British desserts recipes

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Scottish Shortbread

Scottish Shortbread

This is the most famous cookie of Scotland. It’s a must to use pure butter. Traditionally, shortbread contains no other flavor. I’ve been making…

Marlin Rinehart
Feb 2010
Intermediate
9 votes
36372 views
Vanilla Custard Sauce (British)

Vanilla Custard Sauce (British)

This sauce is served over steamed puddings, fruit crisps (crumbles), and any dessert that would be enhanced by a creamy vanilla sauce. It's the…

Marlin Rinehart
Mar 2010
Intermediate
4 votes
36984 views
Lorraine Pascale's Let them eat cake, cake

Lorraine Pascale's Let them eat cake, cake

This is recipe from her new book Fast, Fresh and Easy Food, and this cake is quick to make as it follows the…

Bella
Sep 2012
Intermediate
5 votes
27277 views
Bailey's and Mascarpone Cake

Bailey's and Mascarpone Cake

This is a wonderfully moist cake laced with Bailey's Irish cream. You will find it very hard not to eat more than one slice!

Hungry Jenny
Apr 2010
Intermediate
9 votes
6787 views
Butter and Flour Free Chocolate Cake

Butter and Flour Free Chocolate Cake

This contains chickpeas which might sound strange but actually works really well! It doesn't taste particularly…

Hungry Jenny
Mar 2010
Intermediate
10 votes
12367 views
Lorraine Pascale's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Zebra Cake

Lorraine Pascale's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Zebra Cake

I love making cakes that are a bit different but with cakes I always seem to revert back to my old favourites.…

Bella
Sep 2012
Intermediate
1 vote
21841 views
Parkin

Parkin

traditional north of England cake

Bob Towlson
Feb 2012
Advanced
1 vote
1446 views
Sugar and Butter Free Apple Cake

Sugar and Butter Free Apple Cake

Despite having no butter or sugar, this recipe creates a really moist and sweet cake that you don't need to…

Hungry Jenny
Mar 2010
Intermediate
3 votes
8891 views
Swiss Meringue

Swiss Meringue

So as you may remember from an earlier post that I have never made Meringue. Being brought up with a healthy eating JammyMummy we had loads of…

Samantha Rivera
Dec 2011
Intermediate
2 votes
5552 views
BLACK FOREST CAKE

BLACK FOREST CAKE

Deserts are by far our favorite part of a meal. It is also that part of the food universe we just aren't super great at making. So when someone…

Real Food Real Kitchens
Apr 2013
Intermediate
1 vote
2924 views
Travel Gingerbread Cookies

Travel Gingerbread Cookies

Make these soft gingerbread cookies to take on your travels if you suffer from travel sickness - the calming effects that ginger has on the stomach…

Hungry Jenny
Apr 2011
Intermediate
2 votes
9776 views
Jammy Apple Tart

Jammy Apple Tart

For an 8" pie tin (6 slices)

Hungry Jenny
Jan 2011
Intermediate
2 votes
968 views
Butter Free Raspberry and Almond Cake

Butter Free Raspberry and Almond Cake

I used Michael Ruhlman's Ratio book to create this cake from scratch..and it worked! See my blog entry about…

Hungry Jenny
Jul 2011
Intermediate
1 vote
4234 views
Summer Pudding

Summer Pudding

A delicious classic English dessert which is completely fat free.

Guilt Free Cuisine by Fergyhun
Aug 2011
Intermediate
1 vote
2294 views
Mince Pies

Mince Pies

Not just for Christmas!

Karen Vivers
Dec 2013
Intermediate
1 vote
2780 views