17 Baking Aesthetic Recipes

Aesthetic baking is all about visual beauty, soft colors, minimal styling, and presentation.

These 17 baking aesthetic recipes are pretty, delicate, and Instagram-worthy — yet simple enough for everyday home baking.

Each recipe features a clean look, gentle flavors, and elegant textures.

1. Aesthetic Lemon Loaf Cake

Soft, bright, and simple. This pale-yellow loaf topped with a glossy lemon glaze is minimalist and elegant.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups flour

• ½ cup sugar

• ½ cup butter

• 2 eggs

• Juice & zest of 1 lemon

• 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar.

2. Add eggs, lemon juice, and zest.

3. Add dry ingredients.

4. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 45–50 minutes.

5. Glaze with lemon icing.

2. Aesthetic Matcha Cookies

Soft green matcha cookies that look clean, modern, and photogenic.

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups flour

• ½ cup butter

• ½ cup sugar

• 1 egg

• 1 tbsp matcha powder

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar.

2. Add egg; mix in matcha and flour.

3. Scoop and bake at 350°F for 10–12 minutes.

3. Aesthetic Strawberry Milk Cake

A pretty pastel pink cake soaked in strawberry milk and topped with whipped cream.

Ingredients

• Vanilla sponge cake

• Strawberry milk (to soak)

• Whipped cream topping

Instructions

1. Bake sponge cake.

2. Soak in strawberry milk.

3. Chill and top with whipped cream.

4. Vanilla Bean Cupcakes

Classic white cupcakes with visible vanilla bean specks and silky cream frosting.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups flour

• ½ cup butter

• 1 cup sugar

• 2 eggs

• Vanilla bean paste

Instructions

1. Whip butter and sugar.

2. Add eggs and vanilla.

3. Add dry ingredients.

4. Bake 18 minutes at 350°F.

5. Aesthetic Blueberry Scones

Delicate lavender-toned scones with fresh blueberries—soft, crumbly, and pretty.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour

• ½ cup butter

• ½ cup cream

• 1 cup blueberries

• ⅓ cup sugar

Instructions

1. Cut butter into flour.

2. Add cream and blueberries.

3. Shape, slice, and bake at 400°F for 15 minutes.

6. Brown Sugar Aesthetic Banana Bread

Cozy, golden-brown banana loaf with aesthetic crack lines and soft texture.

Ingredients

• 3 bananas

• ½ cup butter

• ½ cup brown sugar

• 2 cups flour

• 2 eggs

• 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

1. Mix butter and sugar.

2. Add eggs and bananas.

3. Add dry ingredients.

4. Bake at 350°F for 55 minutes.

7. Aesthetic Cloud Bread

Fluffy, pastel, melt-in-your-mouth cloud bread — TikTok aesthetic favorite.

Ingredients

• 3 egg whites

• ½ cup sugar

• 1 tbsp cornstarch

Instructions

1. Beat egg whites with sugar and cornstarch.

2. Shape into a cloud.

3. Bake at 300°F for 25 minutes.

8. Aesthetic Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Soft, warm neutral-toned cookies with large chocolate chunks placed aesthetically.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups flour

• ½ cup butter

• ½ cup brown sugar

• ½ cup chocolate chunks

• 1 egg

Instructions

1. Mix butter and sugar.

2. Add egg and flour.

3. Fold in chocolate chunks.

4. Bake at 350°F for 12 minutes.

9. Pastel Mini Donuts

Cute baked donuts glazed in pastel pink, white, and lavender.

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour

• ½ cup milk

• 1 egg

• ¼ cup sugar

• Pastel icing colors

Instructions

1. Mix ingredients.

2. Pipe into donut pan.

3. Bake 10 minutes at 350°F.

4. Dip in pastel icing.

10. Aesthetic Earl Grey Tea Cake

Fragrant, soft cake infused with earl grey tea—simple and elegant.

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk (steeped with tea)

• 1 ½ cups flour

• ½ cup butter

• 1 cup sugar

• 2 eggs

Instructions

1. Make tea-infused milk.

2. Mix cake batter.

3. Bake 45 minutes at 350°F.

11. Aesthetic Apple Rose Tart

Thin apple slices shaped like roses on a flaky tart base—very Instagram-worthy.

Ingredients

• Puff pastry

• 2 apples

• Cinnamon sugar

• Apricot glaze

Instructions

1. Slice apples thinly.

2. Roll into rose shapes.

3. Arrange on pastry and bake at 375°F for 25 minutes.

4. Glaze.

12. Aesthetic Chocolate Loaf Cake

Dark, glossy chocolate loaf with smooth icing and minimalist styling.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups flour

• ½ cup cocoa

• 1 cup sugar

• ½ cup butter

• 2 eggs

• 1 cup milk

Instructions

1. Mix dry ingredients.

2. Add wet ingredients.

3. Bake 50 minutes at 350°F.

4. Top with chocolate glaze.

13. Aesthetic Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Simple round cookies with a bright pink raspberry center.

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour

• ½ cup butter

• ¼ cup sugar

• Raspberry jam

Instructions

1. Mix dough.

2. Form balls; press thumbprint.

3. Add jam.

4. Bake 12 minutes at 350°F.

14. Aesthetic Milk Bread Rolls

Soft, fluffy, smooth-topped bread rolls with clean bakery-shop styling.

Ingredients

• Bread flour

• Yeast

• Milk

• Sugar

• Butter

Instructions

1. Knead dough.

2. Rise 1 hour.

3. Shape rolls; rise again.

4. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.

15. Aesthetic Vanilla Meringue Cookies

Light, white, airy meringue swirls—dainty and photogenic.

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites

• ½ cup sugar

• Vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks.

2. Pipe swirls.

3. Bake at 200°F for 1 hour.

16. Aesthetic Peach Cobbler Cups

Mini glass cups layered with golden peaches and soft biscuit topping.

Ingredients

• Peaches

• Sugar

• Biscuit dough

• Butter

Instructions

1. Layer peaches in cups.

2. Add biscuit topping.

3. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.

17. Aesthetic Mini Cheesecakes

Creamy mini cheesecakes topped with delicate berries—clean, minimal, and beautiful.

Ingredients

• Cream cheese

• Sugar

• Vanilla

• Graham crust

• Berries

Instructions

1. Press crust into muffin pan.

2. Add cheesecake batter.

3. Bake 18 minutes at 325°F.

4. Chill and top with berries.