Quick and easy dessert recipes
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Fool recipes
Quick lemon and ginger fool
Satisfy your sweet tooth the quickest way possible with a delightfully simple lemon and ginger fool. Just throw a handful...
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Easy gingerbread affogato
All you need are four ingredients and 10 minutes for this easiest-ever gingerbread affogato recipe. It’s a punchy mix of...
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Frozen dessert recipes
Baileys and hazelnut parfaits
These nutty and boozy parfaits would make a fabulous dinner party dessert served with a jug of extra Baileys for...
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Italian dessert recipes
Poached peaches with zabaglione
This classic Italian dessert pairs boozy zabaglione with soft poached peaches – all in under 30 minutes. Serve with our...
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Burns Night recipes
Cranachan
Cranachan is a Scottish dessert traditionally made with fresh raspberries; the coulis in this recipe is a good winter alternative...
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Meringue recipes
Eton mess
What is Eton Mess? Well, this crowdpleasing trio of strawberries, cream and meringue is said to have originated at Eton...
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Quick pudding recipes in under 20 minutes
Marsala strawberries with lemon crème fraîche
Simmer strawberries with marsala, sugar and rosemary until jam-like, then serve with sweet crème fraîche for a fabulously quick dessert. Or,...
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Blackcurrant ripple ice cream sandwiches
A great make-ahead dinner party dessert for the summer but without the faff of an ice-cream machine. All you need...
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Quick pudding recipes in under 20 minutes
5-minute chocolate banana split
We’ve put a healthy spin on a banana split by swapping ice cream for frozen yoghurt, chocolate sauce for grated...
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Gluten-free Christmas recipes
No-churn ice cream with boozy raisins
This is a really easy ice cream recipe that doesn’t require any time-consuming churning. Just whizz all the ingredients together...
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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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Italian dessert recipes
Negroni granita
Refreshing, citrussy granita is the perfect light dessert to end a heavy meal. We’ve used the flavours of classic negroni...
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Proper pudding recipes
Lime and coconut syllabub
Katy Beskow’s simple coconut syllabub is rich and creamy with a hint of lime. Serve this vegan pud chilled in...
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Lemon mousse with candied lemon
Serve this citrusy, creamy light-as-air lemon mousse in stemmed glasses for an easy, yet impressive dinner party dessert. Discover more...
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Banana recipes
Maple and rum baked bananas with toasted hazelnuts and pistachios
Bananas become soft and caramelised when baked in foil – add rum, maple syrup and toasted nuts into the mix...
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August seasonal recipes
Blackberry, mint and elderflower fool
When it’s this easy, you’d be a fool not to try it. A simple, summer berry dessert that looks impressive...
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