Woman’s Day’s best dessert recipes

Optional sauce: Combine lychee syrup, half the mint leaves and lime zest in small saucepan. Simmer syrup for 8-10 minutes until thickened slightly. Add lychees, stir until heated through and serve over rice pudding. Note

This poached pear pudding tastes as decadent and indulgent as it looks. A vanilla syrup mixes with the natural sweet flavours of the pears while the pudding is enhanced with notes of ginger.

To make a souffle that is elevated above the rim of the serving dish, you must make a collar. Cut 4 strips of paper about 10cm wide and long enough to fit around each souffle dish. Fold in half. Wrap around each dish so it forms a collar around the edge. Secure with string or […]

Keep the oven door ajar by placing a wooden spoon inside the door. Note

The irresistible combination of creamy mascarpone with tender fresh figs and a delicious crust will leave you totally satisfied.

This colourful and classy-looking dessert uses strawberry jelly crystals laced with a strawberry liqueur for flavour and a few real strawberries just for decoration It is a quick and easy cheat’s delight that is bound to impress guests at your next dinner party.