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No-bake desserts

No-bake desserts

Whip up a showstopper dessert without going near the oven. Our collection of no-bake desserts includes classics like no-bake vanilla cheesecake, trifle and chocolate mousse. There’s fridge treats to make with the kids, like tiffin and rocky road. Plus, puds made with summer berries, ice cream cakes and a few easy festive desserts.

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Italian dessert recipes

Chocolate budino

With only five ingredients, this creamy Italian pudding – chocolate budino – is incredibly simple but beautifully smooth and indulgent.

Gluten-free

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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes

Paul Ainsworth’s strawberry trifle

Top chef Paul Ainsworth shares a recipe from his debut cookbook, upgrading his dad's classic trifle with fresh peak-season strawberries.

Gluten-free

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Sweet pie recipes

Seville orange and ginger pie

Seville orange lends its distinctive sour bitterness and floral taste to this sweet pie, contrasting with the ginger biscuit base.

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Mango dessert recipes

Mango-misu

Mango-misu takes the main elements of a classic tiramisu – mascarpone, boozy zabaglione and sponge fingers – but swaps out the coffee for sweet mangoes instead. A make-ahead marvel.

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Baking recipes

Fennel seed and orange cheesecake

Fennel and orange is a classic combination in savoury dishes, but it’s just as good in a sweet setting – as this moreish cheesecake proves.

Vegetarian Make-ahead

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Trifle recipes

Orange and ginger cake trifle

Orange trifle makes a glorious Christmas dessert. Orange jelly is topped with ginger cake, white choc pannacotta and Eton Mess cream.

Vegetarian

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Pear recipes

Pear and butterscotch cheesecake

Combine perfectly ripe pears with rich cream cheese filling and salty butterscotch sauce to make this incredible pear cheesecake.

Vegetarian Make-ahead

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Tiramisu recipes

Tiramisu mess

A mash-up of two dessert classics: Eton mess and tiramisu. Speedy enough for a midweek treat but fancy enough for Christmas or Valentine's.

Vegetarian

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Dark chocolate recipes

Dark chocolate parfait with berry sauce

This beautiful dark chocolate parfait looks impressive but is actually a simple make-ahead dessert, perfect for a grown-up Halloween.

Gluten-free Vegetarian Make-ahead

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Easy baking recipes to make with kids

Raspberry and white chocolate Rice Krispie bars

Children will love these gooey white chocolate and raspberry Rice Krispie bars – but if you end up snaffling them, we won’t judge you.

Vegetarian

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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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Dinner party dessert recipes

Michel Roux Jr’s Îles flottantes

Master this classic French dessert Îles flottantes which sees a perfect custard topped with meringues then covered in caramel. How you flavour the custard is up to you!