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
Blueberry queen of puddings with brown sugar meringue
Blueberry queen of puddings is the perfect spring dessert. Baked custard is topped with blueberry jam and a cloud of brown-sugar meringue.
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British puddings
Elderflower jellies with boozy cream
An effortless little pud (for grown-ups) these jellies are packed with the heady aromas of elderflower. Delightful!
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Vegan desserts
Vegan custard
Vegan custard is easy to make (even easier than regular custard, in fact) and endlessly versatile. Enjoy it over your favourite desserts!
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Sweet tarts
Ultimate treacle tart
Master the art of the treacle tart with our recipe for this gastropub favourite. Serve this rich and sticky pud with double cream & berries.
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Perfect puddings
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 glorious result.
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Afternoon tea
Eton mess roulade
A vanilla roulade filled with strawberries, cream and meringues. Our Eton mess roulade is the perfect summer pud to share with friends.
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Steamed puddings
Blood orange and Campari steamed pudding
This blood orange steamed pudding is a showstopper of a winter pud. It can even be cooked in the microwave for a quick and easy hack.
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Sweet tarts
Black butter frangipane and apple tart
James Martin uses black butter in this frangipane and apple tart, a preserve made of top-quality apples, liquorice, spices and sugar.
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Sweet tarts
Duke of Cambridge tart
Chef Tristan Welch has revived the Duke of Cambridge tart while retaining the gorgeous flavours of the original, making it a fine choice for afternoon tea.
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Trifles
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 Christmas table.
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Bread and butter puddings
Lemon and raspberry bread and butter pudding
This raspberry bread and butter pudding sees brioche smothered in buttery vanilla custard and spiked with tangy lemon curd.
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Sweet tarts
Manchester tart
Debbie Major has revived the nostalgic heritage dessert: a Manchester tart. It's sweet custard, raspberry jam and coconut filling makes it a joy to eat.
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Halloween
Toffee apple sticky toffee pudding
Round off a Sunday roast with this twist on a classic sticky toffee pudding, with apples inside and topped with homemade toffee apples too.
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Crumbles
Nutty plum and sloe gin crumble
A sweet and syrupy sloe gin and plum crumble. Debbie Major has added chopped almonds to the topping for extra nuttiness and crunch.
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Proper puddings
Blackberry and apple crumble
Nothing is more British than a blackberry and apple crumble with its fruity, biscuity aroma, crunchy topping and juicy filling.
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British puddings
Sussex pond pudding
Sussex pond pudding is made with a steamed suet pastry encasing a whole lemon. Once cut, the juices spill out and form a pond (hence the title).
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