Make-ahead dessert recipes
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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Poached pears with Earl Grey ganache and spiced jellies
This dessert is perfect as dinner party showstopper, or a Christmas pudding alternative, combining rich chocolate and cream with fresh pear and fragrant Earl Grey tea.
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Baked cheesecake recipes
Baked blueberry and mascarpone cheesecake
We adore this wonderfully luxurious blueberry cheesecake recipe. The richness is lifted by pockets of blueberry juiciness.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Peach, rosé and custard jellies
Refreshing, summery and easy-to-make. This delicious recipe for peach, rosé and custard jellies makes the perfect addition to a picnic.
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Chocolate mousse recipes
Easy chocolate mousse
Rachel Allen's simple chocolate mousse recipe, served with these mint biscuits, is a great make-ahead dessert for a dinner party.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Lemony treacle tart
This treacle tart recipe, made using shop-bought sweet shortcrust pastry, is simple to make plus it freezes and reheats beautifully.
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English recipes
Classic trifle
This old-style sherry trifle recipe is so easy to make a day ahead, and it tastes amazing. Ideal for a 70s dinner party theme...
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Biscuit recipes
Raspberry maple shortcakes
Raspberry and shortcakes is a classic combination. The maple syrup sauce sandwiches the biscuits and the tangy fresh fruit together perfectly.
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Perfect pudding recipes
Summer pudding stacks
Impress guests with individual summer pudding stacks. They only take 20 minutes plus chilling, so they're the perfect make-ahead dessert.
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Burns Night recipes
Whisky toffee almond tart
You'll be amazed at how six simple ingredients can create this incredible whisky, toffee and almond tart. It's fabulously moreish and ideal for entertaining
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Burns Night recipes
Blackberry and apple cranachan
This magnificent cranachan recipe combines whipped cream, crunchy oats, fresh blackberries and apple with a touch of blackberry liqueur.
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Meringue recipes
Basic meringue
Think meringue is too fiddly to make from scratch? Make the best perfect meringues every time, with this easy basic meringue recipe.
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Recipes with gin
Gin and tonic jellies
Britain's favourite pre-dinner drink is transformed into a jelly in this clever dessert recipe. You can make it ahead so it's great for a dinner party,
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Chocolate dessert recipes
Rich chocolate mousse torte
No-bake chocolate mousse is encased in a biscuit case – it makes a great make-ahead dessert recipe for dinner parties or special occasions.
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