A silky, lightly sweet custard with rosewater and cardamom—Persian dessert at its most comforting. This mango pound cake is soft, moist and rich in flavour. If you like mango desserts, you are ...

But rice pudding is indisputably a British classic, a simple dessert which brings a sweet twist to a staple food and makes it a filling, wholesome dish which can be made cheaply and easily.

There’s no need to cook your rice pudding for hours in the oven. This one cooks in a saucepan, just like a risotto. To prepare the prunes, gently heat the Marsala, brandy, orange juice and sugar ...

Whip the cream and fold in the honey. Spoon the rice pudding into bowls and top with the crumble and a scoop of the cream.

This is my adaptation of a 1968 Edmonds Cookbook recipe for a steamed pudding. It is served with custard, what the French called creme anglaise. Once you know how to make real custard, powdered ...