32 caramel recipes to up your dessert game

Crunchy like toffee. Smooth like butterscotch. When it comes to the golden goodness of molten sugar, caramel can do no wrong. Sink your spoon into Saint Peter’s almond meringue with white peach caramel, Cutler & Co’s signature apple terrine with burnt-butter ice-cream and butterscotch sauce, or Guillaume Brahimi’s salted caramel and chocolate ganache tart. The choice is yours.

Churros cake

Churros cake

Caramelised pineapple with star anise and ice-cream

Caramelised pineapple with star anise and ice-cream

Walnut, whiskey and salted caramel pie

Walnut, whiskey and salted caramel pie

Coffee caramel panna cotta

Coffee caramel panna cotta

Apple-caramel sponge pudding

Apple-caramel sponge pudding

Chocolate crémeux with caramel

Chocolate crémeux with caramel

Flan de queso

Flan de queso

Buttermilk carrot cake with spiced caramel

Buttermilk carrot cake with spiced caramel

Bodega’s banana splits

Bodega’s banana splits

Coconut-caramel pavlova

Coconut-caramel pavlova

Banana and coconut caramel fritters

Banana and coconut caramel fritters

Coconut sundae with pineapple caramel and macadamia nuts

Coconut sundae with pineapple caramel and macadamia nuts

Miso-caramel apples with macadamia crumble

Miso-caramel apples with macadamia crumble

Salted-caramel macadamia ice-cream sandwiches

Salted-caramel macadamia ice-cream sandwiches

Baked ricotta cream with mandarin caramel

Baked ricotta cream with mandarin caramel

Sweet Envy’s caramel galactic bars (aka fancy Mars Bar slice)

Sweet Envy’s caramel galactic bars (aka fancy Mars Bar slice)

Caramel pumpkin pie

Caramel pumpkin pie

Cutler & Co’s apple terrine with burnt-butter ice-cream, oat crumb and butterscotch sauce

Cutler & Co’s apple terrine with burnt-butter ice-cream, oat crumb and butterscotch sauce

Saint Peter’s almond meringue with white peach caramel

Saint Peter’s almond meringue with white peach caramel

Salted-caramel macadamia tart with chocolate ganache

Salted-caramel macadamia tart with chocolate ganache

Pan-fried bananas with salted maple caramel and vanilla ice-cream

Pan-fried bananas with salted maple caramel and vanilla ice-cream

Caramel brioche buns

Caramel brioche buns

Restaurant Hubert’s crème caramel

Restaurant Hubert’s crème caramel

Salted caramel layer cake

Salted caramel layer cake

Caramel yoghurt cheesecake

Caramel yoghurt cheesecake

Golden mango and passionfruit caramel tart

Golden mango and passionfruit caramel tart

Date puddings with sesame ice-cream and salted caramel

Date puddings with sesame ice-cream and salted caramel

Flour and Stone’s salted caramel chocolate éclairs

Flour and Stone’s salted caramel chocolate éclairs

Orange caramel sticky doughnuts

Orange caramel sticky doughnuts

Chewy caramels

Chewy caramels

Sticky caramel buns

Sticky caramel buns

Guillaume Brahimi’s salted caramel and chocolate ganache tart

Guillaume Brahimi’s salted caramel and chocolate ganache tart

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