Food News and Trends Celebrity & Entertainment 12 Dessert Recipes From Your Favorite Celebrities These are our best celebrity-approved dessert recipes, from Barbra Streisand's favorite ice cream to Jennifer Garner's best olive oil cake. By Corey Williams Corey Williams Corey Williams is a food writer for MyRecipes and Allrecipes. She has a decade of journalism experience. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Published on April 29, 2024 Close Photo: Dotdash Meredith / Janet Maples Stars, they're just like us! As it turns out, nobody is immune to a killer sweet tooth—even your favorite celebrities. From Barbra Streisand and Katherine Hepburn to Jennifer Garner and Courteney Cox, we rounded up some of our favorite celebrity-approved dessert recipes. 01 of 13 Barbara Streisand’s Instant Coffee Ice Cream Photo: Christopher Polk/WireImage/Dotdash Meredith The key to Barbra Streisand's favorite no-churn coffee ice cream recipe? Marshmallows! View Recipe 02 of 13 Tom Cruise Cake Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Here's what Tom Hanks has to say about the decadent white-chocolate coconut cake Tom Cruise sends every year around the holidays: "This cake is so great, you can really only have it once a year. This is just off-the-scale fantastic." View Recipe 03 of 13 Ina Garten's Carrot Cake Ina Garten's carrot cake is topped with a ginger-mascarpone frosting and finished with crunchy crystallized ginger bits. View Recipe 04 of 13 Donna Kelce's Chocolate Chip Cookies Dotdash Meredith/Janet Maples Donna Kelce famously made each of her sons their favorite chocolate chip cookies when they played each other in the Super Bowl. Here's the recipe! View Recipe 05 of 13 Jennifer Garner 'Anytime' Cake Dotdash Meredith / Janet Maples Jennifer Garner's favorite olive oil cake is rich, moist, tender, and bursting with fresh lemony flavor. View Recipe 06 of 13 Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies Dotdash Meredith / Janet Maples Katharine Hepburn shared her signature brownie recipe with her neighbor, who sent it to The New York Times after the Hollywood icon passed away in 2003. View Recipe 07 of 13 Savannah Guthrie's Chocolate Chip Cookies Brian Doben/Allrecipes "I'm terrible in the kitchen, but this is the one thing I know how to make," Savannah Guthrie says about her soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies. View Recipe 08 of 13 Courteney Cox's Chocolate Chunk Cookies With Sea Salt Allrecipes Courteney Cox calls this recipe "the best damn cookie" she's ever had. View Recipe 09 of 13 Reese Witherspoon’s Favorite Pumpkin Cookies Getty Images/Allrecipes View Recipe Reese Witherspoon's favorite pumpkin recipe is perfect for autumnal baking, but you'll want to eat it all year long. 10 of 13 Jamie Lee Curtis' Favorite Lemon Cake Getty Images/Dotdash Meredith "“The key ingredient [is] Jell-O, lemon Jell-O,” Jamie Lee Curtis says of her signature easy lemon Bundt cake recipe. View Recipe 11 of 13 Cher's Mom's Cheesecake Getty Images/Allrecipes “She’s the only person who could do it right, truthfully," Cher says of her mother's cheesecake recipe. "Because she’s not here and I know the way it tastes, I’ll be able to make it perfect.” View Recipe 12 of 13 Martha Stewart’s 5-Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies Getty Images/Allrecipes Make Martha Stewart's best chocolate chip cookie recipe with just five ingredients: almond butter, eggs, chocolate chips, coarse sea salt, and brown sugar. View Recipe 13 of 13 More Inspiration Getty Images/Allrecipes 7 Comforting Casserole Recipes From Your Favorite Celebrities Our Top 10 Pasta Recipes Made by Your Favorite Celebrities Ina Garten’s Easy Asparagus Upgrade Will Taste Better Than Any Restaurants' Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit