British Dessert Recipes
Famed British desserts include puddings, trifles, cakes, tarts and pies; find every dessert you're looking for by browsing through our selection of recipes.
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Apple Charlotte Recipe
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Lemon Posset
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British Hobnob Biscuits (Cookies)
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British Jammy Dodger Biscuits
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Christmas Spiced Victoria Sponge Cake
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Easy Way to Ice a British Christmas Cake
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All You Need to Know About Making a Classic Sponge Cake
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British Christmas Pudding
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How to Make Perfect Shortcrust by Hand or Machine
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Christmas Brandy Sauce
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Strawberry and Cream Sponge Cake
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Bonfire Night Treacle Toffee
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Easy English Summer Pudding
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Traditional British Apple Crumble
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Bread and Butter Pudding
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Easy, Quick British Flapjack Bars
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Traditional British Christmas Cake Recipe
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Classic Scottish Tipsy Laird Trifle
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Traditional Scottish Dundee Cake
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Sweet and Savory British Pies
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The Ultimate Sticky Toffee Pudding
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British Pigs in a Blanket
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The Ultimate Spotted Dick (British Pudding)
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The Perfect Traditional Yorkshire Parkin
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Easy Eccles Cake
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Yorkshire Ginger Parkin Biscuits
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Traditional English Crumpets
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Yorkshire Moggy Cake
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Classic English Custard Sauce
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Welsh Bara Brith Cake
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Traditional Scottish Cranachan
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White Chocolate and Raspberry Crème Brûlée Recipe
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Easy Traditional British Rice Pudding
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Super Easy Almond Friand
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Luxurious Brioche and White Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding
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Traditional Bakewell Tart
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Traditional Yorkshire Curd Tart Recipe
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Easy Treacle Tart
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Traditional Scottish Clootie Dumpling
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Super Apple and Almond Tart from Brendan Lynch
All-Butter Scottish Shortbread
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Easy Traditional Jam Tarts
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Christmas Stollen Recipe
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Toffee Apples
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Quick Sherry Trifle
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The Ultimate Lemon Drizzle Cake
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British Oaty Apple Crumble
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Traditional British Battenberg Cake
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Easy Chocolate Buttercream Icing
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Easy Traditional Welsh Cake Recipe
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Christmas Cupcake
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Date and Walnut Steamed Pudding
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Luxury Ginger Flapjack