Autumn dessert recipes
Is autumn peak pudding season? Bake a comforting pud or two this fall with our autumn dessert recipes. It’s cosy cooking time, and you can throw together a crumble, bake a fruit pie, or steam a sticky pud to serve with lashings of custard.
Our autumn dessert recipes make the most of the season’s ripe fruits: think crisp apples, juicy pears, sweet plums, delicate quince and the last blackberries from the hedgerows.
There’s also some traditional autumn treats like pumpkin pie, s’mores and parkin, plus try our twist on summer pudding, with these chilled autumn puddings.
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Apple recipes
Tamarind toffee apple cake
This showstopping toffee apple cake will impress your friends at Halloween or Bonfire Night. The tamarind caramel adds a fruity tang.
Apple pie recipes
Baked apple pie spring rolls
These apple pie spring rolls from Masterchef favourite Omar Foster make the perfect fun autumn dessert. Serve with warm chocolate sauce.
Sweet pie recipes
Salted maple pretzel pie
What do you get if you cross treacle tart, American maple syrup pie and pretzels? A gloriously sticky, slightly salty dessert.
Rice pudding recipes
Brûléed rice pudding cake with pear compote
Creamy and tender with a pleasant bite and a crunchy brûléed sugar topping, this rice pudding cake with pears will be your new obsession.
Italian dessert recipes
Chocolate budino
With only five ingredients, this creamy Italian pudding – chocolate budino – is incredibly simple but beautifully smooth and indulgent.
Autumn dessert recipes
Zabaione with hazelnuts and figs
Through the alchemy of heat and whisking, eggs, sugar and sweet wine are transformed into the silky cloud of loveliness known as zabaione.
Apple recipes
Strudel di mele (Italian apple strudel)
Apple strudel gets an Italian makeover with pine nuts and lemon. It's a classic Alpine dish, often served in cafés in Trentino-Alto Adige.
Cheesecake recipes
Japanese soufflé cheesecake
Chef Jeremy Pang shares his recipe for a perfectly fluffy Japanese souffle cheesecake. Try this technical bake and impress your friends.
Apple recipes
Apple, hazelnut and rosemary galette with brown butter pastry
Using brown butter in the pastry of this apple galette adds nutty sweetness to it without the need for sugar. The perfect autumn dessert.
Pear recipes
Pear and brown butter strudel
This easy pear strudel – flavoured with nutty brown butter, cinnamon and brandy-soaked sultanas – is a fantastic dessert for feeding a crowd
Brilliant blackberry recipes
Blackberry millefeuille
Blackberries take centre stage in this towering mille-feuille recipe. Coulis and fresh berries provide sweet-sharp contrast to the cream.
Pear recipes
Rosé poached pears
Rosé is the perfect match for in-season pears in this poached pears recipe. Its delicate flavour enhances the pears’ sweet, buttery taste.
Patisserie recipes
Manon Lagrève’s kouign amann
A traditional pastry from Brittany, kouign amann means ‘butter cake’ in the Breton language. You can also add slices of apple, extra caramel or even a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Autumn dessert recipes
Manon Lagrève’s almond, pear and tonka bean tart
Looking for the perfect end to an autumn dinner? This almond, pear and tonka bean tart is it. Follow our tips for a beautiful dessert.
Custard recipes
Blackcurrant and bay clafoutis
This light and fluffy clafoutis has a custardy texture that’s perfect against the juicy, tart blackcurrants. Bay adds a herbal note.
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