7 Desserts You Can Make with Sour Cream

Sour cream is an incredibly versatile ingredient; it's delicious in everything from traditional American beef stroganoff to creamy onion dip — and of course, it's a baked potato necessity. But sour cream provides moisture in baked treats and an all-around tang, making it great for sweet applications. Here are seven sour cream dessert recipes to prove it.

Brown Butter-Sour Cream Crumb Cake

This moist cake from former F&W editor Grace Parisi has lots of crisp, salty, buttery crumbs on top.

Slow-Cooker Sour Cream Cheesecake

Cheesecake cooked in a slow cooker has an unbelievably silky texture because the machine steams the cake as it bakes.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins

These fragrant breakfast muffins are topped with pecan-cinnamon streusel. Scott Finley and John Schulman’s Two Old Tarts was a superpopular farmers market stand before becoming a brick-and-mortar café in Andes, New York. It’s famous for the sour cream coffee cake sold at the pastry counter; this is the muffin version. 

Riesling-Poached Peaches with Tarragon and Salted Sour Cream

This five-ingredient dessert is an elegant way to serve and enjoy peak-season peaches. For the rosiest color, look for peaches that have a lot of blush to the skin.

Blueberry Mousse

Sour cream gives this airy mousse a wonderful, subtle tanginess. Sprinkle chopped pistachios and blueberries on top and serve in glassware.

Apple Cider Cream Pie

Sour cream combines with apple cider, sugar, and eggs to make a luscious filling for this autumnal pie. In 2009, Allison Kave and her boyfriend, Jay Horton, were winners in Brooklyn, New York's Pie Bake-Off with this clever recipe. The challenge was to use a local ingredient, so they chose this delicious combination. Winning the contest was the impetus for Kave to open First Prize Pies in Brooklyn.

Triple-Layer Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

This magnificent, elaborate dessert, from Cheryl and Griffith Day, has three layers of moist, tender chocolate with a hint of cinnamon and a silky chocolate ganache.