Little burnt honey & almond cakes

Serve these honey and almond cakes warm for dessert, or just as a teatime treat. Dust with icing sugar and enjoy with our hot chocolate espresso sauce

Chocolate orange baked cheesecake

Make a dessert that’s the talk of the party with this creamy, rich chocolate orange cheesecake

Sweet grazing wreath

Create a dessert centrepiece without spending hours in the kitchen. This sweet grazing wreath is great fun at Christmas, but is perfect for any party

How to cook Brussels sprouts

Serve the perfect side of sprouts at Christmas with our classic recipe. Plus, read our tips on buying, cooking and freezing this gorgeous green veg, plus recipe variations.

Pistachio eclairs

Flex your baking skills with these heavenly pistachio eclairs, made with choux pastry and pistachio custard – they’re well worth the effort

Boondi laddu

Celebrate Diwali with boondi laddu, a traditional Indian sweetmeat, made with fried gram flour droplets soaked in cardamom and saffron syrup

Shahi tukda

Enjoy a classic Mughal dessert of fried bread slices, steeped in sweetened cardamom milk, scented with saffron and rosewater and topped with chopped nuts

Cardamom-spiced vermicelli (semiya payasam)

Indulge in a popular Indian dessert made with fried vermicelli strands simmered in cardamom milk. A perfect treat for festivities, it’s creamy, sweet and golden

Classic rice pudding

Have this creamy rice pudding cooking in the oven while you make dinner and round off your meal with a comforting pud. Serve with jam for a feel-good treat

Chocolate Swiss roll

This nostalgic dessert can be made a day ahead. Fill with a vanilla cream, dust with icing sugar to finish and serve in slices

Halwa

Try whipping up some halwa, a traditional Indian dessert made from either semolina or carrots, plus nuts and cardamom. Ours is made with semolina

Flourless chocolate & almond cake

This dense, squidgy chocolate and almond cake is perfect for dessert. It’s gluten-free – just ensure your cocoa powder and chocolate are, too