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Helen Goh’s palm sugar sago pudding.

Five lucky Lunar New Year desserts to make this weekend (starring this ‘irresistible’ pudding)

Usher in a sweet life for the year ahead with these treats from Helen Goh and Adam Liaw.

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Palm sugar sago pudding

This beloved Malaysian dessert is an irresistible combination of chewy sago pearls, creamy coconut milk and rich syrup.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Johnny cakes with peach salsa and golden syrup.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s johnny cakes with peach salsa and golden syrup

Fry the johnny cakes slowly, so they cook all the way through before they get too brown on the outside.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
This is the right kind of vanilla slice, says its creator Katrina Meynink.

Vanilla slice with caramelised pastry and passionfruit

Katrina Meynink’s version of the Aussie bakery classic is a thing of beauty.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Which vanilla ice-cream wins the taste-test?

Which vanilla is all killer and which one’s a total drip? 11 supermarket ice-creams, ranked

From Bulla to Blue Ribbon, Gelato Messina and more, Good Food has the scoop on the best (and worst) supermarket vanilla ice-creams.

  • Nina Rousseau
Emelia Jackson’s chocolate mousse.

Emelia Jackson’s light, airy chocolate mousse is the sweetest way to see in 2025

This make-ahead retro dessert, an irresistible combination of dark chocolate custard and whipped cream, is making a comeback on restaurant menus.

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
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Katrina Meynink’s two-tone jelly and panna cotta.

Raspberry, moscato and elderflower jelly with yoghurt and white chocolate panna cotta

On our hot Christmas days, this light and refreshing pudding is the kind of dessert we all need.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Continental Deli’s new canned Christmas pudding in all its glory.

Christmas pudding in a can? Sydney’s tinned food revival keeps rolling

Newtown’s most famous deli is now canning pudding (and custard), and a bar dedicated to all things tinned is set to open at Paddy’s Markets.

  • Scott Bolles
Helen Goh’s baked custard affogato.

Baked custard affogato with meringue brittle

Two key elements of this impressive dinner party dessert can be made in advance − just add espresso.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Pavlova Barbara.

Adam Liaw’s pavlova Barbara

Based on a Palestinian Christian dessert, this pav-with-a-difference is decorated with fresh fruits, nuts and seeds.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw

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