Make-ahead dessert recipes
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Chocolate mousse recipes
Easy chocolate mousse
Rachel Allen’s simple chocolate mousse recipe, served with these mint biscuits, is a great make-ahead dessert for a dinner party.
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Meringue recipes
Lemon and lavender meringue roulade with blueberries
The lavender and lemongrass in this roulade elevates a simple meringue pudding into something really quite special.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Lemony treacle tart
This treacle tart recipe, made using shop-bought sweet shortcrust pastry, is simple to make plus it freezes and reheats beautifully.
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Dark chocolate recipes
Chocolate and black stacks
These impressive chocolate stacks are the creation of master patissier Eric Lanlard. You can make the chocolate discs the day...
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English recipes
Classic trifle
This old-style trifle recipe is so easy to make a day ahead, and it tastes amazing. Ideal for a 70s...
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Biscuit recipes
Raspberry maple shortcakes
The maple syrup sauce and biscuits are delicious with the tangy fresh raspberries.
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Perfect pudding recipes
Summer pudding stacks
Impress guests with these individual summer pudding stacks. They only take 20 minutes plus chilling, so they’re the perfect make-ahead...
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Burns Night recipes
Whisky toffee almond tart
You’ll be amazed at how six simple ingredients can create such an incredible tart recipe. This whisky toffee almond tart...
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Burns Night recipes
Blackberry and apple cranachan
A truly magnificent Scottish dessert that combines whipped cream, crunchy oats, fresh blackberries and apple with a touch of blackberry...
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Meringue recipes
Basic meringue
Think meringue is too fiddly or time consuming to make from scratch for a pavlova or roulade? Think again! You’re...
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Recipes with gin
Gin and tonic jellies
Britain’s favourite pre-dinner drink is transformed into a jelly in this clever dessert recipe.
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Bavarian cream with kirsch cherries
Give yourself a treat with this delectable German cream and kirsch cherries dessert recipe.
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Chocolate tarts, tortes and pies
Rich chocolate mousse torte
This rich chocolate mousse is encased in a biscuit case – it makes a great make-ahead dessert recipe for dinner...
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Ice cream recipes
Lemon curd and poppy seed ice cream loaf
This lovely lemon and poppy seed ice cream loaf cake is a delightful way to finish off a meal and...
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Lemon recipes
Limoncello syllabub with lemon sugar
Want a no-cook pud? This is a boozier twist on a more classic lemon syllabub, with a slug of citrusy...
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Chocolate tarts, tortes and pies
Chestnut and chocolate torte
This easy chocolate recipe requires overnight chilling, so it’s a perfect make-ahead dessert for a dinner party or special occasion....
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