Mini dessert recipes

Small in size but big in flavour, any one of these mini dessert recipes will make the perfect sweet treat for dinner parties or small gatherings. So delicious, so more-ish, it’ll be hard to stop at one.

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Fig and goat’s cheese sweet tartlets

Fig recipes

Fig and goat’s cheese sweet tartlets

This is a twist on cheesecake, featuring oats and seeds in the crunchy base and a lightly sweetened goat’s cheese...

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Mini apple crumble pies

Apple pie recipes

Mini apple crumble pies

Ready-made pastry cases and crumble mix make these apple crumble pies a doddle to bake up in a hurry. Perfect...

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Peach and blackberry knickerbocker glory

August seasonal recipes

Peach and blackberry knickerbocker glory

Give retro pud knickerbocker glory a late-summer twist with blackberries. Serve with roast peach conserve and scoops of vanilla ice...

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Danish apple doughnuts (æbleskiver)

Mini dessert recipes

Danish apple doughnuts (æbleskiver)

Danish food writer and chef Trine Hahnemann’s home-made version of æbleskiver – Danish baked doughnuts – are apple-flavoured morsels of doughy heaven....

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Mint chocolate coins

Christmas chocolate recipes

Mint chocolate coins

Georgina Hayden’s mint chocolate coins make a charming sweet treat and are perfect for slipping into Christmas stockings, hanging on...

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Pineapple fritters with salted caramel sauce

Make-ahead dessert recipes

Pineapple fritters with salted caramel sauce

These crisp, creamy pineapple fritters are a surefire dessert winner. Sweet pineapple and thick clotted cream are combined with cinnamon...

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Mini burnt cheesecakes with rhubarb and orange compote

Baked cheesecake recipes

Mini burnt cheesecakes with rhubarb and orange compote

Don’t be put off by these individual cheesecakes being ‘burnt’ it means the toasty caramelised edges pack in more flavour…...

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Mini cosmopolitan cheesecakes

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...

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Mini Scandi crumble pies

Mini dessert recipes

Mini Scandi crumble pies

A crumbly mix of marzipan, pecans and oats top our vegan mince pies, before they’re topped with maple syrup and...

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Mini lemon meringue pies

Christmas canapés

Mini lemon meringue pies

We’ve turned this classic British pud into a sumptuously sweet canapé. You won’t be able to resist going back for...

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Chocolate meringue kisses

Mini dessert recipes

Chocolate meringue kisses

You’re three ingredients and ten minutes away from chocolate ganache-meringue heaven…

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Mini florentines

Mini dessert recipes

Mini florentines

Nuts, stem ginger, mixed peel and dried sour cherries are bound together with chocolate, to create mini florentines. Stack these...

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Watermelon, vodka and herb granita

Make-ahead summer dessert recipes

Watermelon, vodka and herb granita

Granitas are similar to sorbets. The right ratio of water to sugar is what gives a granita its signature crunch. This...

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Mini plum and sauternes pies

Mini dessert recipes

Mini plum and sauternes pies

These gorgeous mini pies are made with plums and sauternes to create a warming sweetness. The smell of them baking...

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Mini doughnut muffins

Afternoon tea recipes

Mini doughnut muffins

Martha Collison’s mini jam doughnut muffins are a quick fix when you’re craving doughnuts – they make a moreish afternoon...

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Eric Lanlard’s triple chocolate verrines

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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