28 ridiculously indulgent comfort-food recipes

From chocolate whiskey soufflés to sticky caramel buns and a caramel-topped cheesecake, here are 28 excellent solutions to midweek fatigue. Where's the spoon?

From chocolate whiskey soufflés to sticky caramel buns and a caramel-topped cheesecake, here are 28 excellent solutions to midweek fatigue. Where’s the spoon?

Classic Huxtaburger

Homemade white bread

Pepperoni pizza salad

Sticky caramel buns

Buckwheat polenta

Spaghetti alla carbonara

Espresso crema fritti

Cheese and bread soup (zuppa di formaggi)

Date puddings with sesame ice-cream and salted caramel

Crab omelette with foie gras butter

Rhubarb and ricotta bread and butter pudding

Cheesecake doughnuts with salted caramel

Chocolate whiskey souffle

Onglet with Cafe de Paris butter and frites

Korean fried chicken burger

Frozen peanut-butter custard cups

Quince brown Betty

Duck-fat scones, smoked cheese, sausage gravy and fried eggs

Chocolate-chip waffles with peanut-butter fudge ice-cream

Chocolate and almond millefeuille

Chimichangas

Black Forest cheesecake

Chocolate brioche

Caramel yoghurt cheesecake

Chocolate truffle layer cake

Walnut, whiskey and salted caramel pie

Nashville hot chicken

Southern fried chicken with smoky maple caramel

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