Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
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Festive desserts
Royal mincemeat pie
Debbie Major puts a twist on mince pies with this giant, meringue-topped showstopping dessert. Prepare the pastry and filling ahead...
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Gluten-free Christmas recipes
No-churn ice cream with boozy raisins
This is a really easy ice cream recipe that doesn’t require any time-consuming churning. Just whizz all the ingredients together...
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Cheesecake recipes
Citrus and passionfruit cheesecake
We tweaked and tested this beautiful passionfruit cheesecake umpteen times using a clever mix of ingredients such as almond butter...
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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Ice cream profiterole sandwiches with salted chocolate sauce
We’ve put an elegant dinner party twist on ice cream sandwiches with this profiterole version, drowned in a river of...
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Festive desserts
White chocolate, orange and ginger profiteroles
We’ve revitalised this 1970s classic with these white chocolate drizzled profiteroles filled with an orange and ginger cream. If you...
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Festive desserts
Chocolate Christmas cake
This glorious cake is a boozy showstopper – strictly for adults only. Slice through the chocolatey icing to reveal the...
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Festive desserts
Mocha tiramisu torte
A decadent dessert layering a pillowy coffee and walnut sponge, boozy mascarpone cream and a spectacularly silky chocolate coating. Heaven.
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Festive desserts
Coconut pavlova
This light-as-air coconut pavlova makes the perfect refreshing dessert for gatherings -especially when topped with passion fruit juice. It’s also...
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Christmas baking recipes
Eggnog layer cake
Decadent and devilishly boozy, this Christmassy, show-stopping layer cake is strictly adults only. Slice through rum-laced eggnog frosting to reveal...
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Perfect pudding recipes
Poached pear queen of puddings
Custard, meringue, compote and perfectly poached pears make for a show-stopping pudding and the perfect way to end a Sunday...
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Christmas pudding recipes
Lighter chocolate Christmas pudding
Debbie Major’s fruity, chocolatey take on traditional Christmas pudding is made with panettone for a lighter result. It’s also made...
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Meringue recipes
Double baked chocolate meringue brownie
The two contrasting layers in Eric Lanlard’s recipe – one gooey and rich and the other crunchy with a marshmallow...
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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Eric Lanlard’s triple chocolate verrines
Eric Lanlard’s triple chocolate recipe proves that good things come in threes – layers of milk, dark and white chocolate...
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Brilliant blackberry recipes
Blackberry and bay poached pear pavlova
Finish a dinner party off with this not-so-traditional pavlova topped with blackberries and boozy, poached pears – it’s the perfect...
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Christmas baking recipes
Rum custard tart with gingerbread pastry
Boozy custard in a spiced gingerbread pastry is the adults-only dessert your Christmas dinner party needs.
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Recipes with gin
Vanilla pannacottas with sloe gin and rosemary jelly
The addition of rosemary and sloe gin-spiked jelly takes these from classic pannacotta to a really special dinner party dessert....
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