FIRST MEAL
FTB’S FAST FOOD If you have a sweet tooth, sometimes the dessert at the end of the meal is the part you look forward to the most. But as any dessert expert will tell you, the wide selection of sweet treats in the shops can make it very difficult to choose that perfect ending to your meal. FTB has tried and tested some of the top desserts on offer from the UK’s leading supermarkets to make your life a little easier and to satisfy those sugar cravings DELIGHTFUL DESSERTS
TEST WINNER
CO-OP
WAITROSE
TESCO
MARKS & SPENCER
Chocolate orange Bro’dough, £1.25; Irresistible millionaires roulade, £4.50; Irresistible dark chocolate & sour cherry brownies, £3.00; Irresistible raspberry & passion fruit cheesecake, £3.25
No.1 tarte aux fruits, £5; No.1 pear, ginger & blond white chocolate cake, £6.50; Passion fruit & mango tart, £4.50; Queen of trifles, £15
24 mini cheesecake selection, £12; Plant Kitchen churros, £4; salted caramel cheesecake, £5; toffee & honeycomb traybake, £4
Waitrose desserts are a little more on the
finest* triple caramel orange torte, £5; finest* triple Belgian chocolate celebration cheesecake, £4; finest* 4 all butter pastry speculoos tarts, £2.50; Jaffa cake, £2
expensive side, but you most definitely
Tesco’s range of desserts is great value
some stand-out desserts. The mini
The Co-Op offer an excellent selection
get what you pay for here. The tarte aux
but just lacks the overall quality of
cheesecake selection only has a
of desserts, especially from its
fruits has a perfect pastry and is topped
some of the other desserts tested. The
selection of just two varieties, a tangy
Irresistible range, which includes some
with a selection of fruit that looks and
caramel orange torte has a unique
raspberry and white chocolate and a
high-quality treats fit for any dinner
tastes really fresh, and the layout on top
design and the spiced digestive biscuit
rich chocolate chunk version. Although
table. The chocolate orange Bro’dough
makes this dessert quite a spectacle,
really pulls everything together nicely.
they tasted good, we did think they
is an orange-flavoured brownie,
definitely nice enough to serve for
The celebration cheesecake has the
were a little on the small side for the
shaped like a doughnut, covered
guests. The ginger white chocolate cake
look of a dessert that's double the
price and there could have been more
with milk chocolate and finished with
is a must if you are really fond of ginger
price and is definitely one for those
variety. The churros, however, were
edible gold decorations. They re are
as the taste is quite strong, and the juicy
chocoholics among us. It has Belgian
the striking dessert from the selection,
deliciously moreish. The roulade offers
pear hidden within it bursts in your
white chocolate, topped with chocolate
made from fried wheat flour with a
lots of lovely textures with an excellent
mouth with flavour as you bite into it.
ganache, chocolate truffles and
pot of delicious, rich chocolate sauce
blend of creaminess and sweetness
The passionfruit and mango tart is very
treats and would make an amazing
and a cinnamon sugar sprinkle to
that will have you coming back for a
good, with an excellent balance of tangy
centrepiece for a dinner party. The
put over the top – a tasty reminder of
second slice. The rich dark chocolate
and sweet flavours throughout, and
speculoos tarts were perhaps a little on
warm holiday evenings in Spain! The
of the brownies is a real stand out,
again a nice pastry on the bottom. The
the dry side, although they do have a
cheesecake was a little underwhelming
especially when mixed with the sour
Queen of trifles is just that and will easily
nice yet unusual flavour to them. The
as the caramel flavour isn’t very
cherry, plus the gold lustre makes
serve 10 of your guests. Layers of silky
Jaffa cake is an enlarged version of the
strong and the base a little bland. The
them look great. The bright colours of
vanilla custard mousse, fruity raspberry
all-time classic and has all the lovely
traybake is extremely sweet, perhaps
the cheesecake really pop from your
jelly and light sponge are topped with
orange flavours you’d expect, with the
too sweet for some, although the
plate while also having a lovely hint
a pistachio crumb and could lead to
added bonus of orange-flavoured cream
Dulche de Leche toffee sauce mixed
of vanilla coming through it. Overall a
a round of applause to finish off your
cheese in the middle. A solid range of
with the crumbly base is a lovely
quality selection of desserts.
meal. Long live the Queen!
desserts from Tesco.
combination.
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The M&S selection is good, with
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