Ideas for a Christmas Day pudding that isn't Christmas pudding (or trifle)

[TriggersBroom]

This year, nobody who is around on Christmas Day particularly likes Xmas pudding so I'm looking for ideas for a yummy pudding for Christmas day - something indulgent (possibly creamy and/or chocolatey) which can be made in advance. Any suggestions?

(I'm not too keen on trifle)

[elQuintoConyo]

Oooh, bump (sorry, no ideas myself!)

[TriggersBroom]

I don't have much freezer space so it would have to be made fresh the day before,

[elQuintoConyo]

..but my mum once made Christmas pudding ice cream for herself, it looked tasty and smelled tasty but we weren't allowed to have any

[cakewitch]

Panettone bread and butter pudding. Make the custard with cream, and put some orange zest in it.

[elQuintoConyo]

Ah.. no ice cream, then! We're cross-posting!

[LemonBreeland]

Chocolate roulade, or a nice cheesecake. We also sometimes have sticky toffee pudding here.

[olaflikeswarmhugs]

We are having sticky toffee pudding this year

[TriggersBroom]

That tiramisu cake looks amazing. But Ds will sulk as he doesn't like coffee.

We did this once: www.deliaonline.com/recipes/galleries/Christmas-desserts/truffle-torte.html which was very nice.

[Allalonenow]

Black Forest chocolate cake!

Oh and you'd best have prawn cocktail starters too!

[TriggersBroom]

That's a bit mean of your mum Quinto

[owainsmum]

Delia's chocolate truffle torte. Very very good and rich and chocolatey, especially with cream on top . DH doesn't like Christmas pud so I make this as well. Can be made a day or two in advance, or can even be frozen if you want to make it earlier

[TriggersBroom]

Black Forest cake would definitely fit my chocolate/ cream brief.

[clary]

I always make a chocolate mousse cake.

It's yummy and creamy and chocolatey! It's quite laborious (separated eggs, egg white beaten, whipped cream etc) and very expensive - I costed it out once when I made it to cut up and sell at a fair and I think it came to about £8 . It does feed at least 12 - 16 people tho. I always make it the day before.

Can post recipe if you like OP.

[TriggersBroom]

That does sound lovely clary. Although I'd probably regret all the egg separating on Christmas eve.

[TriggersBroom]

Mind you, having rejected egg separating, this does look rather good:

www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/desserts/special-occasion/a-return-to-the-black-forest.html

[TheSpottedZebra]

Profiteroles. Make the pastry puffs in advance, fill with cream a few hours before needed if you want, and make the choc sauce the day before. Then to serve, just warm up the sauce, and enjoy.

Or ice cream-filled profiteroles can be made well in advance.

[TriggersBroom]

Ooh. I've never made choux pastry. Am i brave enough? I could make a profiterole croquembouche-type tower!

[ALittleFaith]

I made this frozen Christmas pudding a couple of years ago. I halved the ingredients and still had plenty. Really delicious! Needs freezer space though.

[TriggersBroom]

I might have a little experiment with Nigella:

www.nigella.com/recipes/view/profiteroles-with-a-hot-chocolate-sauce--996

[TheSpottedZebra]

Yeah do it. I'd never made it before 'til the other day and it was lovely and honestly not hard at all. So we're having them again for Xmas! Not a tower though, just a, erm, heap. Perhaps in a festively shaped dish? And with lots and lots of sauce.

I might do a salted caramel sauce as well as a choc.

[TriggersBroom]

That looks lovely Faith, but freezer space will be at a premium as my mother will be bringing her famous salmon mousses for Boxing day.

[TriggersBroom]

Or maybe an alcoholic sauce for the adults and a milk chocolate sauce for the kids Zebra?

[TheSpottedZebra]

See, I really want to make loads of sauces. A choc one, for all. Then a chocolatey and booze one for adults. Maybe with Cointreau for that chocolate orange thang? But also, a sort of mexican inspired chocolate sauce with spices and chilli. And a salted caramel sauce too. And might we need a white chocolate sauce too? Wih rum perhaps?

I really really like pudding you see.

[TriggersBroom]

A sauce buffet!