i have a seriously sweet tooth so i thought why not find some of the desserts that i’ve grown to love over the years. Thank you to BBC food for the findings.
Creme brule
Ready in around 1 hour 30 minutes
More effort
Serves 4
- 2 cartons double cream, 1 large (284ml) plus 1 small (142ml)
- 100ml full-fat milk
- 1 vanilla pod
- 5 large egg yolk
- 50g golden caster sugar, plus extra for the topping
Find cooking method @ http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2745/ultimate-crme-brle-
Rocky road chocolate crunch bars
Cook: 5 mins Prep: 20 mins plus chilling
Easy
Cuts into 12
- 100g butter
, roughly chopped - 300g dark chocolate (such as Bournville), broken into squares
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
- 140g rich tea biscuit, roughly crushed
- 12 pink marshmallow, quartered (use scissors)
- 2 x 55g bars Turkish delight, halved and sliced (or use Maltesers, Milky Way or Crunchie bars)
Find cooking method @ http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8003/chocolate-crunch-bars
Strawberry cheesecake
Prep: 30 mins Plus 1 hr and overnight chilling
Easy
Cuts into 12 slices
- 250g digestive biscuit
- 100g butter
, melted - 1 vanilla pod
- 600g soft cheese
- 100g icing sugar
- 284ml pot double cream
For the topping
- 400g punnet strawberries
, halved and stoned - 25g icing sugar
Find cooking method @http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4653/strawberry-cheesecake-in-4-easy-steps-
Battenberg cake
Prep: 2 hrs Cook: 1 hr
Easy
Makes 2 cakes, each cuts into 10 slices
For almond sponge
- 175g very soft butter
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 140g self-raising flour
- 50g ground almonds
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 3 medium egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp almond
extract
For pink sponge
- 1 x ingredients for almond
sponge - pink food colouring, we used ½ tsp Squires rose food paste
To assemble
- 200g apricot jam
- 2 x 500g blocks white marzipan
- little icing sugar, for dusting
Find cooking method @http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1120657/battenberg-cake
Bread and butter pudding
Prep: 20 mins Cook: 45 mins
Easy
Serve
- 250ml full-fat milk
- 300ml double cream
- 1 vanilla pod, halved and seeds scraped out, or 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 whole large eggs
, plus 1 egg yolk - 3 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 8 slices of day-old white crusty bread
- 50g slightly salted butter, softened plus extra for greasing
- 75g mix sultanas and currants or other dried fruit
- zest ½ lemon
- 2 tbsp demerara sugar
Find cooking method @http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bread-butter-pudding