Browse our best make-ahead dessert recipes – all can be made in advance, with the finishing touches added on the day. Perfect to take some stress out of throwing a dinner party.
Choose from crowdpleasing classics such as eton mess and Michel Roux Jr’s chocolate mousse or lemon tart, or new favourites including Japanese soufflé cheesecake and a mango twist on tiramisu.
In the mood for chocolate? We love these molten middle chocolate fondants and our chocolate tart inspired by After Eights. If fruit’s your thing, we have plenty of make-ahead dessert recipes in that vein, too. For summer, opt for a strawberry daiquiri tart; for winter, try our pear and butterscotch cheesecake. And if you’re a pavlova fan, you’ll be spoilt for choice with our topping ideas, from caramelised walnut and coffee to peach bellini and pink praline.
Need starter ideas for your soirée? Check out our recipes, including smoky garlic prawn co*cktail and a halloumi and clementine salad.
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Cheesecake recipesCaramelised white chocolate cheesecake
This showstopping cheesecake has a high-sided chocolatey biscuit base, a creamy filling spiked with nutty caramelised white chocolate and a...
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Pannacotta recipesBurnt honey pannacotta with rhubarb and chamomile syrup
Ravinder Bhogal’s burnt honey pannacotta with rhubarb is the perfect make-ahead dessert for spring. Ravinder says: “Who knew chamomile teabags...
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Sweet tart recipesBlack forest bakewell tart
When black forest gateau meets bakewell tart, something magical happens. These two nostalgic desserts combine perfectly – especially when served...
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Pistachio recipesLebanese syllabub with ghraybeh (pistachio biscuits)
Food writer Angela Zaher gives the traditional dessert syllabub a Lebanese twist with arak and orange blossom water, served with...
Epic 12 Layer Chocolate Cake | Cleobuttera. Epic 12 Layer Chocolate Cake | Cleobuttera. While not difficult to make, this is a multi-step, highly involved cake that requires planning ahead. ...
You can use fruits and spices to replace some of the sugar in your recipes, or use them as toppings or fillings for your cakes, muffins, or pies. Fruits and spices can also help you reduce the amount of fat and salt in your desserts, making them more nutritious and satisfying.
Fruit is served as it is. Peeling or slicing is the only preparation you'll have to do. Unlike the other choices, you'll need other ingredients and some preparation steps before you can serve it. Hence, fruits are considered the simplest dessert among the choices.
Some of Burgess' go-to desserts include Medjool dates stuffed with peanut butter, energy bites, chia seed pudding with toppings (like fruit, nuts and yogurt), desserts baked with protein powder, and nut butter-based desserts like these Almond Butter-Quinoa Blondies.
While traditional gelatin desserts, such as Jell-O, contain about 20 g of sugar in one serving, sugar-free Jell-O can be a good alternative for people with diabetes who want an after-dinner treat. The downside? With only 1 g of protein and not much else, Jell-O has little nutritional value.
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Ashure (Noah's Pudding) is thought to be the oldest dessert in the world, first made by Noah after his fabled landfall at Mt Ararat. It is a delightful mix of dried fruit, nuts, grains and beans (yes, beans!) made in Turkey and all over the Middle East. Give it a try - you'll be glad you did!
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