Chocolate Savan cake, kiwi tart and chocolate truffle cake were the best desserts.

A ball-shaped, milk-chocolate truffle cake embroidered with raspberry sauce and whipped cream was also exquisite.

Invert the truffle cake onto a large platter.

For the truffle cake filling, start by making custard: add the cream, milk and vanilla seeds to a medium-sized saucepan and bring to the boil.

Place the truffle cakes on a non-stick baking tray in the centre of the oven and cook for six minutes.

When the truffle cakes are cooked, remove from the parchment paper, transfer to the plates and dust with a little cocoa powder.

Desserts from this side of the Atlantic that drew raves were a fudgy truffle cake, an exquisite pecan-walnut-cashew pie and flower-pot cakes.

Under the guise of "chocolate truffle cake," a near-souffle emerged from the kitchen.

Try the rich truffle cake, the crackly crusted creme brulee, the creamy tiramisu or the tangy Key lime cheesecake.

Instead of 282 calories a slice (a seventh of his regular six-inch truffle cake), the reduced-fat version has 180, and four grams of fat.