Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Crème caramels with caramel oranges
These vegan crème caramels with caramelised orange slices make a spectacular (and easy) dinner party dessert – just sprinkle with pomegranate...
Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Clementine, pomegranate and cranberry jelly
We’ve combined festive flavours of clementine, pomegranate and cranberry to create this fruity Christmas jelly. Feeling nostalgic? These rhubarb and...
Banana recipes
Banana, peanut butter and caramel pavlova
If you fancy something less traditional for a Christmas dessert, this banana pavlova comes sandwiched with peanut butter, whipped cream...
Bundt cake recipes
Mincemeat and custard bundt cake
If it’s a Christmas bundt cake you’re looking for, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve filled this decadent festive...
Baileys recipes
Baileys trifle
Everyone loves a splash of Baileys at Christmas time. We’ve created the ultimate in decadent desserts with this Baileys and...
Make-ahead dessert recipes
Edd Kimber’s gâteau breton
Edd Kimber‘s gâteau breton is synonymous with the area it hails from, Brittany. It’s a cross between a cake and...
Christmas baking recipes
Green tea and peppermint creams
We’ve given these classic Christmas sweets a posh upgrade with the addition of green tea. Make our luxury peppermint creams...
Tropical desserts
Grilled mango and coconut ‘pannacotta’
If you think it’s not possible to enjoy joyful, indulgent desserts on a vegan diet, think again. This pannacotta by...
Mini dessert recipes
Mini cosmopolitan cheesecakes
Everyone knows, and loves, a classic Cosmopolitan cocktail made with cranberry juice, vodka and orange liqueur but have you ever...
Festive desserts
White russian roulade
No one can resist the call of a light chocolate sponge filled with whipped cream and covered in chocolate curls...
Festive desserts
Negroni meringue pavlova wreath with pomegranate and pistachio
Why have one good thing when you can have two? We’ve combined our favourite cocktail with a showstopping pavlova to...
Baileys recipes
Brandy snaps with Baileys espresso martini cream
Bring back the brandy snap, we say! We’re doing just that and more with this festive recipe filled with a...
Rice pudding recipes
Rice pudding with honey soaked fruit and pistachios
Rice pudding is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert. This recipe is made with coffee making this a grown-up treat. The...
Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Saffron-poached pear, madeira and ginger trifle
”Pears are good for winter trifles. Like all the best ones, this requires a bit of effort, but it all...
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