This dark chocolate pudding will puff up proudly as it bakes and then sink when it cools; just dust it with lots of icing (confectioners) sugar.

This is an easy dessert, combining lemon and meringue into soft frozen slices. Choose a good quality ice cream for this recipe and if you prefer, use ready made meringue shells and lemon curd.

Serve this in little dishes with the cream, or eat with pancakes, whatever takes your fancy.

Fresh peaches, tumbled into wonderfully light as air custard, flavoured with Beaumes de Venise; you can use sherry or Marsala instead. The passion fruit pulp helps to cut through the sweet edge.

The sharp citrus flavours are perfect with these delicious crepes. Try to find unusual combinations of fruit in season, such as blood oranges, pink grapefruit and clementines, as well as usual oranges.