Dinner party dessert recipes
Impress, astound and delight with our dinner party dessert recipes. Think rich pannacottas, seriously indulgent tarts, thickly-layered cheesecakes and more.
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Avocado recipes
Avocado and chocolate pudding with caramel sauce
You’ll be instantly hooked on this dreamy avocado dessert: the holy trinity of chocolate, peanut...

Sweet tart recipes
Sweet ricotta tart
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s sweet ricotta tart with dark chocolate and Italian candied fruit is a...

Biscuit recipes
Rose and almond biscuits
These buttery almond biscuits, inspired by Spanish polvorones and flavoured with rosewater, are delicious with...

Custard tart recipes
Rick Stein’s custard tart
You simply cannot beat a custard tart – especially with its hypnotic wobble! Rick Stein’s...

Dinner party dessert recipes
Frozen profiteroles with Neapolitan ice cream
These showstopping frozen profiteroles – filled with ice cream and topped with caramel – will...

Dinner party dessert recipes
Tropical baked Alaska
Here’s a classic baking project to try: the famous ice cream dessert that goes in...

Rhubarb recipes
Ultimate rhubarb and custard tart
Tried, tested and timeless… a rhubarb and custard tart is one of life’s greatest dessert...

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...

Chocolate mousse recipes
Double-layer custard and chocolate mousse
”Mousse and custard go together beautifully – the creamy vanilla custard makes an ideal base...

Meringue recipes
Pavlova with orange curd and roast rhubarb
A dessert that speaks of spring, this stunning pavlova by Gill Meller is topped with...

Orange recipes
Blood orange tart with cardamom cream
Our gorgeous blood orange tart really showcases this seasonal fruit at its absolute best. They’re...

Fool recipes
Quick lemon and ginger fool
Satisfy your sweet tooth the quickest way possible with a delightfully simple lemon and ginger...

Italian dessert recipes
Torta della nonna (ricotta and lemon tart)
Angela Hartnett‘s elegant ricotta and lemon tart (torta della nonna) would make a fine dinner...

Dinner party dessert recipes
Caramelised apples with sesame
Ken Hom’s caramelised apples with sesame recipe works wonderfully as part of a sharing feast, and...

Dinner party dessert recipes
Easy gingerbread affogato
All you need are four ingredients and 10 minutes for this easiest-ever gingerbread affogato recipe....

Dinner party dessert recipes
Crème caramels with caramel oranges
These vegan crème caramels with caramelised orange slices make a spectacular (and easy) dinner party...

Frozen dessert recipes
Baileys and hazelnut parfaits
These nutty and boozy parfaits would make a fabulous dinner party dessert served with a...

Dinner party dessert recipes
Rose and pistachio gulab jamun
Gulab jamun are essentially deep-fried dough balls which are soaked in a sweet syrup –...

Dinner party dessert recipes
Honey and bay quince jellies
Few things say autumn quite like quince, a star ingredient from October’s seasonal produce. Chef Gill...

Dinner party dessert recipes
Pineapple with rum syrup and lime crème fraîche
This hot and fruity dinner party-pleaser only takes 30 minutes to make. It’s sweet, citrusy...