Warm desserts for chilly nights

Rich, moist and irresistible, this glorious chocolate pudding produces it’s own heavenly sauce when baked. Serve with a dollop of thick cream for an absolutely heavenly dessert.

With a thick, crumbly crust and warm, cinnamon stewed apples, this apple pie is sure to satisfy the whole family.

Rich, sweet and decadent, this gluten-free dessert is beautiful served with a dollop of cool ice-cream or fresh cream.

Starring sweet, seasonal fruit and coconut, these crunchy baked crumbles turn out as comforting winter warmers. Or try them with custard as a substitute for traditional festive season pudding.

Bread and butter pudding is as old as the hills and it’s great for using up stale bread. There are many different ways of making it. This recipe is a bit of a departure from the traditional, with the addition of bananas.

Self-saucing jaffa pudding.

These explosive lava cakes ooze an addictively rich stream of chocolate, rum and raisins. Delve beneath the surface if you dare.

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Serve this decadent winter dessert with lashings of whipped cream.

These decadent self-saucing puddings are complete with an oozy melted chocolate centre. Serve drizzled with a rich caramel sauce and a dollop of vanilla ice-cream for the ultimate weekend dessert.

This pudding perfectly balances the tartness of the rhubarb with the sweet, creaminess of white chocolate. Delicious!

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

You can use frozen mixed berries. Note

This low-GI rice pudding is enhanced by the flavour of caramelised​ figs and the zest of orange. Serve with drizzled honey, nuts and mint. It’s perfect for diabetics too.

Sticky date crumble puddings

Combine two of the most comforting desserts, sweet pie and fruit crumble, to make this indulgent winter warmer to curl up on the couch with. This apple and blackberry crumble pie goes beautifully with a dollop of ice-cream or fresh cream.

We used pink lady apples in this recipe, as they tend to hold their shape well. You can keep and use the syrup at a later date to serve over ice-cream and fresh berries.

Apples, caramel, golden crumble and cream – is there any better combination than this? This is apple crumble on steroids