Eldred, New York.

    Berry Compote Topping

    1 review

    “This recipe is fantastic served over toasted slices of pound cake as well as warm-from-the-oven biscuits!” Try it over ice...


    Lemon Dessert Sauce

    While this sauce makes a wonderful topping for angel food cake, it's also great as a glazed for roasted chicken...


    Grandmother’s Bread Pudding with Lemon Sauce

    1 review

    Comforting is the best way to describe this lovely, flavorful bread pudding. And the drizzle of tangy lemon sauce offers...


    Contest-Winning White Chocolate Cheesecake

    6 reviews

    This is my all-time favorite white chocolate cheesecake recipe! A friend gave it to me years ago and I’ve made...

    Almond-Lemon Pound Cake

    4 reviews

    This lemon-almond cake is the first cake I learned to make more than 30 years ago, and it’s still a...


    Celebration Cranberry Cake

    5 reviews

    After I've served this cake, guests never leave my house without requesting the recipe. The sweetness of the butter cream...


    Hot Fudge Ice Cream Topping

    7 reviews

    Hot fudge sundaes are an elegant but easy dessert. This rich, dark chocolate sauce drapes beautifully and is delicious on...


    Chocolate Angel Food Cake with Raspberry Sauce

    6 reviews

    "When I needed a light dessert for guests who were on a restricted diet, I combined two of my favorite...


    Homemade Strawberry Dessert Topping

    1 review

    From Roanoke, Illinois, Evelyn Kennell sends this colorful berry topping that's simply ideal draped over angel food cake or low-fat...


    Sour Cream Topping

    Our home economist use this sweet and tangy Sour Cream Topping to complement the Raspberry Sauce also found in Recipe...


    Homemade Raspberry Sauce

    1 review

    Use this Raspberry sauce from our Test Kitchen to garnish any number of store-bought or homemade desserts. It's nice to...


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    Easy Blueberry Sauce

    19 reviews

    Looking for a blueberry sauce recipe for cheesecake? Look no further! This luscious blueberry topping is perfectly sweetened to put...

    Caramel Ice Cream Sauce

    2 reviews

    I love stirring up this delightful caramel ice cream topping on the stovetop. With its smooth texture and yummy taste...


    Waffles with Warm Strawberry Sauce

    1 review

    This warm and fruity sauce takes only minutes to make. It's a nice way to present frozen waffles or even...


    White Cake with Raspberry Sauce

    2 reviews

    Fresh or frozen raspberries folded into a thick strawberry glaze turn a boxed cake mix into a festive finale to...


    Apple Tube Cake

    10 reviews

    I love this apple bundt cake recipe because the cake has a thin, crunchy crust and a soft, delicious inside....


    Hot Fudge Sauce

    5 reviews

    "The big chocolate flavor of this heavenly sauce over ice cream and a brownie is sure to satisfy the craving...


    Butter Pecan Sauce

    2 reviews

    Buttery, smooth and full of pecans, this sauce is just sensational over ice cream. It's hard to beat this homemade...


    Blueberry Ice Cream Topping

    4 reviews

    Here's the scoop on a sensational sauce! Describes Betty Leibnitz of Hallock, Minnesota, "It has fresh-fruit flavor and is delicious...


    Blueberry Quick Bread with Vanilla Sauce

    11 reviews

    This loaf is chock-full of blueberries—two whole cups! When you pour the vanilla sauce over the bread, it makes it...


    Sour Cream Bavarian

    7 reviews

    Are you ‘sweet on’ someone who’s counting calories? Show them you care with this light and refreshing dessert. It’s sinfully...

    Easy Raspberry Sauce

    8 reviews

    Spoon this smooth sauce from our Test Kitchen over waffles or pancakes for a fabulous breakfast. Or try over ice...


    Panna Cotta with Mixed Berries

    Looking for something new to end meals? Panna cotta, Italian for "cooked cream," is a silky dessert that’s often flavored...


    Persimmon Pudding

    1 review

    When a group of ladies and I served this cake-like dessert for a church get-together, it was an instant hit....


    Apple Raisin Spice Cake

    2 reviews

    Grandma wrote down the recipe for this inviting cake on a piece of brown paper bag. It's loaded with popular...


    Bread Pudding for 40

    2 reviews

    This homey, comforting dessert is a favorite of Loretta Dressel of Nathrop, Colorado. The texture is neither soggy nor dry,...


    Spring Breeze Cheesecake Pie

    3 reviews

    I combined two of my favorites (cheesecake and rhubarb) to come up with this mouthwatering dessert. It’s so creamy and...