Finger buns, Black Forest cake: the retro desserts making a comeback
From Black Forest cake to the finger buns from the local corner store bakery, the retro dessert revival is back with a vengeance — and you can make them at home.
Retro desserts are back.
From the Black Forest cake your parents brought out at special celebrations to the finger buns from the local corner store bakery, delicious.com.au is celebrating the retro food revival with these best 20 desserts.
What are the desserts of your childhood? Share your memories in the comment section below.
Sour cherry and rosewater finger buns
Delicious food director Phoebe Wood has given the humble finger buns a modern twist.
“I’ve given these nostalgic treats a little modern makeover with this recipe for sour cherry and rosewater finger buns,” she says.
Do they match up to your childhood memories?
Golden syrup and apple dumpling pie
This awe-inspiring dessert is the perfect balance between impressive and absolutely comforting.
Spiced apples are the star of this pastry, and are wonderfully paired with golden puff pastry in this sweet treat.
Decadent, rich and ready for a celebration – this cake is the ultimate showstopper.
We’ve taken everything you love about the classic and upped the ante, including a Swiss meringue buttercream icing and a panna cotta filling.
Vanilla and tropical fruit cheesecake
Give your usual cheesecake a makeover with Valli Little’s Fijian inspired vanilla and tropical fruit cheesecake.
“These are an iconic Aussie bakery treat, but stuffed full of mock cream, they can be incredibly sweet,” Delicious food director Phoebe Wood says.
“Here I’ve used panna cotta and white and dark chocolate ganache for Neenish tarts that taste as good as they look.”
We created this dessert to honour the great Scottish food tradition of deep-frying anything and everything.
We use toffee and vanilla-flavoured ice creams that are coated in crushed honeycomb biscuits and sold impaled on a wooden popsicle-stick.
If you can’t find anything similar, ice-cream sandwich bars work well, as long as they are not choc-coated.
This recipe an extract from James Wirth’s cookbook, This could get messy: A guide to eating. To drinking. To doing both at the same time.
Matt Moran’s rhubarb and strawberry crumble
Simple and hearty, this crumble is a winner, with rhubarb and strawberry enhanced by just a touch of lemon.
Self-saucing chocolate pudding
Delicious and indulgent, this self-saucing chocolate pudding will be your new favourite recipe.
This berries and cream jelly slice looks impressive but is so easy to make.
Peach, rosé jelly and custard trifle
This trifle recipe is piled with fresh peaches, wobbly jelly and custard layers.
Apple, butterscotch and fig puddings
Rich butterscotch sauce adds moisture and richness to this luscious apple and fig pudding.
Ultimate bread and butter pudding
Valli Little has borrowed a few ingredients from the French to turn this Brit classic into a luscious dessert.
Pecan, dark chocolate and Biscoff hedgehog slice
Disclaimer: No hedgehogs have been harmed in the making of this delicious treat.
Lamingtons with white chocolate cream
A platter of lamingtons is made even better with white chocolate cream.
Triple chocolate and hazelnut sheet cookie
Forget rolling out the dough, chilling it and cutting into individual cookies: this simple ‘sheet cookie’ is something between a brownie and a biscuit – and better than both.
It’s fudgy and nutty, with molten bursts of white, dark and milk chocolate
Honey and lemon curd tart with blueberries
Have a sweet craving? Satisfy it with this fruity dessert sweetened with honey.
Whisky-soaked prunes make this silky chocolate mousse even more delightful.
It’s an old favourite which is still much-loved by foodies so warm yourself up with this tasty dessert.
With just a few everyday ingredients, you can make this truly special zingy lemon tart.
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Originally published as Finger buns, Black Forest cake: the retro desserts making a comeback
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