Gingercake bites
Sticky gingercake gets better with age. After a week or two it will taste richer and…
🍽 Makes 30⏱ 30 min. Oven time 35-40 min hands-on · 40 min oven◆ Medium
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Impress, astound and delight with our dinner party dessert recipes. Think rich pannacottas, seriously indulgent tarts, thickly-layered cheesecakes and more.
With desserts this good, there’ll be a queue at your house…
Have you decided on the main course yet? Browse our easy dinner party recipes for ideas.
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Rhubarb and pink grapefruit possets with poppy seed and pistachio shortbread
These possets make the most of winter’s citrus and the pleasant tang of rhubarb. Meanwhile, the…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 8-10⏱ 30 min hands-on · 25 min oven◆ Medium
Malt chocolate self-saucing pudding
The nutty, toasted flavour of malt brings an extra layer of comfort to this easy, self-saucing…
🍽 Serves 6-8⏱ 15 min. Oven time 45 min hands-on · 45 min oven◆ Easy
Chocolate budino
Have you tried budino before? With only five ingredients, this creamy Italian chocolate pudding is incredibly…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 30 min hands-on◆ Easy
Theo Randall’s torta barozzi (flourless chocolate, almond and rum cake)
Torta barozzi is a rich, fudgy flourless chocolate cake from Northern Italy. Have chef Theo Randall’s…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 10⏱ 20 min. Oven time 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Zabaione with hazelnuts and figs
Eggs, sugar and sweet wine are transformed into the silky cloud of loveliness known as the…
Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Paul Ainsworth’s strawberry trifle
Top chef Paul Ainsworth grew up in his parents’ guest house in Southampton and here shares…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 1 hour hands-on◆ Challenge
Meliz Berg’s spiced fruit baklava crumble
Hands up who wants to try Meliz Berg’s baklava crumble? Cook, food writer and best-selling author…
FreezableVegetarian
🍽 Serves 8⏱ 15 minutes hands-on · 40–45 minutes (plus cooling) oven◆ Easy
Strawberry, black pepper and clotted cream tart
Freshly ground black pepper works beautifully with strawberries – the mellow heat opens up your palate,…
🍽 Serves 8-10⏱ 1 hour 10 min hands-on · 28 min oven◆ Medium
Mango and elderflower mess
Based on the modern classic eton mess, this colourful mango and elderflower dessert swaps out the…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Simon Rimmer’s treacle tart with lemon mascarpone cream
A simple treacle tart which is bound to please, by chef and presenter Simon Rimmer. The…
Freezable
🍽 Serves 8-10⏱ 15 min hands-on · 50 min oven◆ Easy
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