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Classic desserts to master

From puddings and pies to sponge cake and tarts of all stripes, these sweet treats have stood the test of time.
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Loved by generations (and for good reason), these desserts are sure to send waves of nostalgia, as well as some delicious aromas, wafting through your kitchen. Fluffy soufflés, luxurious tarts and generously iced cakes will test the resolve of chocolate addicts while fresh and fruity flavours show up in pavlovas, panna cottas and a zesty lemon tart.

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From warming winter puddings and crumbles to summer trifles and sorbet, these recipes will see you through the year. Master them one at a time.

Chocolate cake with fudge icing recipe

Chocolate cake with fudge icing recipe

(Credits: Mikkel Vang)

Chocolate cake with fudge icing

A whole lemon tart on a black wire rack being dusted with icing sugar.
(Credits: Rob Shaw)

Lemon tart

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O Tama Carey's love cake recipe
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

O Tama Carey’s love cake

White chocolate and banana baked rice puddings

White chocolate and banana baked rice puddings

(Credits: William Meppem)

White chocolate and banana baked rice puddings

Frank Camorra’s tarta de queso (cheesecake)

Golden syrup dumplings with ginger and spice
(Credits: Anson Smart )

Golden-syrup dumplings with ginger and spice

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Pear tarte Tatin

Corella pear tarte Tatin

(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Corella pear tarte Tatin

Chocolate scrolls

Portuguese custard tarts

Bethany Finn’s lemon delicious pudding

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Crème caramel
(Credits: Rob Shaw)

Restaurant Hubert’s crème caramel

A round, crusty apple pie with a slice taken out of it, sitting on a light-blue linen tablecloth, with golden forks and a tumbler of amber-hued liquid to the side

Classic apple pie

(Credits: Phillip Castleton)

How to make an apple pie

Ginger-carrot cake with salted butterscotch frosting

Alistair Wise's custard tart

Alistair Wise’s custard tart

(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Alistair Wise’s custard tart

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Sesame doughnuts with custard (jin deui)

Sesame doughnuts with custard (jin deui)

(Credits: Sharyn Cairns)

Flower Drum’s sesame doughnuts with custard (jin deui)

Rhubarb galette

Rhubarb galette

(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Rhubarb galette

Chocolate mousse with white chocolate and corn flake crumble

Sweet cinnamon buns

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Doughnuts

Eton mess

Chocolate soufflés

Flour and Stone's fig and honeycomb pavlova

Flour and Stone’s fig and honeycomb pavlova

(Credits: Andrew Finlayson)

Flour and Stone’s guide to making the perfect pavlova

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Blueberry cobbler with ice-cream

How to make sorbet

H 'n' R banana royale
(Credits: Mark Roper)

H ‘n’ R banana royale

Coffee caramel panna cotta

Coffee caramel panna cotta

(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Coffee caramel panna cotta

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Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese-marshmallow frosting

Lemon meringue pie

Lemon meringue pie

(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Lemon meringue pie

(Credits: Ben Hansen)

How to make a chocolate ganache tart

Peter Gilmore’s quince, pecan and crème caramel trifle with Gretchen’s honey cream

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Spiced Fuji apple crumble with dulce de leche ice-cream

(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Coconut lamingtons with cherry jam

Black Forest cake

Banoffee pie

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Rhubarb and raspberry brownie
(Credits: Chris Chen)

Rhubarb and raspberry brownie

Bread and butter pudding

Orange and almond shortbread

Orange and almond shortbread

(Credits: Chris Chen)

Orange and almond shortbread

Passionfruit vanilla slice

Passionfruit vanilla slice

(Credits: Brett Stevens)

Passionfruit vanilla slice

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Tiramisù
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

10 William St’s tiramisù

Victoria sponge

Tried and true recipes.

Chocolate tart

A circular date pudding topped with a scoop of sesame ice-cream and drizzled with salted caramel. A pot of salted caramel featured behind, and a bowl of toasted sesame seeds.

Stickey date pudding

(Credits: Chris Court)

Date puddings with sesame ice-cream and salted caramel

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Crème brûlées

Crème brûlées

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