We've rounded up 10 of the best places for desserts to cure a sweet tooth craving:
1. Just Grand Vintage Tea Rooms
This Grand Arcade tea room is ranked the best place for dessert in Leeds on Tripadvisor. Its signature afternoon tea is served on a three-tier vintage china plate stand, with sweet treats including freshly baked scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream and a lavishly-decorated cake of your choice.
2. Dumouchel Pâtisserie
Dumouchel Pâtisserie is an artisan bakery in Garforth serving up a range of breads, patisserie treats, savouries, cooked meals, wedding cakes and chocolates. The chocolate eclairs are a favourite with customers, filled with chocolate crème pâtisserie and a chocolate ganache coating.
3. 42nd East Bakehouse
42nd East Bakehouse, in Queens Arcade, isn't your average bakery. The menu includes triple-layered cookie cakes, Biscoff cookie dough jars, gooey chocolate brownies, warm croissant bakes with nutella and Biscoff and a special Valentine’s Day ball stuffed with cookie dough.
4. Love Brownies
Love Brownies offers award-winning chocolate brownies baked by hand in Yorkshire. Owner and head baker Chantal Teal launched the business on her kitchen counter in Ilkley in 2009 and it now boasts 17 shops and cafés across the country, as well as an online store. Its new flagship Leeds shop is located in Victoria Gate.
5. Heavenly Desserts
There are plenty of decadent desserts on offer at Heavenly Desserts in Headingley. The cool Double Pleasure sundae is made with scoops of refreshing mango and strawberry sorbet, while the vanilla and white chocolate creme brulee, served with crushed meringue, is a stand-out from the Luxe collection.
6. Haute Dolci
Luxury dessert restaurant Haute Dolci in The Light shopping centre boasts a vast menu of sweet treats, including gelato creations, ice cream sundaes and sorbet. Enjoy each mouthful while surrounded by the restaurant’s beautiful white decor, with views across the shopping centre.