Desserts

Key lime pie is one of those American classics that translates completely and immediately to British taste — the sharp, vivid lime against the sweetened …

A Swiss roll is one of those bakes that people find more intimidating than it deserves to be. The rolling technique — turning a flat …

Eve’s pudding is one of those specifically British puddings that deserves considerably more attention than it receives. It sits somewhere between an apple crumble and …

Tiramisu is the Italian dessert that has travelled further and been adopted more enthusiastically than almost any other — and that suffers more from poor …

Shortcrust pastry is the foundation recipe that unlocks more of the recipes on this site than any other single technique. Master shortcrust pastry and the …

The meringue roulade is one of Mary Berry’s signature desserts — a crisp-shelled, marshmallow-centred meringue baked flat in a Swiss roll tin, spread with cream …

A chocolate fondant — a moelleux au chocolat — is the dessert that separates confident home cooks from hesitant ones. Not because it is technically …

The arctic roll is one of those recipes that exists in a specific place in British culinary memory — the dessert served at children’s birthday …

A baked Alaska is one of those desserts that sounds like a magic trick and is, in effect, exactly that. Ice cream — which should …

Profiteroles are the dinner party dessert that people tend to associate with effort and expertise — and that turns out, when you understand the technique, …