Make-ahead dessert recipes
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
White peach, rose and elderflower jelly
Elegant, individual jellies made with rosé wine, white peaches and elderflower cordial are a wonderfully light end to a summer...
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Festive desserts
Brown-sugar meringues with hazelnut butterscotch sauce
Can you make meringues with brown sugar? Yes you can. John Whaite uses brown sugar to give his meringues a...
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Cheesecake recipes
Lemon, lime and ginger cheesecake
You can make this no-fuss chilled cheesecake up to 48 hours ahead of serving – making it perfect to make...
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Proper pudding recipes
Treacle and ginger sponges
Individual treacle and ginger sponges are an impressive dessert to serve, with lots of custard, after a Sunday roast. You...
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Festive desserts
Panettone, vin santo berries and zabaglione cream trifle
A master pairing of boozy berries, panettone and creamy zabaglione makes this Christmassy trifle recipe one not to miss. For...
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Italian dessert recipes
Saffron and ginger pannacotta
Kaushy Patel’s dessert recipe is a classic Italian pannacotta made with aromatic Indian spices.
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Baileys recipes
Make-ahead Baileys tiramisu
The perfect indulgent dessert for sharing with friends – you can make this the day before so you can relax...
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Raspberry recipes
Raspberry ripple and pistachio parfait
This raspberry parfait recipe is easy to make, tastes amazing and is much better behaved than ice cream. It’s the...
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Blueberry key lime pie
We’ve put a twist on the traditional American key lime pie recipe with a gingernut biscuit crust and the addition...
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Raspberry recipes
Pecan cake with raspberry ripple ice cream
A rich, sticky pecan cake drizzled with toffee sauce and served with raspberry ripple ice. An impressive dessert recipe that...
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Clodagh McKenna’s elderflower jellies
Clodagh McKenna’s elderflower jelly recipe makes for a wonderful dessert. It’s light and subtle flavour means it’s also an ideal...
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Salted caramel tarte tatin
This combination of salted caramel and apples makes a divine tarte tatin recipe – ideal at the end of an...
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Caramel crêpes suzette
Flambéed pancakes always impress at a dinner party! These classic French crêpes suzette can be made in advance for effortless...
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Dinner party dessert recipes
James Martin’s cinnamon madeleines with spiced caramel sauce
Find out how to make madeleines with James Martin’s classic French recipe. These are as light-as-a-feather, and served with a...
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Mint biscuits
Rachel Allen’s mint biscuits are made with fresh mint leaves. They go well with her chocolate mousse recipe but are...
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Cherry recipes
Drunken cherry parfait
A beautiful parfait recipe, packed full of ripe cherries, that’s a great summer dessert you can make ahead, just take...
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