Dessert Recipes

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

Benjamina Ebuehi reinvents a classic brownie sundae for a more grown up palette

This Mexican dessert deserves your attention

French chef Richard Bertinet makes these in his Bath bakery at Easter and they're always a bestseller

Ladurée's bright and fresh dessert puts coconut and passion fruit front and centre

This pistachio strawberry macaron cake from Ladurée's cookbook ‘Sucre’ is sure to impress

Recreate the iconic French pâtisserie's éclairs

Davide Parato, Executive Chef of Crust Bros, shares a traditional family recipe - a fusion of tiramisu and Panettone - born out of having too much Panettone over the festive period. 

Danish chef Trine Hahnemann shares her favourite Christmas Eve comfort food