500 Delicious Desserts

Desserts are the ultimate culinary luxury, delightful confections to pamper the taste buds and allow free reign to the cook's imagination.

Whether treating yourself to a rich chocolate mousse on an evening in alone, enjoying a citrus sorbet on a hot summer's day, keeping winter at bay with a hot fruit pudding or impressing guests with a spectacular meringue creation there is the right dessert for all occasions.

Choose from classics, such as profiteroles, lemon meringue pie and apple crumble, or experiment with international dishes like tiramisu or brandy-soaked borracho cake from Spain.

Glorious photographs inspire cooks of every level of expertise and show how the finished dish should look, and nutritional notes detail energy values as well as cholesterol, fat, carbohydrate and sugar content.