Desserts

• 21 Pear & Ginger Bread & Butter Pudding
  Dish type: Dessert Serves 4-6 Preparation and cooking time: 40 minutes Ingredients 2 ripe dessert pears (200g each), peeled, cored and cut into thick slices 400g of unsliced white farmhouse bread, roughly...

• 22 Spiced Pumpkin Roulade
  Dish type: Dessert Serves: 6 Cooking and preparation time: 45 minutes Ingredients For the filling: 375ml Chobani Low Fat Plain Greek Yogurt 4 oz reduced-fat cream cheese, softened 1 ½ tsp unsalted...

• 23 Mini Meringue Pumpkin Pies
  Dish type: Dessert Serves: 6 Cooking and preparation time: 1 hour, 45 minutes Ingredients For the filling: 450g pumpkin flesh, cut into 2cm cubes 2 eggs plus 1 yolk 70g muscavado sugar 1 cinnamon quill 3...

• 24 Earl Grey Tea Loaf
  Dish type: Dessert Preparation and cooking time: 1 hour Serves 12 Ingredients 500g (1lb 2oz) no-need-to-soak dried apricots, finely chopped 200g (7oz) light brown sugar 300ml (10fl.oz) cold Earl Grey...

• 25 Elizabeth sponge cake
  Dish Type: Dessert Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 25-28 minutes Serves: 8-10 Ingredients Chocolate sponge: 200g Caster sugar 200g Butter softened 4 Eggs – lightly beaten 250g Self raising...

• 26 Afternoon tea strawberry scones
  Dish type: Dessert Cooking and preparation time: 20 minutes Serves 8 Ingredients 190ml Chobani Strawberry Yoghurt 200g All-Purpose flour, plus extra for dusting work surface 50g Sugar plus 25g for...

• 27 Fondant Fancies
  Dish Type: Dessert Preparation Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 40 minutes Serves: 16 Ingredients For the sponge: 175g unsalted butter, softened 175g golden caster sugar
 3 medium eggs, lightly beaten
 175g...

• 28 Go sweet with root vegetable treats
  The carrot cake has become a classic staple recipe for any keen baker, but carrots aren't the only root vegetable that can be used to make delectable sweet treats. This autumn, get one of your...

• 29 Chocolate beetroot brownies
  Dish type: Dessert Preparation and cooking time: Serves: 12 Ingredients 190g Dark chocolate 190g Butter (unsalted) 250g Caster sugar 3 Free range medium eggs 115g Plain flour 1 Pack cooked beetroot Method 1....

• 30 Children's carrot cake muffins
  Dish type: Dessert Preparation and cooking time: 35 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients 225g butter, softened 225g soft light brown sugar 3 eggs, separated Finely grated zest of 1 orange 2 tsp lemon juice 180g...

• 31 Sweet potato cake
  Dish type: Dessert Preparation and cooking time: 45 minutes Serves: 12 Ingredients 1 whole sweet potato 8oz butter 8oz caster sugar 4 medium free range eggs 6oz self raising flour 1 dash of vanilla...

• 32 The perfect pumpkin pie
  Dish type: Dessert Cooking and preparation time: 1 hour and 30 minutes Serves: 12 Ingredients For the pastry: 315g Plain flour 150g Unsalted butter 75ml Water 2 pinches of salt For the filling: 1 Whole...

• 33 Minimum guilt, maximum pleasure with healthy chocolate recipes
  Decadent, rich and satisfying, chocolate hits the spot every time.  And you will be delighted to know that it can be enjoyed without seeing your calorie and fat intake soar sky high. Plus,...

• 34 Ian Marber's Divine Pots au Chocolat
  Dish type: Dessert For those after a more healthy option that’s still a chocolatey rich treat Ian Marber aka The Food Doctor has created a recipe for Divine Pots au Chocolat. These are so simple...

• 35 Flourless Rich French Torte
  Dish type: Dessert Super rich and made with ground almonds rather than flour for a light moist crumb but the overwhelming flavour is dark chocolate. It doesn’t need any icing or sauce but is wonderful...

• 36 Bitter orange soufflés glacés
  Dish type: Dessert Individual dark chocolate cases filled with an intensely flavoured orange mousse and frozen; these make the ideal little dessert for guests – you can prepare them ahead and they...

• 37 Cupcake crazy: The small cakes that have made a big impression
  Cupcakes are, quite literally, on the rise. The cupcake phenomenon has exploded into modern cuisine culture in recent years, helped along by famous TV chefs like Nigella Lawson and boutique...

• 38 Chocolate Cupcakes with Chilli Chocolate Sauce
  Preparation Time:20 minutes Cooking Time:15 minutes Serves: 8 Ingredients 110g self raising flour ½ tsp Baking Powder 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon 55g cocoa powder 140g caster sugar 2 eggs 3 tbsp milk 100g...

• 39 Very-Berry Whoopie Pies
  Cupcakes with a twist, use the same ingredients to create these cute little cakes which are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, sandwiched with intensely fruity and vibrant raspberry butter-cream....

• 40 Peanut butter and jam cupcakes
  These yummy cupcakes are so easy - perfect for kids and grown-ups alike. Plus there's the added excitement of seeing the jam ooze out of the middle when you bite! Makes 10 Preparation time: 15 mintues Cooking...