Dessert Recipes

A sweet, sour and heady way to finish a meal

Helen Evans, previously head baker at Flor Bakery and now owner/baker at Eric’s in East Dulwich, presents baking recipes where the flour is the star of the show, including these rhubarb cakes, using red lammas wheat flour and ground almonds

This delicious and (relatively) healthy dessert is the perfect recipe to whip up in an air fryer

A healthy and vegan pancake recipe from Mindful Chef

As part of a collection of recipes using citrus, Toklas head chef Chris Shaw presents an easy dessert using fragrant bergamot

Ginger and rhubarb are a perfect marriage, as is rhubarb and custard, so this makes a harmonious ménage à trois.

'This is the epitome of a winter-warming dessert' says Harrods' Head Pastry Chef, Philip Khoury. 

“Should I be cast on to a desert island with only a hungry lion for company and the prospect of one final meal ahead, it might very well end with a trifle, and this might be the trifle” Mark Diacono declares in his cookbook Spice: a cook's companion. 

This 6-ingredient vanilla cake recipe is so easy to make, ideal for beginners. Feel free to go big on the decoration. A basic dusting of icing sugar or edible flowers are our go-to options for a sponge cake.

Our food editor Blanche Vaughan relishes the challenge of leftovers. Here she tackles leftover bread with this sticky treacle tart. Serves 6

A super delicious cherry ice cream sandwich

Jelly, parfait and meringue in one – this romantic spectacular is worth the effort

A vibrant deep purple dessert to warm the soul

This deep red sorbet from Fruitful by Sarah Johnson is a summer taste sensation (with serious t-shirt staining capabilities)

A show-stopping end to any dinner party, from Tucking In by Sophie Wyburd

A crowd-pleaser with a twist, the soy sauce adds just a little salty umami flavour to these chocolatey desserts

This boozy, ice-cold treat is Italy's version of frosé

Elegant, classic and delicious. This recipe for Île Flottante or ‘a floating island’ of meringue on custard from The Gourmand's Egg is everything you want from a dessert

This sumptuous lemon cake is designed to transport you to the Amalfi coast, one luxuriously creamy mouthful at a time

From The Gourmand's Lemon - a zesty book of stories and recipes - this show-stopping recipe will transport you to the Italian coast