Best Easy Dinner Party Dessert Recipes

This can vary a lot in colour depending on what the flesh of your blood oranges is like; sometimes it's an orangey-red, others more pinky. If you don’t like cardamom just leave it out. Serve with the pistachios crushed and sprinkled on top for the perfect dinner party dessert.

Try Diana Henry’s blood orange and cardamom sorbet recipe

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This is no regular chocolate pot. The ketchup lends a sour, almost berry-like, taste to the richness of the chocolate that is pleasantly unexpected. These pots are perfect for serving as dessert at a dinner party. Make tiny portions as it’s so rich you’ll only need a little, and feel free to add more chilli if you like it a little ‘piccante’.

Try Florence Knight’s chocolate pots recipe.

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This rich and indulgent chocolate torte is a real treat and perfect for to serve as a dinner partydessert. The sweet date and almond base adds a good crunch to the silky smooth chocolate topping. The salted pecan sauce adds extra indulgence.

Try this chocolate torte with pecan sauce recipe.

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The combination of figs, lemon and honey with the praline labna is simply too good to be true – it’s the most delicious dessert. Perfect for an indulgent dinner party.

Try this honey roasted figs recipe.

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This tasty treat contains all the flavour of traditional gingerbread, but is much lighter. The perfect dinner party dessert, this hot spiced soufflé is sure to impress your guests.

Try this gingerbread soufflé recipe.

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If you're after a fruity treat, the this delicious dessert couldn’t be simpler. The sweet and tender pear is a wonderful way to round off a dinner party meal and guests will love its gentle spicing.

Try this caramel poached pears recipe.

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This is the ultimate crumble. It has taste, texture, acidity and sweetness. The toffee apple and buttery crumble all meld together to create a show-stopping dessert.

Try Tom Kerridge’s apple and toffee crumble tart recipe.

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This traditional favourite is given a twist with the addition of richly-flavoured Spanish saffron. The easy dessert is perfect for dinner parties as it can be prepared in advance.

Try this orange crema catalane recipe.

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This flourless chocolate cake uses only a small amount of ground hazelnuts giving it a light mousse-like texture. The velvety rich dessert is great served with a sprinkling of seasonal berries.

Try this flourless chocolate cake recipe.

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These naughty desserts from Martha Stewart are delicious served slightly warm with the toffee glaze still slightly gooey. A great option for a Sunday Lunchdinner party.

Try this sticky toffee pudding cupcakes recipe.

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The combination of sweet frangipane and succulent pears in this classic French tart recipe is delicious and will make the perfect centrepiece to any dinner party table.

Try this Normandy pear tart recipe.

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This is such as simple recipe with very few ingredients, but it still has the wow factor that will impress your dinner party guests. This chocolate version is especially delicious when served with a scoop of rich vanilla ice-cream.

Try this easy hot chocolate soufflé recipe.

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Nothing beats a creamy cheesecake and this indulgent white chocolate version studded with juicy cherries is delicious. A great dessert to serve at a dinner party, make this the day before as it will improve with chilling.

Try this white chocolate and cherry cheesecake recipe.

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This elegant poached pears dessert is a doddle to make. Serve up to dinner party guests with a spoonful of the gently spiced cream – they’ll be asking for the recipe in no time.

Try Shelina Permalloo’s poached pears with cider recipe.

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Although a tarte tatin is traditionally made with apple, this recipe allows you to experiment with plums, figs, nectarines or peaches. Serve with crème fraîche or ice cream and you’ll be hard pressed to beat this simple warming dessert.

Try this apricot tarte tatin recipe.

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This plum cake makes a wonderful dinner party treat. Deliciously sweet, serve up with a good spoonful of vanilla ice cream or a splash of cream for a bit of indulgence.

Try this plum cake recipe.

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Sticky toffee pudding is hard to beat. Sweet, sticky and deliciously moreish, they are sure to make the ultimate Sunday Lunch dessert.

Try this black tea sticky toffee pudding recipe.

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Made in a matter of minutes then left to chill, this rich, tangy and creamy lemon curd-style dessert is easy to make and tastes delicious topped with warm blueberries and served with some pretty Amaretti biscuits.

Try this lemon posset with warmed blueberries recipe.

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This quick and easy chocolate mousse can either be made as a large sharing dish, in a bowl, or in individual cups, glasses or ramekins. Serve with a large dollop of whipped cream for the ultimate dinner party pudding.

Try this bistro chocolate mousse recipe.

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This deliciously easy cheesecake can be whipped up in under 15 minutes and is wonderfully indulgent for something that uses only five ingredients.

Try James Tanner's gingernut and mascarpone chessecake recipe.

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The pears in this easy dessert can either be prepared the night before and served cold or removed from the oven (and the juice reduced) just before the meal. Serve with cream for an indulgent treat.

Try this pears slowly baked in red wine recipe.

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These simple pleasure pots have the perfect proportions to round off a meal. The cream nicely offsets the bitter coffee while the crunch of the pistachio complements the soft biscuit base.

Try this chocolate, biscotti and pistachio pots recipe.

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Bursting with vibrancy, these refreshing raspberry meringues are easy to make and just the right texture – crisp and light but still slightly chewy.

Try this raspberry pavlova recipe.

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This ‘little-black-dress’ of a recipe is timeless, elegant, and quick and easy to make. The cake is made even more perfect with some good crème fraîche to bite through the sweetness.

Try Trish Deseine's decadent, almost flourless chocolate cake recipe.

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This classic Mary Berry dessert recipe is deliciously refreshing, easy to prepare, and will make the perfect dinner party centrepiece.

Try Mary Berry's tarte au citron recipe.

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Quick and easy to make, this delicious fruit cobbler is topped with a thick, biscuit-like dough. Serve with double cream, ice cream or some crème fraiche for a classic, comfort dish.

Try James Martin's cherry and macadamia nut cobbler recipe.

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This dessert is so easy to prepare, but you must use white peaches or white nectarines (both can be found in shops during summer months) and the wine must be strong - something like an Amarone.

Try Antonio Carluccio's fresh white peaches in red wine recipe

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Indulgent and easy to make, this tasty cheesecake has a delicious balance of sweetness and bitterness from the dark chocolate and a subtle hint of ginger.

Try Gordon Ramsay's ginger chocolate cheesecake recipe.

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Unlike regular ice cream, granita isn’t churned, just forked over, to make chards of flavoured ice. A delicious, yet remarkably simple, dinner party dessert.

Try this watermelon granita recipe.

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This sublime chocolate hot pot is a hands down winner, perfect for an easy dinner partydessert or as a simple special treat for two.

Try this chocolate hot pot recipe.

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A great sophisticated, but good-for-cheats, dessert. Use ready-rolled puff pastry and, if you don’t want to make pastry cream, substitute with fresh ready-made custard from the supermarket.

Try this apricot galettes recipe.

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Everyone adores brownies. They are easy to make and keep for several days in an airtight container. Serve them with crème anglaise or a spoonful of crème fraiche for the perfect dinner party dessert.

Try Michel Roux's pecan nut brownies recipe.

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An easy instant pudding, this dish is a lighter summery version of the classic Italian coffee and mascarpone layered dessert but equally as tasty.

Try this raspberry and white chocolate tiramisu recipe.

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