Make-ahead dessert recipes
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Chocolate and caramel sponge pudding with chocolate custard
This pudding has everything: chocolate, custard, caramel… and it’s quick to put together. Dig into the middle with a big...
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Molten-middle Lindor fondants
Break open these hot chocolate fondants to reveal a luscious puddle of melted white Lindor truffle – a heavenly Valentine’s Day...
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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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Classic cake recipes
Sticky ginger and almond cake
Gill Meller’s sweet, spiced ginger cake is made with honey, molasses and almonds and tastes better as it sits in...
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Baked lemon curd syrup sponges with brandy custard
We’ve given these dainty sponges a little grown-up treatment with a slug of brandy, a citrussy syrup and a boozy...
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Giant Portuguese custard tart (pastéis de nata)
In Portugal pastéis de nata are often eaten for breakfast. This giant version is bigger, better and can be enjoyed...
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Lemon mousse with candied lemon
Serve this citrusy, creamy light-as-air lemon mousse in stemmed glasses for an easy, yet impressive dinner party dessert. Discover more...
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Chocolate mousse recipes
Crunchie honeycomb chocolate mousse
Smooth, velvety chocolate mousse with chunks of crunchy honeycomb both stirred through and placed on top – that is decadence...
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Blood orange jellies with madeleines and chantilly cream
The beautiful citrussy flavour of these jellies, served with zesty orange madeleines, is the perfect light ending to a heavy...
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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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Chocolate mousse recipes
James Martin’s chocolate mousse
Creamy, light-as-air chocolate mousse is a great way to end a dinner party. James Martin’s version of the classic dessert,...
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Dark and stormy rum babas with pineapple
Time flies when you’re having rum – especially when it’s in dessert form and inspired by a classic cocktail. These...
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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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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Carrot halwa spring rolls
Celebrated chef Vivek Singh shares his sweet Indian recipe for carrot halwa spring rolls. Great for a Diwali or Bonfire...
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Rhubarb recipes
Rhubarb lattice pie
There’s nothing more comforting than a slice of homemade pie – this one encases sweet but tangy rhubarb in buttery...
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Frozen dessert recipes
Gin and tonic ice lollies
Turn childhood memories of ice lollies into a grown-up’s reality with gin and tonic on a stick – perfect for...
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