Naughty Puds

If you make one pudding, it has to be this unbelievably easy throw-together pud that champions tangy raspberries, smothered in buttery vanilla custard and spiked with tangy lemon curd. We also have an amazing marmalade bread and butter pudding that you will love. Recipe from My Kind of Food by Valli Little (ABC Books), published in Australia.

Like sticky toffee pudding but with extra oomph from ginger and walnuts – this is a must try recipe for any pudding lover.

Nothing reminds us more of childhood treats and carefree indulgences than crunchy apples lead in rich, sticky toffee. To revoke this comfort have created a delicious, family favourite fruit pudding. Toffee apple, bread and butter pudding, with extra toffee means this recipe is an easy win for all

For the wow factor add a few cinnamon sticks to decorate

Mary Berry's pear frangipane tart is perfect for a party served warm with cream or creme fraiche. You can use shopbought pastry if time is short

For a showstopping Christmas dessert, try this impressive gingerbread cheesecake recipe. A rich, creamy baked cheesecake is given a festive makeover with seasonal spices, ginger nut biscuit base and a drizzle of caramel sauce to finish.

In all honesty, the origin of this cake is simply that I cannot make a go of a lemon meringue pie. I've tried, and I've tried, and it's not that I've utterly failed, but I haven't completely delighted myself. There's enough of that kind of falling short in the rest of life, without having to usher in disappointment and self-loathing in the kitchen. This, then, is the easy option. And the funny thing is, the layers of sponge, with their crisp-carapaced squashy-bellied meringue topping are…

*This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure for more details!* Creamy & Sweet Baked New York Cheesecake with Homemade Coulis & Fresh Fruit – Definite Dinner Time Showstopper! When I decided to try this recipe I was honestly completely stuck on where to start. I have eaten many New York style cheesecakes, or even baked cheesecakes but when I have tried to bake them when I was younger, they have just gone so awfully wrong. My Baked Chocolate Rocky Road Cheesecake is always…

Mulled berries with Champagne syllabub

My STP is altogether deeper and darker than the original version: it is still sweet, but the muscovado sugar and black treacle give it an almost savage intensity. It seems redolent of ginger, cloves, allspice – and yet none of these spices are used. It’s a miracle. I don’t understand it – but then, miracles are not to be questioned. Equipment: You will need a 23x23cm/9x9in square baking dish.

A scrumptious toffee apple and pecan pudding recipe from Mary Berry. The fluffy apple sponge is crowned with a creamy toffee sauce and chopped pecan nuts.

From The Great British Bake Off How to Bake, this stem ginger shortbread is delicious and buttery. The recipe also works well with pistachio or dark chocolate.

I've only made really minor changes to this Raspberry, Pistachio & White Chocolate Roulade from Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh's book Sweet(ad) to make it easier to follow for less experienced bakers, and to make it better suited to small kitchens.

This dessert is pure magic, when the hot sugary mixture gets poured over the pudding batter, it'll sink to the bottom and create a puddle of runny caramel sauce

The unusual holiday heatwaves seem to be well and truly behind us here in Cape Town, and all of a sudden the dark, chilly mornings and early sunsets are more obvious and a reminder of the cold (a…

Step-by-step method for making Very chocolatey salted caramel and hazelnut pavlova yourself.