16 fruit pudding recipes to sweeten up your evening

This fruit sponge recipe was a popular pudding in Nici Wickes’ household when she was growing up. You can use any stone fruit bottled in the summer, or a store-bought tin of plums will suffice too

Nici Wickes’ gluten-free boysenberry and pear pudding recipe is wonderfully textured, with gritty cornmeal in the sponge topping and soft fruit beneath. Serve warm with plenty of soft whipped cream

This lemon pudding recipe never gets boring – it’s tangy and vibrant in flavour, and light and soft in texture. It’s a good way of using up any less-than-fresh yoghurt. Waste not, want not!

The secret of this pudding is in having a variety of colourful fruit. I’ve used late-season plums to add colour and flavour but you could also use quince or rhubarb.

It doesn’t get much better than this zingy ginger and grapefruit sponge pudding recipe. Gently spiced and with gorgeous citrus notes, this dessert is perfect served with ice cream or thick Greek yoghurt

Nashi – the main variety being nijisseiki – are ready for eating when their skin is a light yellow-green colour. When over-ripe they turn a richer yellow and begin to loss their crisp texture. Note

Steamed puddings are an easy dessert for a large family, but that doesn’t mean those living alone or with smaller families should miss out. This smaller version takes no time to steam cook

If you’re dreaming of satisfying your craving for chocolate, why not try these delectable chocolate and cherry puddings. Serve them piping hot from the oven with a generous scoop of good quality vanilla ice-cream.

These remind me of the steamed puddings we had growing up. They are so light and fluffy, and the caramel sauce is extremely moreish!

Serve this delectable pudding hot or warm, with cream, ice-cream or custard.

These tangy steamed puddings are a delightful after dinner treat. They can also be made ahead and reheated. And they are suitable for diabetics.

This pudding goes straight to the top of the favorites list when it comes to classic winter warming desserts.