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Golden oldie: Golden syrup dumplings.

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30+ retro desserts to revisit (starring this enduring budget-friendly family favourite)

Steamy puddings, cinnamon-spiced fruit, set custards, chocolate mousse … these sweets are golden(syrup) oldies for a reason.

33 recipes
Nagi Maehashi (aka RecipeTin Eats) treacle pudding.

RecipeTin Eats’ treacle pudding

  • RecipeTin Eats
Strawberry and cream bombe Alaska.

Emelia Jackson’s bombe Alaska ice-cream cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Baked cinnamon apples.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s baked cinnamon apples

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Rice pudding with honey and lemon.

Rice pudding with honey and lemon

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Golden syrup dumplings.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s golden syrup dumplings

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Emelia Jackson’s Chocolate and malt self-saucing pudding.
EASY

Emelia Jackson’s soft-centred chocolate puddings

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
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Chocolate and vanilla mousse.
EASY

Two-tone chocolate and vanilla mousse

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
This classic dessert covers caramel and custard techniques.

Adam Liaw’s classic creme caramel

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Sticky date pudding.

Sticky date pudding

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Mango and passionfruit Viennetta-inspired ice-cream cake.

Cheat’s Viennetta with mango and passionfruit

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Lemon meringue possets.

Lemon meringue possets

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupelix and Jill Dupleix
You can substitute almonds for roughly chopped walnuts in the crumble.
EASY

Helen Goh’s rhubarb, pear and ginger crumble

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Raspberry-coconut pudding.
EASY

Raspberry coconut pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
RecipeTin Eats’ triumphant Christmas trifle.

RecipeTin Eats’ showstopping trifle

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
Adam Liaw's cinnamon bread and butter pudding.
EASY

Adam Liaw's cinnamon bread and butter pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Old-school redux: Banana fritters with cinnamon chocolate sauce.

Banana fritters with cinnamon chocolate sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Golden syrup pudding.

Golden syrup self-saucing pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Puftaloons with golden syrup.
EASY

Puftaloons (cheat’s scones) with golden syrup

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Sticky toffee pudding.

Sticky toffee pudding

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Helen Goh: "I do urge you to try the bay seasoning in this strudel."

Apple and blackberry strudel

  • Helen Goh
Pineapple upside-down cake.

Pineapple upside-down cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
Baked sour cream custard.

Baked sour cream custard

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Vanilla puddings show off your best berry preserves.

Vanilla steamed pudding

  • 2 hrs +
  • Dan Lepard
Black Forest cake.

Black Forest cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Brigitte Hafner
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Everything you need to make the streusel topping can be found in your pantry.
EASY

Pear streusel

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Hetty McKinnon

Adam Liaw’s mango and pistachio floating islands (iles flottantes)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Helen Goh's giant floating island.

... or Helen Goh’s giant floating island with chilled brandy custard

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Nat Paull's roulade.

Beatrix Bakes’ chocolate roulade

  • Annabel Smith
Neil Perry's blueberry, raspberry and strawberry roulade cake.

... or Neil Perry’s mixed berry meringue roulade

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Rhubarb sponge pudding.

Rhubarb sponge pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry's vanilla panna cotta with champagne jelly and rhubarb.

Vanilla panna cotta with champagne jelly and rhubarb

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Profiteroles with fresh berries, custard and chocolate sauce.

Profiteroles with chocolate sauce, custard and berrries

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Steve Manfredi
Pears

Poached pears with chocolate sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Justin North

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