Make-ahead dessert recipes
You can make these dessert recipes in advance, then add the finishing touches to serve them on the day – perfect to take some stress out of throwing a dinner party.
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Bonfire Night recipes
Double chocolate pancake stack
Calling all chocolate lovers: behold this chocolate pancake stack drizzled with chocolate sauce! Could Pancake...

Chocolate orange recipes
Chocolate orange cake with Cointreau drizzle
Looking for a twist on the traditional Christmas cake. Step forward this chocolate orange cake...

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

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....

Christmas pudding recipes
Rum and pineapple Christmas pudding
An irresistible and boozy Christmas pudding. You can make this pudding up to three months...

Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Summer pudding arctic roll
A gorgeous blueberry sponge is filled with mixed berries and ice cream before rolling and...

Cheesecake recipes
Yuzu daiquiri cheesecakes
A perfect finish to any meal, these zingy yuzu daiquiri cheesecake pots with salted lime...

Make-ahead dessert recipes
Gâteau breton
Edd Kimber‘s gâteau breton is synonymous with the area it hails from, Brittany. It’s a...

Italian dessert recipes
Torta caprese
Chef Francesco Mazzei shares his traditional Italian dessert, torta caprese, that’s perfect for a celebration...

Make-ahead dessert recipes
Pineapple fritters with salted caramel sauce
These crisp, creamy pineapple fritters are a surefire dessert winner. Sweet pineapple and thick clotted...

Sweet tart recipes
Chocolate, orange and frangipane tart
For cake-maker and owner of Pudding Fairy Laure Moyle, it was her father’s sweet tooth...

Ice cream recipes
Rhubarb jelly and Bird’s custard ice cream
Georgina Hayden has combined the nostalgic flavours of rhubarb and custard in a clever dessert...

Make-ahead dessert recipes
Crème brûlée bakewell tart
A hybrid dessert combining the best of a decadent French crème brûlée and a traditional...

Make-ahead dessert recipes
Pistachio and rose ice cream cake
A magnificent serve-from-the-freezer dessert that you can make ahead of your dinner party. All you...

Burns Night recipes
Cranachan
Cranachan is a Scottish dessert traditionally made with fresh raspberries; the coulis in this recipe...

Mini dessert recipes
Mini cosmopolitan cheesecakes
Everyone knows, and loves, a classic Cosmopolitan cocktail made with cranberry juice, vodka and orange...

Make-ahead dessert recipes
Dark and stormy crème brûlée
Rum, ginger and lime have been borrowed from a classic dark and stormy cocktail and...

Sweet tart recipes
Gin and lime custard tart
We’ve taken the flavours of a gimlet cocktail – gin and lime – and magicked...

Frozen dessert recipes
Caipirinha sorbet
Bring on the wow factor and add a touch of glamour to your dinner party...

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...