Proper pudding recipes
Proper puddings make the ultimate dessert. We’ve got crumbles, cakes, tarts and toffee pudding recipes to tickle your fancy.
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Sweet tart recipes
Simon Rimmer’s treacle tart with lemon mascarpone cream
A simple but elegant treacle tart from Simon Rimmer. The filling has a hint of warming ginger and there’s a punchy lemon cream on the side.
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Crumble recipes
Rhubarb, rose and pistachio crumble
Classic rhubarb crumble reaches new heights in this easy recipe, thanks to cardamom, rosewater and an irresistible pistachio and oat topping.
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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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Custard recipes
Crème anglaise
Crème anglaise is a staple of the French culinary canon. Here's how to make this classic thin custard recipe - it's really quite easy!
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Gooseberry recipes
Gooseberry and elderflower cobbler
Crumble is good and all, but cobbler is what the cool crowd finishes dinner with. This gooseberry cobbler is given an extra punch of seasonal fragrance thanks to elderflower cordial.
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Vegan dessert recipes
Vegan custard
Vegan custard is easy to make (even easier than regular custard, in fact) and endlessly versatile. Enjoy it over your favourite desserts!
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Bonfire Night recipes
Parkin
Parkin is a squidgy cake traditionally eaten as a warming treat for Bonfire Night or in winter. Try it with lashings of spiced custard.
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Perfect pudding recipes
The Hairy Bikers’ pineapple and rum sticky toffee pudding
When upside-down pineapple cake has a rum-punch party with sticky toffee pudding, this recipe from The Hairy Bikers is the glorious result.
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Christmas pudding recipes
Spiced pear and chai pudding
Full of spice and laden with caramel sauce, Georgina Hayden's sticky pear and chai pud is a welcome twist on traditional Christmas pudding.
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Comfort food recipes
Richard Bertinet’s Grand Marnier bread and butter pudding
Richard Bertinet's ultimate bread and butter pudding recipe features crème anglaise and brioche, soaked in Grand Marnier then flambéed.
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Easy cake recipes
Rose and pistachio cake with cardamom toffee sauce
Chetna Makan's delicate rose and pistachio cake is delicious on its own, but you won't be able to resist pouring cardamon toffee sauce on top.
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Steamed pudding recipes
Blood orange and Campari steamed pudding
This blood orange steamed pudding is a showstopper of a winter pud. It can even be cooked in the microwave for a quick and easy hack.
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Sweet tart recipes
Duke of Cambridge tart
Chef Tristan Welch has revived the Duke of Cambridge tart while retaining the gorgeous flavours of the original, making it a fine choice for afternoon tea.
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Perfect pudding recipes
Salted caramel brownie pudding
For this recipe, think of a sticky toffee pudding but EVEN better! Paul A Young's salted caramel pudding, served with ice-cold cream, is wickedly good.
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Proper pudding recipes
Sticky fig and caramel pudding
A decadently moist fig sponge sits in a pool of caramel sauce in this toffee-like pudding. Serve with tart crème fraîche to cut through the sweetness.Â
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