Dessert

There are puddings that try to impress, and there are puddings that simply comfort. A baked egg custard is firmly in the second camp. It …

A chocolate log is one of those desserts that looks far more difficult than it really is. It sits in the middle of the Christmas …

Sometimes a big family-sized crumble isn’t quite what’s needed, and this is my go-to for those occasions, individual apple crumbles baked in ramekins, ready in …

That moment when a spoon cracks through the caramelised sugar top into silky custard underneath is really what crème brûlée is all about, and getting …

There’s a reason Christmas pudding is traditionally made weeks, sometimes months, ahead of the day itself, and once you understand why, you’ll never leave it …

A trifle should be a proper spectacle when it comes to the table, layers visible through the glass, and this chocolate version takes the classic …

A chocolate roulade looks like the sort of thing that takes real skill to pull off, all those neat spirals when you slice into it, …

A good chocolate mousse should be light enough to feel almost like eating air, while still tasting deeply, properly of chocolate, and this recipe manages …

There’s something wonderfully luxurious about a torte, dense and fudgy in a way that regular cake never quite manages, and this one gets its distinctive …

Blackberry and apple is one of those combinations that feels like it belongs entirely to autumn, and this crumble makes the absolute most of both. …