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To take for lunch at a friend's tomorrow. Any suggestions? Not to contain any fruit. Thinking s'thing with chocolate but having a bit of a blank!!

Cheers!

Cheesecake
Brownies and cream
Chocolate fudge cake
Syrup sponge pudding
Treacle tart
Rice pudding

Mmmmmmmmm puddings

I want syrup sponge!

Oooh yes syrup sponge, with custard!

Oh and custard, very hot runny custard.
DH eats custard cold straight out the tin

Good ideas! I have a great cheesecake&choc recipe...keep it coming!have m add brownies before tho...

Syrup sponge?? What's the?

Do pureed dates that you can't taste count as fruit? If not then this. (make the sauce at home and just reheat it on the hob or in microwave when needed)

Alternatively, the chocolate equivalent has no dates.

Tiramisu

chocolate mousse

Does lime juice count as fruit?

Mascarpone & lime cheesecake

I think lime counts as a fruit!?

What's the deal with fruit anyway?

No idea. Have made brownies before but first time we are going over to eat. Luckily I asked if there were any food issues/avoidance...irony is I'm trying to avoid carbs. Can't see it happening. Nigel slater also did a self saucing choc pud in a magazine a while ago but maybe bit tricky to make before hand...

Ah, OK I see. I hadn't twigged that the hosts specified no fruit sorry . Tricky if they didn't give a reason. One of my relatives won't eat any fruit, but orange/lemon/lime juice in something would be no issue and neither would undetectable dates. I guess you have to play safe if you don't know why.

No carbs and no fruit is v hard <ponders>

Aha, I have it! Sugar-free jelly . That surely contains no actual fruit?

I think it's going to b chic mousse from igella express... Ages since I made it and have all the ingredients. V funny re sugar free jelly!!

Bloody iPad:chocolate mousse!!

Chocolate pots....big bar of bourneville, pot of double cream, 4 eggs, 2tspcoacoa, 4 tsp sugar. Melt chocolate with a bit of the cream then blitz it all in mixer/blender, pour into expresso cups and bake in the oven for about 15 mins. Either eat it hot and sloppy or chill overnight and have it smooth and creamy.

tiramisu
any cake
ice cream
profiteroles
pecan pie
baked alaska.....I'd go with the chocpots though as they are easy to carry.

Looks like a fab recipe! Will be dreaming of chocolate tonight...mmm...