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No-bake desserts

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
Golden syrup dumplings.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s golden syrup dumplings

Dumplings poached in golden syrup and served with lashings of cream? What’s not to love!

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Anzac biscuit tiramisu.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Anzac biscuit tiramisu

This is part ripple cake, part Anzac biscuit and part tiramisu but I promise it all makes sense in the end.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Chocolate and vanilla mousse.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chocolate and vanilla mousse

This two-tone mousse is a great make-ahead dessert for your Easter lunch or dinner party.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Frozen fruit iced yoghurt.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s frozen fruit iced yoghurt

A microplane grater and some frozen fruit are all you need to make this easiest of desserts. Add a little sweetened yoghurt and you’re in heaven.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Tiramisu trifle.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s tiramisu trifle for two

I rarely bother beating egg yolks into zabaglione for a traditional tiramisu. Purists would see a mix of cream and mascarpone as a cheat but I’m fine with that.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Tiramisu panna cotta with sponge fingers.

Emelia Jackson’s secret to the perfect wobbly panna cotta

Magic happens when Italy’s favourite pick-me-up, tiramisu, meets the creamy just-set dessert.

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
Strawberry and cream bombe Alaska.

Looking for the ultimate party pud? Emelia Jackson’s retro ice-cream cake is the bombe

This showstopping summer celebration cake delivers plenty of bang but is much easier to make than it looks.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Last-minute cheat’s tiramisu.

‘So quick and so lovely, and just minutes to make’: Rick Stein’s cheat’s tiramisu

The celebrity chef and restaurateur shares a simple chicken supper and a genius cheat’s tiramisu recipe from his latest cookbook.

  • Rick Stein
RecipeTin Eats’ triumphant Christmas trifle.

RecipeTin Eats’ showstopping Christmas trifle will encourage you to dig deep

Here’s how to make a triumphant Christmas trifle (plus some handy hacks to save the day).

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre

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