Sour cream strikes the perfect balance of sweet and sour in this dish, while wattleseed brings a spiced, coffee-like flavour.

Add a touch of quirkiness to your after-dinner dessert with these creamy chocolate puddings served in your favourite jars.

These little chocolate and caramel shortbread squares are perfect served with coffee at the end of a meal.

"When I arrived in Australia over 20 years ago, I was blown away with this country’s love of a good chocolate pudding, sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce and the rightfully venerated lemon delicious! That same self-sauciness blesses this pudding that’s based on a recipe found in a vintage cookbook from Victoria." – Matt Preston

This is one of the easiest chocolate mousse recipes to whip up at home, while the popcorn ice cream will surprise and delight.

For the perfect end to your dinner party try this decadent peanut butter and milk chocolate terrine topped with crushed peanut brittle.

Double the chocolate, double the deliciousness. This decadent mousse cake deserves to be savoured slowly.

“This rich, moist chocolate cake makes an impressive birthday centrepiece – especially if, like my children, you are of the opinion that a birthday cake must always feature chocolate, and plenty of it. Chocolate is abundantly represented in this creation, both in the cake batter and in the luscious frosting. A light scattering of crimson berries lifts it to an elegant, timeless dessert. If you want to plan ahead, you can make the cake the day before and keep it well wrapped until you are ready to frost it” - Silvia Colloca. This is an edited extract from Love, Laugh, Bake! by Silvia Colloca, published by Plum (RRP $39.99), available now.

Even the biggest licorice haters may be converted after trying this tart. You’ll need an 11cm x 34cm loose-based fluted tart pan for this recipe.

Is there anything more comforting than a gooey, chocolate pudding?

This double-chocolate mud cake is rich, decadent and oh, so impressive.

Toffee hazelnuts are the crowning glory on this chocolate layer cake that's sandwiched with butterscotch cream and glazed with a thick layer of ganache.

These white chocolate panna cotta melts are worth the wait - best served with a balsamic strawberry sauce to accentuate the rich vanilla and white chocolate flavour.

Sweet and aromatic, these puddings are the perfect end to dinner.

Saviour the taste and texture of this chocolate terrine to the last mouthful. A perfect end to your next dinner party; serve this terrine with coffee. You will need to begin this recipe a day ahead.