Make-ahead dessert recipes

For a make-ahead cheesecake with a twist, try our incredible margarita cheesecake, with crushed pretzel...

Calling all chocolate lovers: behold this chocolate pancake stack drizzled with chocolate sauce! Could Pancake...

Looking for a twist on the traditional Christmas cake. Step forward this chocolate orange cake...

These vegan crème caramels with caramelised orange slices make a spectacular (and easy) dinner party...

We’ve combined festive flavours of clementine, pomegranate and cranberry to create this fruity Christmas jelly....

This Russian honey biscuit cake needs to be assembled at least 6 hours ahead of...

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

A gorgeous blueberry sponge is filled with mixed berries and ice cream before rolling and...

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

Edd Kimber‘s gâteau breton is synonymous with the area it hails from, Brittany. It’s a...

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

These crisp, creamy pineapple fritters are a surefire dessert winner. Sweet pineapple and thick clotted...

For cake-maker and owner of Pudding Fairy Laure Moyle, it was her father’s sweet tooth...

Georgina Hayden has combined the nostalgic flavours of rhubarb and custard in a clever dessert...

A hybrid dessert combining the best of a decadent French crème brûlée and a traditional...

A magnificent serve-from-the-freezer dessert that you can make ahead of your dinner party. All you...

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

Everyone knows, and loves, a classic Cosmopolitan cocktail made with cranberry juice, vodka and orange...

Rum, ginger and lime have been borrowed from a classic dark and stormy cocktail and...

We’ve taken the flavours of a gimlet cocktail – gin and lime – and magicked...