Nostalgic recipes
Bring the past to your plate with these nostalgic recipes. Take a trip back to your school days with sticky sponges, rice pudding, cheese pies and teatime treats like fondant fancies and iced party rings.
Retro recipes that were once all the rage make a comeback. We’re talking prawn cocktail, black forest gateau and arctic roll. Old-fashioned treats like pork pies, raspberry lemonade and scotch eggs also feature in this unashamedly nostalgic recipe collection.
Which old favourite will you make first?
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Pasta salad recipes
Pink and green prawn and pasta salad
Debora Robertson's verdant pasta salad is crammed with juicy pink prawns. Perfect for a laid-back summer dinner in the garden.
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Non-alcoholic drink recipes
Classic homemade lemonade
Homemade lemonade is completely different to most of the stuff in the shops. Tailor the sweetness and tang to your personal taste.
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Prawn cocktail recipes
Prawn cocktail platter
Create the ultimate prawn cocktail platter with proper marie rose dip made with homemade mayo, prawns and crisp lettuce leaves.
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Sweet tart recipes
Michel Roux Jr’s almond and raspberry frangipane tart
Devote an afternoon to making Michel Roux Jr’s classy frangipane tart. “This French version of a bakewell tart is one of my favourites,” he says.
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Frozen dessert recipes
Mini baked alaskas
Introducing our failsafe mini baked alaskas: chocolate no-churn ice cream, sturdy sponge base, no-cook jam and silky torched swiss meringue.
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Baking recipes
Jamaican ginger cake with chocolate ganache and berry coulis
Rich, sticky Jamican ginger cake is the ultimate comfort bake. Team it with simple berry coulis and chocolate ganache for a dinner party pud.
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White chocolate recipes
Caramelised white chocolate
Fan of blond chocolate? Learn how to make caramelised white chocolate at home. It sounds cheffy but is simple to make – and so versatile.
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Baking recipes
Malt iced buns with raspberry icing
Who doesn’t love an iced bun? These raspberry buns temper the sometimes over-sweet flavour thanks to wholemeal flour and a little malt.
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Retro puddings
Rum and raisin spotted dick
You can’t get a more traditional British pud than spotted dick. We’re given it a makeover, complete with rum-soaked raisins and rum syrup.
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Retro puddings
Chocolate parkin with marbled custard
Sticky chocolate parkin shares top billing with chocolate and ginger custard rippled with spiced cream in this retro pudding recipe.
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Sweet tart recipes
Black forest bakewell tart
When black forest gateau meets bakewell tart, something magical happens. These two nostalgic desserts combine perfectly.
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Pear recipes
Pear and brown butter strudel
This easy pear strudel – flavoured with nutty brown butter, cinnamon and brandy-soaked sultanas – is a fantastic dessert for feeding a crowd
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Nostalgic recipes
Pain au mint chocolat ice cream sandwich
Nostalgia meets Parisian sophistication in this mint choc chip recipe. Homemade mint ice cream is studded with dark choc and croissant crumbs.
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Patisserie recipes
Vanilla slice
The hero of many a high street bakery, the vanilla slice is a glorious thing. Like a cross between a custard tart and a mille feuille, it takes you through a whole range of textures and embraces the retro aesthetic better than any other bake.
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Trifle recipes
Traditional English trifle
Raspberry jelly, thick vanilla custard, sherry-soaked sponge fingers and pillowy mounds of whipped cream: it's the ultimate traditional trifle.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Ginger toffee dodgers
Classic dodger biscuits get a welcome update with the warming flavours of ginger and caramel in this easy toffee dodgers recipe.
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