Best homemade dessert

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Lunch party for 6, my turn to cater, what can I make that they won't have had before?

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cherry-cheesecake-slice
Cheesecake. Shortbread biscuits for the base. Made in a loaf tin so it looks a bit different. Tastes bloody amazing!

I don't have a party to cater for but now I want to make that cheesecake loaf😋

Pavlova? Most people think it's much harder than it is.

I made these once for a summer lunch - served it in tall champagne flutes rather than a larger one and it went down really well.

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/gin-and-tonic-jelly

The feta and honey kataifi pastry cheesecake from Honey & Co restaurant is amazing. You can make all the components in advance and just assemble, and vary the fruit according to what's in season. recipe here

I made this recently and it was lovely. Very easy

https://ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes/peach-rosemary-and-lime-galette

Cook some fresh pineapple with sugar and a small glass of wine till it's syrupy.
Whilst it's very hot pour it into a baked pastry case and pour a small carton of double cream over.
The cream sets, and it's beautiful.

Ottolenghi yoghurt thyme and honey cheesecake. A bit time consuming due to straining the yoghurt, and it needs time to set, ideally overnight. But delicious and really not difficult.

Nigella's recipe for Mont Blancs is ridiculous easy (it's more of an assembly job rather than cooking) but always goes down well and looks really pretty served in glasses.

https://www.neelscorner.com/scaled-mont-blancs-recipe-nigella-lawson/

Depends what your meal is but this time of year imo can't beat Eton Mess or grilled pineapple with a Malibu and mint glaze

pistachio and raspberry meringue roulade

Lemon posset tart. Easiest thing in the world and tastes amazing

Eton Mess or Lemon Posset or Barbados Cream as absolute easiest tasty desserts 😁

Key lime pie almost as easy

Pavlova - choose your topping but for summer passion fruit and raspberries is a hit.
make the meringue the day before and just whip up the cream and add with fruit on the day.

My mum used to make a Charlotte Russe with banana mouse, lime jelly and sponge fingers. It could be updated to not be quite so 80s 😄 here is a raspberry one. I can guarantee it will be new to many people.

https://natashaskitchen.com/charlotte-cake-recipe/

Can't beat a fresh fruit tart - blind bake (or buy) pastry case, line with creme patisseriere or mascapone whipped with sugar/sweetener of choice and flavour of choice (we used lavender recently, worked really well) arrange fruits of choice on tarte then glaze with a light jelly or sugar syrup - I make a jelly with Prosecco!

For summer I love this Eton Mess. So simple and delicious. Everyone loves it! www.google.com/amp/s/www.deliaonline.com/recipes/international/european/british/eton-mess%3famp
I don't make the meringues. I buy and pack and just keep adding them until it's sweet enough.

I would make a pavlova with loads of fresh fruit and cream on the top , always looks amazing , easy to make in advance , easy to repair ( cover the cracks ) if it goes wrong / breaks
I would also do a no cook cheese cake with fruit again looks great , tastes great, easy to make and can be made in advance
I would do a small cheese board for anyone who didn’t like the other two and lay them all out so they can have a bit of each should they wish ,
alternatively a fresh fruit cocktail would cover almost all allergens

This is phenomenal, we often do this for Christmas. You could make in one big glass bowl rather than individual ones https://www.nigella.com/recipes/white-chocolate-and-passionfruit-mousse

I’ve got so many new recipes for my Pinterest pudding board, thank you all .

Lots of lovely recipes here, The main is an assortment of Ottolenghi bits and includes Labneh (cream cheese/yoghurt dip) and worry about including anything too creamy in the dessert. Do you think it's ok to include?

Crème Brûlée

I think if there are loads of other textures and flavours along with the Labneh then something creamy for afters would be fine.

Jaffa Cake Trifle...

Easiest home-made ice cream ever - needs no churning. 1 can of sweetened condensed milk. 16 fl oz (2 cups) heavy cream. Flavouring (simplest is vanilla essence but there are so many variations possible). Put all ingredients in a bowl and beat with a mixer on high speed for about 4 minutes until very soft peaks. Turn into a loaf tin and freeze. I have done many variations of this. Chocolate is add 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa to the condensed milk. Lemon is add large spoonful of lemon curd and a tsp lemon essence. Rocher is add a large spoonful of Nutella. You can swirl through with all sorts of things - I have done ginger preserve swirled through chocolate. Lemon swirled through with strawberries cooked down with a little sugar until syrupy. Chocolate swirled through with peanut butter mixed with caramel. You can be very inventive.