Everyone loves dessert, but waiting until after dinner to eat it? That part's not so great. But while it's socially acceptable to eat breakfast for dinner, and leftover pizza for breakfast, what's so wrong with getting your sweet fix first thing in the morning? These three recipes cleverly disguise desserts in breakfast-food form, so there's no need to wait until evening to indulge.

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German Fried Egg Cake

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This white cake is topped with vanilla pudding and apricot halves, giving each slice the appearance of a fried egg, but with a far sweeter taste.

Get the recipe at Sprinkles Bakes.

Buttermilk Pancake Cupcakes

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Eating cupcakes for breakfast is totally acceptable when you top them with mini pancakes. They are a breakfast food, after all.

Get the recipe at The Moonblush Baker.

Applewood Bacon Shortbread Cookies

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What's better than bacon? A cookie disguised as bacon! These shortbread cookies look like a juicy slab of the breakfast meat, and they even have a hint of that smokey bacon flavor from Applewood sea salt.

Get the recipe at Sprinkles Bakes.

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Sienna is a senior editor at Hearst. She lives in Montecito, California with her husband and two littles.