Quick and easy dessert recipes
Looking for dessert ideas that are low on effort, high on deliciousness? You’ll love these quick and easy dessert recipes.
Choose from no-bake puds like Eton Mess, chocolate mousse or fool. Whizz up some no-churn ice cream or use shop-bought shortcuts like puff pastry for quick tarts or vanilla ice cream for an affogato.
All these quick and easy desserts need 30 mins prep or less. Some need a bit of chill time in the fridge or freezer so you can make them ahead and some are ready to assemble and serve straightaway. Enjoy!
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Pavlova
Mini chocolate and blood orange pavlovas
Need an easy but delicious winter dessert? These mini chocolate and blood orange pavlovas need just six ingredients and 20 mins to assemble.
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No-bake cheesecakes
‘Cheese’ cake
A cake that takes its name quite literally, this no-cook cheesecake looks like a perfect wheel of cheese – holes and all!
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Baking recipes
Easy banoffee sheet tart
Banoffee pie gets a glow-up in this simple tart recipe. Perfect for a mid-morning treat with a cuppa or an after-dinner dessert.
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Mango desserts
Mango and elderflower mess
Based on the modern classic eton mess, this colourful dessert swaps out the more common strawberries for juicy ripe mango, marinated in floral elderflower cordial.
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Mango desserts
Easy mango mousse
With just five ingredients and 15 minutes prep time, this mango mousse is a great recipe to have in your dessert repertoire.
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Strawberries
Balsamic-roasted strawberries with mascarpone
Balsamic strawberries with mascarpone make a seriously good grown-up pudding. Try this low-effort, six ingredient summer dessert today.
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Raspberries
Raspberry and sesame cheesecake danishes
These easy pastries are like a cheesecake in danish form, with raspberries, a cream cheese base and sweet-salty sesame caramel.
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Figs
Honeyed figs with crème fraîche and sesame brittle
Sticky sweet figs in herbal honey meet soothing crème fraîche in this effortless dessert perfect for late summer and early autumn. The chunks of sesame brittle add nutty crunch.
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Gooseberries
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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British puddings
Elderflower jellies with boozy cream
An effortless little pud (for grown-ups) these jellies are packed with the heady aromas of elderflower. Delightful!
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Air fryer
Air fryer doughnuts with quick berry compote
Whether you call them doughnuts, beignets or fritters, these little balls of air-fried batter are an absolute delight (and ready in under 20 minutes).
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Pannacotta
Coffee and malt biscuit pannacotta
In need of a speedy dessert recipe? You can't go wrong with this creamy, light (and vegetarian) coffee pannacotta.
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Quick and easy desserts
Sweet filo triangles with cardamom, clementine and pistachios
Fragrant cardamom, sticky citrus, crunchy nuts and crisp pastry – this beautiful, festive dessert can be put together in the time it takes to bake the filo.
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Tiramisu
Tiramisu mess
A mash-up of two dessert classics: Eton mess and tiramisu. Speedy enough for a midweek treat but fancy enough for Christmas or Valentine's.
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Recipes for one person
Grilled peaches with almond caramel
Grill juicy peach halves then drizzle with a quick almond caramel for an easy summer dessert that's ready in a flash.
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July seasonal
Boozy raspberry eton mess
Eton Mess gets a grown-up makeover in this easy summer dessert recipe. We've used raspberries and a generous measure of cassis.
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