Your best Christmas desserts

[Bemyclementine]

Homemade suggestions for something really lovely please!

I've got one single Mary Berry cookbook from about 15 years ago after a friend was raving about it. I tried a couple of things and they were just a bit meh or unsatisfactory enough to not want to try again. It's gathered dust ever since. I know it's a treasonable offence to say so but her cookbooks don't inspire me and I don't cook her recipes. I do enjoy watching her on television though.

I hate watching Nigella, and Nigel too for that matter, but have loads and loads of their books and cook from them all the time.

What's that all about?

I also hate watching Nigella and have made very few of her recipes, but I really like reading her.

Nigel, if I can be indelicate, really gets on my tits.

Mont Blanc, meringue/pavlova with chestnut purée and cream or mascarpone

Rick Stein's iced Kougelhopf

Now I think about it Hugh and Jamie both massively get on my tits on TV but I have seven books by them and they are the first I turn to for midweek supper inspiration.

I hate watching Nigella

I hate the flirtiness, and cooking in the dark! and maybe I'm jealous that I don't have a massive house and swanky dinner parties

I would love this recipe please 🙏

This is the sort of thing Mary’s good for, twist on a classic

It’s this one :-)

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/festive-date-pecan-pudding

Yes, you're right. This is where I'd probably turn to Delia for the choux pastry and wing the decoration myself!

Eton mess.. crumbled meringue nest, whipped cream or ice cream, splash of baileys and either some mincemeat or whatever chridtmas stuff i have in... mince pies/ christmas cake/stollen etc
or chocolate, cherries and amaretto for a black forest version

Vanilla Panna Cotta (not vegetarian, so it depends on your guests)

Really easy, we do it the day before and never any problems
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/vanillapannacotta_87907

@madaboutmad thanks will definitely give that recipe a try!

Are you serious!

Panettone bread and butter pudding. It's so good I dream about it.

Mary Berry's chocolate berry yule log - happens to be gluten free too.

Traditional sherry trifle.

Spiced poached pears.

I’m stuck in bed with Covid and now I want to raid the cupboards, but can’t be arsed to move! This is making my stomach rumble.

Chopped up chocolate mini rolls. Soak in Baileys. Add custard and cream on top.

And a vanilla cheesecake.

Absolutely.... What's the problem??? 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄

@therealcookiemonster oh my that puddings sounds wondeful...

Does anyone have a good Baileys chocolate cheesecake please?

Ha! I've also been in bed with covid. Zero appetite since Sunday but this thread is rekindling my interest in food. Well, anything involving chocolate and whipped cream anyway.

Home made chocolate mousse , baileys poured on top, swirl of cream and grated chocolate/flake. Yum, yum and so easy

At least we’ll be ‘out’ for Xmas. I hope you feel better soon. Bloody Covid!

Yes, that's been my only consolation. I've felt absolutely bloody awful for three days and missed several gatherings, the ones I actually wanted to go to.
I hope you are on the mend too.

I make the chocolate Guinness cake for my husbands birthday, it’s amazing!

Last year I made a layered lime cheesecake, not particularly festive but looked really impressive and tasted delicious. I was really nervous about the jelly, buying powder instead of sheets didn’t help, but it worked brilliantly.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/layered-lime-cheesecake

Maybe not for Christmas but inspired by a BBC Good Food recipe I’m considering a Banoffee pie with crushed banana chips in the caramel instead of raw bananas. It should be like nut brittle…
Also the upside-down pineapple stalk “Christmas tree” fruit salad from another thread, when I decide to chop into my stunt pineapple.