Mini dessert recipes
Small in size but big in flavour, any one of these mini dessert recipes will make the perfect sweet treat for dinner parties or small gatherings. So delicious, so more-ish, it’ll be hard to stop at one.
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Christmas cupcakes and small bakes
Gingercake bites
Sticky gingercake gets better with age, so it’s perfect for giving as a Christmas gift. We’ve coated each cube of cake with a lemony icing.
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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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Apple pie recipes
Mini apple crumble pies
Ready-made pastry cases and crumble mix make these apple crumble pies a doddle to bake up in a hurry. Perfect for baking with kids.
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August seasonal recipes
Peach and blackberry knickerbocker glory
Give retro pud knickerbocker glory a late-summer twist with blackberries. Serve with roast peach conserve and scoops of vanilla ice cream.
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Mini dessert recipes
Danish apple doughnuts (æbleskiver)
Trine Hahnemann's home-made version of æbleskiver - Danish baked doughnuts - are apple-flavoured morsels of doughy heaven.
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Christmas chocolate recipes
Mint chocolate coins
Georgina Hayden's mint chocolate coins make a charming sweet treat and are sure to draw in crowds at your Christmas dinner party.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Pineapple fritters with salted caramel sauce
These crisp, creamy pineapple fritters are a surefire dessert winner. Sweet pineapple and thick clotted cream are deep-fried to golden perfection.
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Baked cheesecake recipes
Mini burnt cheesecakes with rhubarb and orange compote
Don't be put off by these individual cheesecakes being 'burnt'. It means the toasty caramelised edges pack in flavour. You can't go wrong with this recipe!
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Mini dessert recipes
Mini cosmopolitan cheesecakes
Everyone knows, and loves, a classic Cosmopolitan cocktail made with cranberry juice, vodka and orange liqueur but have you ever tried it in a cheesecake?
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Mini dessert recipes
Mini Scandi crumble pies
A crumbly mix of marzipan, pecans and oats top our vegan mince pies, before they're topped with gold shimmer for extra Christmas pizazz.
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Christmas canapés
Mini lemon meringue pies
We've turned this classic British pud into a sumptuously sweet canapé. You won't be able to resist going back for 'just one more'...
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Mini dessert recipes
Chocolate meringue kisses
You're three ingredients and ten minutes away from chocolate ganache-meringue heaven...with our easy and festive chocolate meringues
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Mini dessert recipes
Mini florentines
Nuts, stem ginger and dried sour cherries are bound together with chocolate, to create mini florentines. Stack in a gift box for a Christmas treat.
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Watermelon, vodka and herb granita
This refreshing water melon granita is an easy and flexible recipe for using up overripe or past-its-best fruit.
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Mini dessert recipes
Mini plum and sauternes pies
These gorgeous mini plum pies are made with sauternes to create a warming sweetness. The scent of them baking evokes childlike delight.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Mini doughnut muffins
Martha Collison's mini jam doughnut muffins are a quick fix when you're craving doughnuts – they make a moreish afternoon tea treat.
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