British puddings
Here’s our tempting selection of traditional British dessert recipes, including classic bread and butter pudding, crumble, treacle tart and trifle.
See our retro puddings collection too.
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British puddings
Elderflower jellies with boozy cream
An effortless little pud (for grown-ups) packed with the heady aromas of elderflower. The first few flowers come into season...
Vegan dessert recipes
Vegan custard
Vegan custard is easy to make (even easier than regular custard, in fact) and endlessly versatile. Enjoy this 4-ingredient version...
Sweet tart recipes
Ultimate treacle tart
Master the art of the treacle tart with our recipe for this gastropub favourite. Serve this rich and sticky pud...
Perfect pudding recipes
The Hairy Bikers’ pineapple and rum sticky toffee pudding
When upside-down pineapple cake has a rum-punch party with sticky toffee pudding, this recipe from The Hairy Bikers is the...
Afternoon tea recipes
Eton mess roulade
A vanilla roulade filled with strawberries, cream and meringues. Our Eton mess roulade is the perfect summer pud to share...
Steamed pudding recipes
Blood orange and Campari steamed pudding
This updated take on the traditional steamed pudding stars blood oranges and Campari. It can even be cooked in the...
Sweet tart recipes
Black butter frangipane and apple tart
”In the Channel Islands, I went to see how Jersey black butter was made. It’s a preserve made of top-quality...
Sweet tart recipes
Duke of Cambridge tart
Chef Tristan Welch has revived this traditional sweet tart while retaining all the gorgeous flavours of the original, making it...
Trifle recipes
Dried fig and seville orange marmalade custard trifle
A gorgeous-looking get-ahead pudding teeming with figs, zesty marmalade and custard, this is the ultimate festive trifle to adorn your...
Bread and butter pudding recipes
Lemon and raspberry bread and butter pudding
If you make one pudding, it has to be this unbelievably easy throw-together pud that champions tangy raspberries, smothered in...
Sweet tart recipes
Manchester tart
Debbie Major has scoured the British recipe archives in search of traditional recipes that are ripe for revival – and...
Halloween recipes
Toffee apple sticky toffee pudding
Round off a sumptuous Sunday roast with this twist on a classic sticky toffee pudding. delicious. food editor Jen added...
Crumble recipes
Nutty plum and sloe gin crumble
Plums are delicious, but cooked plums are a whole different ball game. The slight tartness of their sticky crimson juices...
Proper pudding recipes
Blackberry and apple crumble
Nothing is more British than crumble and with its fruity, biscuity aroma, crunchy topping and juicy filling, its place in...
British puddings
Sussex pond pudding
This Sussex pond pudding is made with a crusty steamed suet pastry which encases a whole lemon, plus butter and...
British puddings
Make-ahead treacle tart
Treacle tart is a British classic pudding and this classic recipe is made all the more brilliant because you can make...
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