Desserts
Classic Tiramisu
The Venetian classic, built on a properly cooked zabaglione so it sets firm without gelatine and carries no raw-egg…
4.9(6,120)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 6120 reviews
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Custards, cakes and the sort of pudding people ask for by name. 22 tested recipes, ranked by what readers cook most.
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Fudgy Cocoa Brownies
Cocoa-based brownies with a paper-thin crackly top and a dense, fudgy middle. No chocolate to melt, no mixer needed…
4.9(5,644)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 5644 reviews
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New York Cheesecake
Dense, tall and creamy with a faint tang, on a buttery biscuit base. The water bath and a slow cool in the…
4.9(4,877)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 4877 reviews
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Deep-Dish Apple Pie
A deep-dish pie with a properly crisp bottom crust and apples that hold their shape. Pre-cooking the filling is the…
4.9(4,122)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 4122 reviews
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Molten Chocolate Lava Cake
Individual chocolate cakes with a liquid centre, from oven to table in twenty minutes. The whole trick is pulling…
4.9(3,866)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 3866 reviews
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Crème Brûlée
A vanilla custard so smooth it barely holds a spoon, under a sheet of caramel thin enough to crack with a tap. The…
4.9(3,688)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 3688 reviews
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Mango Sticky Rice
Warm coconut-soaked glutinous rice with cold ripe mango and a salty coconut sauce poured over. Naturally vegan, and…
4.9(3,122)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 3122 reviews
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Cinnamon Churros
Ridged, crackling churros dusted in cinnamon sugar with a pot of dark chocolate for dipping. The dough is a simple…
4.8(3,066)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 3066 reviews
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Red Velvet Cake
A tender buttermilk cake with a whisper of cocoa, a tang from vinegar and buttermilk, and a proper cream cheese…
4.7(3,011)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 3011 reviews
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Pistachio Baklava
Thirty layers of filo, three layers of spiced pistachio and walnut, and a citrus syrup poured over at exactly the…
4.8(2,811)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 2811 reviews
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Spiced Carrot Cake
A properly spiced carrot cake, moist from oil and crushed pineapple, with walnuts for bite and a tangy cream cheese…
4.8(2,755)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 2755 reviews
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French Macarons
The Parisian macaron, with smooth domed shells, ruffled feet and a chewy centre. This uses the more forgiving French…
4.6(2,803)Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 2803 reviews
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Japanese Cotton Cheesecake
The jiggly cotton cheesecake — somewhere between a soufflé and a sponge, barely sweet, and impossibly light. It…
4.7(2,570)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 2570 reviews
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Sticky Toffee Pudding
A dark, date-sweetened sponge drenched in toffee sauce and served with cream. Blitzing the dates into a purée is…
4.9(2,411)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 2411 reviews
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Key Lime Pie
Sharp, silky lime custard in a buttery graham crust, set by nothing but the chemical reaction between lime juice and…
4.8(2,166)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 2166 reviews
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Black Forest Cake
Chocolate sponge soaked in kirsch, layered with sour cherries and unsweetened whipped cream, finished with chocolate…
4.7(1,755)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 1755 reviews
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Gulab Jamun
Milk-solid dumplings fried to a deep bronze and steeped in cardamom-rose syrup until they double in size and turn to…
4.7(1,688)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 1688 reviews
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Apple Tarte Tatin
Apples caramelised in butter and sugar directly in the pan, covered with pastry and baked, then flipped to reveal a…
4.8(1,611)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 1611 reviews
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Vanilla Panna Cotta
A vanilla panna cotta set at the exact edge of collapse, so it wobbles under a spoon and melts on the tongue. Five…
4.7(1,466)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 1466 reviews
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Chocolate Éclairs
Crisp choux shells, split and piped full of vanilla crème pâtissière, capped with a dark chocolate glaze that sets…
4.7(1,355)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 1355 reviews
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Chocolate Soufflé
A soufflé that rises two inches above the ramekin and stays up long enough to reach the table, with a molten centre…
4.7(1,244)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 1244 reviews
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Knafeh
Shredded pastry over a layer of stretchy cheese, baked until the top is crisp and orange, then soaked in…
4.7(1,244)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 1244 reviews