Make-ahead dessert recipes
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Burns Night recipes
Cranachan
Cranachan is a Scottish dessert traditionally made with fresh raspberries; the coulis in this recipe is a good winter alternative...
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...
Make-ahead dessert recipes
Dark and stormy crème brûlée
Rum, ginger and lime have been borrowed from a classic dark and stormy cocktail and reinvented into this decadent crème brûlée...
Sweet tart recipes
Gin and lime custard tart
We’ve taken the flavours of a gimlet cocktail – gin and lime – and magicked them into a creamy custard...
Frozen dessert recipes
Caipirinha sorbet
Bring on the wow factor and add a touch of glamour to your dinner party with this cocktail dessert recipe....
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 dessert recipes
Key lime pie
This American classic is the perfect combination of zesty and refreshing yet fabulously creamy. We’ve used gingernut biscuits in the...
Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Blackcurrant ripple ice cream sandwiches
A great make-ahead dinner party dessert for the summer but without the faff of an ice-cream machine. All you need...
Frozen dessert recipes
Mint chocolate ice cream parfait bombes
Create a showstopper dessert for your next dinner party with these impressive ice cream bombes; crack open the chocolate shells...
British puddings
Make-ahead treacle tart
Treacle tart is a British classic pudding and this classic recipe is made all the more brilliant because you can make...
Make-ahead dessert recipes
Chilled lemon soufflé
This make-ahead lemon soufflé recipe is easier than it looks but you don’t have to tell your dinner party guests...
Make-ahead dessert recipes
Toffee ice-cream cake
Can’t choose between ice cream or cake? Our easy toffee ice cream cake, with some clever shop-bought shortcuts, means you...
Make-ahead dessert recipes
Easy flourless chocolate cake
A crisp outside and gloriously fudgy centre make this easy flourless chocolate cake the best of dinner party desserts. Make...
Roulade recipes
Banoffee roulade with mocha cream
Debbie Major turns the same knockout flavour combo of a banoffee pie into a showstopping roulade… It’s set to be...
Cheesecake recipes
Lingonberry and orange cheesecake with a gingersnap crust
With its heart-shaped topping, this orange-scented cheesecake by Steffi Knowles-Dellner is a real treat for a special occasion, afternoon tea,...
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