Showstopper desserts

Here are the best cake ideas and dessert recipes that will impress anyone. Find a large selection of delicious desserts and sweet treats to serve a crowd. We have included no-bake options and vegan recipes too.

Elegant and irresistible, these impressive fancy dessert recipes give you restaurant-worthy treats at home!

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From chocolate treats to meringues, as well as fancy fruit tarts, cheesecakes with a twist and a classic Christmas pudding, these are our most impressive, delicious and memorable dessert recipes perfect for the festive season.

There's something about the winter holidays that just makes us want to splash out in the kitchen. Whether it's with a gorgeous prime rib roast, an

Better Homes and Gardens' best Christmas dessert recipes, from classic puddings and pavlova to cheesecakes, trifles and ice cream.

Whether it's a gingerbread house worthy of a Bake Off final or a beautiful biscuit wreath to hang on your door, while away the festive season with one of these impressive Christmas baking projects.

These show-stopping desserts are the perfect ending for a dinner party because you can make them ahead. This recipe contains raw eggs; if that’s a concern, buy...

Cooking a full festive feast doesn’t always leave time for preparing an extravagant dessert, too. Luckily these super-easy Christmas dessert recipes are here to help you pull off a showstopper with the minimum of effort.

I've only made really minor changes to this Raspberry, Pistachio & White Chocolate Roulade from Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh's book Sweet(ad) to make it easier to follow for less experienced bakers, and to make it better suited to small kitchens.