Desserts
Sticky Toffee Pudding
A dark, date-sweetened sponge drenched in toffee sauce and served with cream. Blitzing the dates into a purée is…
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British dessert recipes
66 British dessert recipes, in a suggested order.
These are the 66 British recipes filed under desserts: 66 of the 583 desserts on the site, and 66 of its 534 British recipes. Of these, 8 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Dairy-Free Custard (15 min), Sticky Toffee Sauce (15 min) and Homemade Custard (20 min). For 33, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 45 easy and 21 medium.
As written, 62 are vegetarian, 4 vegan, 22 gluten-free and 5 dairy-free. Another 4 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
British desserts
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Eton Mess
Crushed meringue, whipped cream and macerated strawberries folded together fifteen minutes before serving. Reputedly…
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English Trifle
Sponge soaked in sherry, a layer of fruit, proper custard set over the top and a thick raft of whipped cream. Built…
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Bread and Butter Pudding
Buttered bread layered with raisins, soaked in vanilla custard and baked until the peaks are crisp and the middle is…
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Apple Charlotte
A tin lined with butter-fried bread and filled with thick, cooked-down apple, baked and turned out as a golden dome…
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Apple Crumble
Bramleys under a rubble of butter, flour and sugar. The whole argument is over the ratio, and it is three parts…
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Apple Pie with Custard
A double-crust apple pie cooked for 50 minutes and served with a jug of homemade vanilla custard. Eight servings in…
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Arctic Roll
Vanilla ice cream rolled up inside a jam-spread sponge and frozen until firm. The classic 1960s British freezer…
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Baked Cinnamon Apples
Apples baked slowly with cinnamon and a splash of orange juice until they collapse into their own syrup. The only…
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Bakewell Pudding
A puff pastry case spread with raspberry jam and filled with a rich egg, butter and almond custard, baked until just…
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Banoffee Cheesecake
A no-bake cheesecake of biscuit base, cream cheese filling, toffee and sliced banana, finished with whipped cream…
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Banoffee Pie
Toffee made from condensed milk baked slowly in an open dish, with bananas and a great deal of cream, on a biscuit…
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Berry Crumble
Frozen mixed berries baked under a butter and oat crumble until the juices bubble. Six servings in 45 minutes.
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Blackberry and Apple Pie
Bramley apples and blackberries in a sweet shortcrust case, dark purple where the juices bubble through. The…
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Blancmange
A smooth, delicate milk pudding thickened with cornflour, scented with lemon and vanilla, set in a mould and turned…
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Cabinet Pudding
A baked pudding of cubed sponge cake, dried fruit and a rich egg custard, set in a dish and served warm with custard…
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Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Broken biscuits, dried fruit and nuts bound in melted chocolate, butter and golden syrup and chilled until firm. No…
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Clotted Cream
Double cream baked very slowly for twelve hours, then chilled, until it forms a thick, golden, nutty crust. The rich…
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Coconut Ice
Two layers of sweet, chewy coconut, one pink and one white, mixed from icing sugar and condensed milk with no…
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Cornflake Tart
A crisp shortcrust case spread with raspberry jam and filled with cornflakes bound in butter and golden syrup, baked…
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Cumberland Rum Nicky
A sweet Cumbrian tart of dates, stem ginger, butter and brown sugar laced with rum, baked in shortcrust pastry.
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Dairy-Free Custard
A smooth vanilla custard made with oat milk, egg yolks and cornflour, cooked in 10 minutes and served warm over…
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Eve's Pudding
Stewed Bramley apples under a light, golden sponge, baked in one dish. The nursery pudding, in an hour.
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Gluten-Free Apple Crumble
Tart apples under a buttery crumble topping of gluten-free oats and flour, baked for 40 minutes until bubbling and…
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Gooseberry Fool
Tart gooseberries stewed and crushed, cooled and folded through whipped cream. A pale green early-summer pudding…
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Gypsy Tart
A shortcrust tart filled with a light, foamy mixture of whipped evaporated milk and dark muscovado sugar. Intensely…
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Homemade Custard
Proper pouring custard from egg yolks, milk, cream and a vanilla pod, cooked gently until it coats a spoon. Twenty…
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Jam Roly-Poly
Suet pastry spread with jam, rolled up, and steamed into spirals. Known in every school in the country as dead man's…
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Knickerbocker Glory
Tall glasses of raspberry jelly, fresh fruit, ice cream and whipped cream, topped with a cherry. The seaside sundae…
Desserts
Lemon Posset
Cream, sugar and lemon juice, boiled for three minutes and left to set. Three ingredients, no gelatine, no eggs, and…
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Manchester Tart
A sweet pastry case with a layer of raspberry jam, thick vanilla custard, sliced banana and toasted coconut. The…
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Microwave Rice Pudding
Pudding rice, milk, sugar and nutmeg cooked in the microwave in stages for 15 minutes into a creamy, spoonable rice…
Desserts
No Bake Chocolate Cake
A British fridge cake of crushed biscuits, dark chocolate, golden syrup and butter, pressed into a tin and chilled…
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No Bake Trifle
A layered trifle of sponge fingers, fruit, custard and whipped cream assembled in a glass bowl and chilled for 4…
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Peach Crumble
Sliced peaches under a crisp topping of flour, butter, oats and brown sugar, cooked for 35 minutes. Six servings in…
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Pear Crumble
Sliced pears baked under a golden oat and butter crumble topping. Six servings in 50 minutes.
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Plum Crumble
Halved plums with a spoonful of sugar under a buttery crumble, cooked for 35 minutes until bubbling. Six servings in…
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Queen of Puddings
A custard set over breadcrumbs, spread with warm jam and finished with meringue. Three separate puddings stacked on…
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Raspberry Ripple Cheesecake
A baked vanilla cheesecake on a biscuit base, swirled with a tart raspberry sauce and chilled overnight.
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Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream
A vanilla no churn ice cream rippled with a cooked raspberry sauce and frozen for 6 hours.
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Rhubarb Crumble
Tart pink rhubarb baked under a sandy oat crumble until the juices bubble up through the topping. Serve with…
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Rhubarb Fool
Roasted rhubarb folded through whipped cream so it stays in ribbons rather than turning the whole thing pink…
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Baked Rice Pudding
Pudding rice, milk, sugar and nutmeg baked for two hours until a brown skin forms on top. The skin is the entire…
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Rice Pudding with Raisins
Pudding rice baked slowly in milk and sugar with raisins and nutmeg until creamy under a golden skin. Four servings…
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Rocky Road
Broken biscuits, marshmallows and cherries bound in melted milk and dark chocolate and chilled until firm. No oven…
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Sago Pudding
Sago pearls simmered in milk with sugar and vanilla until translucent and creamy. Four servings in 45 minutes.
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Semolina Pudding
Semolina rained into warm milk and stirred until thick and creamy, with a spoonful of jam on top. The school…
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Slow Cooker Apple Crumble
Sliced apples under a buttery oat crumble cooked in the slow cooker for 3 hours, with a paper towel under the lid…
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Condiments, dressings, rubs and preserves 3
Filed under Desserts but not a dessert or sweet bake on its own: condiment, dressing or rub. Filter these.
- Lemon Curd 25 min
- Orange Curd 22 min
- Sticky Toffee Sauce 15 min