The best easy puddings to make this weekend
Some of the tastiest desserts can be knocked up with the contents of your cupboard, as this trio of treats proves
4 April 2021 • 5:00am
A fruity sponge combines three fruits for a glorious, light dessert
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It’s hard for me to smell roast lamb or beef and not, simultaneously, get a waft of apple crumble. Fattiness, meatiness, sweetness and slightly caramelised apples go together in my mind. This is because of the last-minute simple puddings at which the British excel. Often, when I was growing up, we would think we wouldn’t bother with a pudding after Sunday lunch, but then would be overtaken by a desire for crumble, bread and butter pudding or Eve’s pudding. They can all be knocked up at the last minute; the ingredients, apart from the fruit, are usually in your cupboard, and you don’t have to weigh anything. Crumble is just fruit and a buttery crust that you rub together with your han
Cheatâs rhubarb and orange bostock recipe
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Diana Henry,
The Telegraph s award-winning cookery writer
4 April 2021 ⢠6:00am
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A French, not British, pudding, bostock usually has frangipane on top of brioche, but this cheatâs version is just made with marzipan. Itâs basically fruit and marzipan on bread. Serve while warm â it doesnât look as good once itâs sat around, as the bread starts to look soggy and the rhubarb shrinks a bit. Go easy when sifting icing sugar on to serve (the dessert is already very sweet) â itâs just for looks.
Prep time: 15 minutes |
30g caster sugar, plus 8 tsp
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