All Vegetarian Recipes: 2,600+ Plant-Based Ideas

Zuppa Inglese, Italy's playful 'English soup,' is no soup at all but layers of rum-brushed sponge and silky Marsala custard. A thin slick of apricot or peach marmalade cuts the richness and keeps every bite interesting. Make it a day ahead — it needs...

Vegetarian spumoni cake turns the classic Italian dessert into a chilled, sliceable showpiece of genoise, espresso, and cocoa. A day-old sponge layer so up the brandy-spiked coffee, then everything rests until firm. It's an overnight project with under an hour of...

Decadent chocolate rum cheesecake is the dessert I make when I want silence at the table. Melted semisweet chocolate, a generous measure of dark rum, and sour cream make the filling dense, dark, and just boozy enough over its graham cracker crust. Plan ahead — it...

This elegant lemon almond torte stacks crisp meringue layers with sharp lemon filling and not a speck of flour anywhere. Ground almonds and cornstarch give the layers body, so the whole torte is naturally gluten-free. Blanched almond halves on top make it look like it...

A classic vegetarian genoise cake gets all of its lift from whole eggs whipped warm with sugar — no leavening at all. Grated lemon rind perfumes the crumb, and a generous fold of melted butter keeps it moist. Master this one and a whole world of layered European cakes...

This classic vegetarian sponge cake is featherlight, tall, and built on separated eggs whipped to their fullest. A stream of boiling water beaten into the yolks, plus melted butter folded in at the end, keeps the crumb tender and golden. It's the kind of sponge...