Proper pudding recipes
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Sweet tarts
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.
Perfect puddings
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.
Proper puddings
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.
Halloween
Toffee apple sticky toffee pudding
Round off a Sunday roast with this twist on a classic sticky toffee pudding, with apples inside and topped with homemade toffee apples too.
Crumbles
Nutty plum and sloe gin crumble
A sweet and syrupy sloe gin and plum crumble. Debbie Major has added chopped almonds to the topping for extra nuttiness and crunch.
Proper puddings
Blackberry and apple crumble
Nothing is more British than a blackberry and apple crumble with its fruity, biscuity aroma, crunchy topping and juicy filling.
Bread and butter puddings
Bread and butter pudding with clementine and honey compote
Using up stale bread and make our bread and butter pudding topped with clementine and honey compote – best served with cream or natural yoghurt.
Apples
Apple pie with crumble topping
Is it a pie? Is it a crumble? Our apple pie with crumble topping takes the best parts of these classic puds, to create the ultimate dessert.
Blackberries
Blackberry and thyme steamed puddings with bay custard
Blackberry and thyme steamed puddings with bay custard make the most of British seasonal produce, by chef and food writer Olia Hercules.
Strawberries
Strawberry and elderflower fool with lemon biscuits
You'd be a fool not to try these light, summery strawberry and elderflower desserts topped with moreish lemon biscuits - for your next dinner party?
Make-ahead desserts
Baked lemon curd syrup sponges with brandy custard
We've given these lemon curd syrup sponges the grown-up treatment with a slug of brandy and boozy custard. An impressive dinner party dessert.
Proper puddings
Lime and coconut syllabub
Katy Beskow's coconut syllabub is rich and creamy with a hint of lime. Serve this vegan pud chilled for the perfect summer dessert.
Proper puddings
Queen of puddings
The perfect, and easy, queen of puddings recipe - featuring royal amounts of billowy meringue and yummy breadcrumb sponge.
Apples
Hot blackcurrant and apple charlottes
Serve these individual blackcurrant and apple charlottes warm with a dollop of lemon cream for a proper old-school English pud.
Blackcurrants
Almond blancmange with blackcurrant sauce
Creamy almond blancmange with a tart blackcurrant sauce is a classic English dessert that will certainly bring feelings of nostalgia.
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