Retro puddings
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Retro puddings
Zoom jelly
This retro jelly harks back to the days of the Zoom lolly. It's easy to replicate, it just requires time to allow it to set.
Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Strawberry and lemon curd arctic roll
Arctic roll is a perfect dessert recipe for a summers day – and for showing off the best of the season's strawberries.
Sweet tart recipes
Classic treacle tart
This classic treacle tart recipe is made all the more brilliant because you can make it in advance and freeze until needed.
Make-ahead dessert recipes
Chocolate, black cherry and vanilla arctic roll
This arctic roll recipe is a great retro pudding. It's quick and easy to make AND you can make it up to two weeks in advance.
Sweet bread recipes
Tear ‘n’ share sticky iced buns
Sticky iced buns make a simple but satisfying treat and are surprisingly simple to make at home. Make this iced finger recipe with kids.
Retro puddings
Simple treacle tart
Go on, indulge yourself. This sweet and sticky treacle tart recipe is fun to make but much more fun to eat.
Retro puddings
Chocolate sponge with chocolate custard
This retro chocolate sponge recipe has chocolate custard too! Will it bring back memories of that rare school dinner treat...?
Strawberry recipes
Strawberry blancmange
Another modern take on an old classic that shows off seasonal strawberries to their best - in a wibbly, wobbly blancmange.
Retro puddings
Bread and butter pud
A very British retro dessert, this bread and butter pudding recipe is cheap, simple to prepare, and comforting in the extreme.
Retro puddings
Gypsy tart with Maldon sea salt
Our gypsy tart – a traditional dessert hailing from Kent – is made with shortcrust pastry, an evaporated milk filling and sprinkled with Maldon sea salt.
Retro puddings
Viennetta
This easy recipe for Viennetta is much better than the classic shop-bought dessert and the small effort is well worth it.
Banana recipes
Banana split with rum and chocolate
This rum-spiked recipe for a classic banana split is made with creamy chocolate and marinated bananas – a delicious twist on a traditional dessert.
British puddings
Steamed marmalade pudding
Traditional steamed puddings are making a bit of a comeback as people long for the comfort foods of their childhood. This recipe is made with marmalade.
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...
Meringue recipes
Baked Alaska
In a kitsch (and extremely tasty) twist on the classic recipe, this baked Alaska contains chocolate, honeycomb and amaretto.
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