Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Spend more time with guests when entertaining this summer with our make-ahead dessert recipes. Bake up a French strawberry tart, stay cool with ice cream or impress with Nigella’s chocolate raspberry pavlova.
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Cheesecake recipes
Japanese soufflé cheesecake
Chef Jeremy Pang shares his recipe for a perfectly light and bouncy Japanese soufflé cheesecake. The sound and wobble of...
Peanut butter recipes
Peanut butter frangipane and fresh jam tart
It’s a jam tart, but not as you know it! In this clever recipe, nutty pastry and a creamy peanut...
Pineapple recipes
Pineapple frangipane puff pastry tarts
If you’re looking for an easy but impressive dessert, these pineapple frangipane puff pastry tarts tick the box. They’re a...
Almond recipes
Italian nectarine and almond tart
This golden nectarine and almond tart from food writer Ursula Ferrigno makes a perfect summer dessert. “A heavenly combination of...
Strawberry recipes
Strawberry and nectarine galette
This is a super-versatile summer galette, as you can swap the fruit for other summery stone fruits like peaches and...
Fruit tart recipes
Plum and apricot brioche tart with crème fraîche custard
This extra special brioche tart makes the most of the summer’s fruit. A crème fraîche custard captures the delicious fruit...
Afternoon tea recipes
Tahini and nectarine cake
Rich and nutty tahini makes a surprisingly good flavour for a sponge cake. Paired with a zesty homemade nectarine curd,...
Nostalgic recipes
Pain au mint chocolat ice cream sandwich
Unabashed nostalgia meets Parisian sophistication in this artful mash-up of mint choc chip ice cream and patisserie joie de vivre....
Peach recipes
Peach and tarragon ice cream
Sweet, juicy peaches and grassy, aniseedy tarragon make an elegant icecream pairing rarely found outside swanky restaurants. Both the flavours...
Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Olive oil ice cream
Different olive oils offer up a surprisingly vast range of flavours, and if you get one that’s particularly fruity rather...
Raspberry recipes
Raspberry cheesecake ice cream
Just one scoop of this raspberry cheesecake ice cream will transport you to Italy. A rippled two-tone ice cream, the...
Pistachio recipes
Salted pistachio and lime ice cream
Salted pistachio ice cream recipe is a simple upgrade on a holiday favourite. Adding salt opens up your palette so...
Ice cream recipes
Builder’s tea ice cream
You can get coffee ice cream everywhere, but tea-flavoured is much rarer, despite its incredible flavour. Swap your afternoon brew...
Peach recipes
Peach bellini and pink praline pavlova
Gurdeep Loyal’s pavlova recipe is both a riot to look at and a delight to eat. The flavours of peach,...
Mango dessert recipes
Mango-misu
“This dessert takes the main elements of a classic tiramisu – mascarpone, boozy zabaglione and sponge fingers – but swaps...
Make-ahead dessert recipes
Gooseberry and white chocolate frangipane tart
Gooseberry tart is wonderful as is, but when white chocolate is added to the mix – it’s a bonafide winner....
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