European summer desserts recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Chocolate Genoise

Light, crumbly and melt in the mouth cake.

Madeleines

I had been longing to make madeleines or small French Sponge Cake for quite some time. All this while, I postponed the idea of making madeleines…

Zabaglione Gelato

Brown Sugar Caramel Souffles

I first made these in culinary school for extra credit with one of my Final Practical meals. *The cooking time noted reflects the (approximate)…

Mocha ice cream

This decadent homemade chocolate ice cream gets its rich flavor from brewed coffee and dark chocolate.

Banana and chocolate pudding

Bananas, bananas and again bananas! Don’t blame me because I love these sweet creamy fruits! I always make up some kind of dessert when I have…

plum chocolate pudding

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and grease an 8 1/2-inch square ovenproof dish with butter. Drain the plum and arrange them on the base of the…

Berry Galette

Here's the summery pairing to the Galette Dough, largely inspired by Julia Child. Galette's aren't hard to make by any means, but they are just a…