Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
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Fig recipes
Fig and goat’s cheese sweet tartlets
These fig and goats cheese tartlets are a twist on cheesecake, featuring oats and seeds in the crunchy base and a lightly sweetened goat’s cheese on top.
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Strawberry recipes
Strawberry daiquiri tart
Debora Robertson's rum-spiked strawberry tart is the essence of summer. The mousse-like strawberry filling is laced with rum and lime.
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Apricot recipes
Almond and apricot cheesecake
This apricot cheesecake from Honey & Co's Sarit Packer heroes dried apricots and amaretti for a dish that can be prepared and in the oven in less than half an hour!
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Blueberry recipes
Blueberry Basque cheesecake
Try Half-Baked Harvest's delicious spin on Basque cheesecake. The creamy filling is bursting with blueberries and has a flaky pastry crust.
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No-bake desserts
Sliced limoncello and berry trifle cake
If the coffee flavour of classic tiramisu isn't for you, how about a berry makeover and shot of limoncello in this fab trifle cake?
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Apricot recipes
Raymond Blanc’s apricot and almond tart
Raymond Blanc shares his recipe for perfect apricot tart. A crisp pastry shell is filled with delicate almond cream and sweet apricot slices.
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July seasonal recipes
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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July seasonal recipes
Strawberry ice cream cake
Strawberry ice cream is made sublime with berry swirls and chunky shortbread bits. Make ahead for an easy summer dessert.
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Fruity cheesecake recipes
Mango cheesecake
This no-bake mango cheesecake from Avinash Shashidhara is a must-try, make-ahead marvel. Imagine mango lassi reincarnated in dessert form!
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Cheesecake recipes
Blueberry gin and tonic cheesecake
Top a seriously creamy cheesecake with juicy blueberries and a clear gin and tonic jelly for a grown-up dessert that'll get everyone talking.
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Platinum Jubilee recipes
Jubilee cheesecake
Our stunning Jubilee cheesecake recipe gives a nod to Her Majesty’s favourite cocktail with its Dubonnet and gin jelly topping.
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Tiramisu recipes
Hazelnut tiramisu cheesecake
A hazelnut and choc biscuit base, creamy cheesecake and boozy coffee syrup: there's lots to love about our easy tiramisu cheesecake recipe.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Grilled fruit salad with honey labneh
Serve this grilled stone fruit salad with homemade honey labneh and sprinkle with a sweet pistachio dukkah for a flavoursome summer dessert.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Cherry and rosé sorbet with cherry compote and grilled madeira cake
Dish up a beautiful summer dessert with a difference. Serve cherry and rose sorbet and roast cherry compote on slices of grilled Madeira cake.
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Apricot recipes
Upside-down apricot cake with amaretto mascarpone cream
Our upside-down apricot cake is an easy but impressive summer bake recipe. Serve the apricot and almond sponge with amaretto mascarpone cream.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Margarita cheesecake with tequila strawberries
For a no-bake cheesecake with a twist, try our incredible margarita cheesecake, with crushed pretzel base and tequila strawberries on top
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