However, if you want to expand your horizons, there are plenty of more-inspiring desserts and sweets to add a bit of variety ...

Get the recipe from Barefoot Contessa. lily_rocha/Adobe. An Eton mess is a traditional, deceptively simple English dessert complete with layers of strawberries, broken meringue, and whipped double ...

Purists would insist Eton mess should only contain strawberries ... but you can also buy them which turns this dessert into a 10-minute-pudding.

Bring a pop of pink to your dessert with seasonal forced rhubarb. To save time, you could use shop-bought meringues – you’ll ...

Terisina Fitzpatrick shares two deliciously easy recipes for Eton mess, and using its left overs, a simple crème brûlée ...

Add some cracked meringues and some strawberries and repeat this to layer up the dessert. Serve the Eton mess pretty quickly after it is made. Line a large flat baking tray with parchment.

Purists would insist Eton mess should only contain strawberries ... but you can also buy them which turns this dessert into a 10-minute-pudding.