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Quick and easy desserts

Planning a dinner party, Valentine’s dinner, birthday or other special occasion? We all need a few quick and easy desserts up our sleeves, right?

My favourites are the ones that are impressive but take minutes to make. Try this legendary, dramatic San Sebastian cheesecake, this eternally popular 6-ingredient gooey Swedish chocolate cake, or this super easy ‘magic’ self-saucing lemon pudding.

Or browse below for more easy and yummy sweet delights!

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6-ingredient Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding (Low Sugar, No Eggs)

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30 Minute Healthy Chocolate Cake

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White Chocolate Tiffin With Crushed Meringues And Fruit

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Easy Thin English Pancakes (With Lemon And Sugar)

A San Sebastian cheesecake from above with pieces cut out and raspberries on the top of one piece

Amazing San Sebastian Cheesecake (Basque Burnt Cheesecake)

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10-minute Christmas Rocky Road

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Best One Bowl Gluten-free Brownie Recipe

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Perfect Chocolate Orange Cake

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Ultimate Cinnamon Scrolls (1 hour With Secret Ingredients)

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Biscoff Blondies

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Chocolate Lollipops

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Hedgehog Slice (5 ingredients)

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Anzac Biscuits (Low Sugar Recipe)

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Easy Lemon Mascarpone Cake

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Addictive Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars

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5-minute Chocolate Pots (Only 4 Ingredients!)

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Banana Mug Cake Recipe (Gluten-free)

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10-minute No Bake Chocolate Truffle Cake

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7 Layer Bars With Pecans (Magic Bars!)

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Healthier Brownies With Avocado

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Pretzels Dipped In Chocolate (Easiest Food Gift)

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Gooey triple chocolate muffins

Someone lifting up a big slice of pineapple, coconut and banana cake with cream cheese icing on top with a fish slice

Coconut And Pineapple Banana Cake (Hummingbird Sheet Cake)

A slice of ricotta lemon loaf cake on a plate - someone eating it with a fork

6-ingredient Ricotta Lemon Loaf Cake

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11+ really easy dessert recipes (6 ingredients or less)

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Healthier Vanilla Cupcakes With 2-ingredient Frosting

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Life-changing Banana Bread Waffles

sticky apple ginger cake bars on baking paper with apples and other ingredients in the background

Sticky Apple and Ginger Cake

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Chocolate Fruit And Nut Clusters (Chocolate Rocks!)

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5-minute Chocolate Banana Ice Cream (Nice Cream!)

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2-minute Peanut Butter Healthy Mug Cake

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Easy No-bake Ginger And White Chocolate Cheesecake (Wagamama Copycat)

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Really easy mini banana bread recipe (oven + air fryer!)

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Chocolate-dipped Oreos

closeup of a piece of White chocolate baked cheesecake with raspberry coulis on a pink plate with the rest of the cheesecake in the background

White chocolate baked cheesecake (with raspberry coulis)

A piece of Nutella swirl loaf cake on a plate with a fork on a white and blue plate and with the rest of the cake and a glass of milk in the background

Nutella swirl loaf cake (with hazelnuts)

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Greek yogurt choc chip muffins (low sugar recipe)

Closeup of an easy apple cake (torta di mele) on a white plate

Easy Italian Apple Cake (Torta Di Mele)

5-minute white chocolate pot de crème with strawberries in it and a spoon from above on a white marble background.

5-minute white chocolate pots de crème

A close up of a slice of sticky blueberry lemon curd cake with yogurt and fresh blueberries on top on a white plate with a fork.

Sticky blueberry lemon curd cake

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Don't expect to find anything fussy or complicated here. Just QUICK, EASY & (mostly!) HEALTHY recipes from the Mediterranean and beyond. ENJOY! READ MORE >>


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