Spring dessert recipes
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Mango desserts
Mango and cardamom creme brûlées
Vivek Singh's mango and cardamom crème brûlées are a delicious fusion of East meets West. The perfect end to an Indian feast.
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Celebration cakes
Rhubarb and custard layer cake
This glorious rhubarb and custard layer cake is so pretty: its jaw-dropping decoration makes it perfect for special occasions.
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Easter lunch
Easter chocolate meringue nests
This kid-friendly Easter pud uses Easter chocolate such as Maltesers and Creme Eggs plus malty whipped cream to fill chocolate meringue nests.
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Avocado
Avocado and chocolate pudding with caramel sauce
You'll be instantly hooked on this dreamy pudding: the holy trinity of chocolate, peanut butter and caramel are paired with creamy avocado.
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Sweet tarts
Sweet ricotta tart
Julia Busuttil Nishimura's sweet ricotta tart with dark chocolate and Italian candied fruit is a perfect dessert for Easter or a dinner party.
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Rhubarb
Ultimate rhubarb and custard tart
Tried, tested and timeless... our ultimate rhubarb and custard tart is one of life’s greatest dessert combinations. Give our new recipe a go!
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Celebration cakes
Lemon, blueberry and coconut cake
This stunning lemon, blueberry and coconut celebration layer cake by Bake Off finalist Alice Fevronia is a project fora labour-of-love baking session.
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Chocolate mousse
Double-layer custard and chocolate mousse
The creamy vanilla custard makes an ideal base for the dark chocolate mousse in this classy dessert. Plus, it can be made a day or two ahead!
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Meringue
Pavlova with orange curd and roast rhubarb
A dessert that speaks of spring, this stunning pavlova is topped with a smooth and zesty orange curd and slightly-tart roasted rhubarb.
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Comfort food
Warm Nutella puddings with chocolate caramel
Nutella, chocolate and caramel combine in these soft-centre puddings. Rich, decadent and utterly heavenly... you won't be able to resist.
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Italian desserts
Torta della nonna (ricotta and lemon tart)
Angela Hartnett's elegant ricotta and lemon tart (torta della nonna) makes a fine dinner party dessert or a great finale to an Easter feast.
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Dinner party desserts
Crème caramels with caramel oranges
These vegan crème caramels with caramelised orange slices make a spectacular (and easy) dinner party dessert – just sprinkle with pomegranate seeds to serve
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Bread and butter puddings
Lemon and raspberry bread and butter pudding
This raspberry bread and butter pudding sees brioche smothered in buttery vanilla custard and spiked with tangy lemon curd.
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Cheesecakes
Yuzu daiquiri cheesecakes
A perfect finish to any three-course meal, these zingy yuzu daiquiri cheesecake pots with salted lime praline crumbs offer something a little different for dinner party guests.
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Frozen dessert
Affogato parfait
We've combined all the classic flavours of an Italian affogato – coffee, ice cream and rum – to create this party-worthy parfait pudding.
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Meringue
Chocolate swirl meringues with praline and chocolate caramel sauce
Our chocolate and brown sugar swirl meringues make an impressive dessert topped with the hazelnut praline and chocolate caramel sauce.
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