which christmas dessert?

[Eddas]

We're off to MIL for christmas dinner and she's asked each of us to bring along some food for the day, my job is the desserts mmmmmm, but what should I get? If it were left to me it'd be chocolate all the way!!

[bumpybecky]

Banoffee trifle not made it before, but sounds yummy :)

[traceybath]

Am doing christmas pudding, mince pies and lemon polenta cake. The latter is basically for me as I loathe all types of dried fruits.

[juneybean]

I decided last night I'm going to make a chocolate truffle torte in a terrine shape (have some takeaway cartons which will allow easy removal) with mcvities nob of the hob on the top.

[Icantbelieveitsnotbitter]

We have christmas pudding, a fruit salad (with starfruit, lychee and other fancy fruits to amuse the kids), and then either profiteroles or a chocolate orange cheesecake - maybe both depending on how I feel about stuffing my frozen profiterole shells on Xmas morning! There are 12 of us on both xmas day and Boxing Day and fruitsalad for breakfast the week after Xmas has been a tradition since I was tiny !

[drfayray]

Since moving to Australia, we always have a pavlova filled with cream and fresh berries. It goes well with the prawns .

[MerryClitoris]

Last year we had a similar bring-a-bit Christmas dinner, and someone brought a chocolate roulade dressed up as a yule log - cut a slice off for a branch on the side, dust with lots of icing sugar snow and stick holly leaves and cranberries on top. Oh, and a little robin. 'Twas very effective.

[BelligerentYhoULE]

Am liking the sound of the lemon polenta cake, Tracey.

[Eddas]

well I went out last night on my dessert quest and came back with

Christmas pudding
Cheesecake
Chocolate gateau
Ice cream
Cream

Have been back out this morning due to dh thinking there wasn't enough, although I did agree but Tesco was bare last night, and got

Yule log
Strawberry pavlova
Custard

I already have some mince pies

If that's not enough then tough

I will also make some fairy cakes tomorrow and bought some decorating bits for those.

[gillybean2]

That's plenty and sounds very nice. You may need brandy butter for anyone having xmas pud though.

I usually have in the house:

1. profeterols (often the one with choc mousse in bottom of dish)
   
2. yule log - fudge kind
   
3. toffee pecan roulard
   
4. mince pies
   
5. icecream
   
6. Triffle
   
7. fruits to make fruit salad with if want something lighter.
   
   
   I would only ever buy xmas pudding if someone specifically said they wanted as it is foul. Xmas for us now is about having what we want and like to eat, not about what you're supposed to eat...
   
   As it's just ds and me again we eat the yule log & pies on the run up to xmas, have the profetrols on xmas day (am skipping triffle this year) and the roulard is frozen and tends to get taken to friends if we go there on boxing day. COuld uite happily skip cmas lunch and just having puddings all holiday