What’s everyone doing for dessert?

[Drbrowns]

I’m thinking of making Pavlova and banoffee pie maybe but always make these for dessert. Maybe some mince pies. Looking for some inspiration for something different, especially anything that can be made in advance.

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Simon Hopkinson's Sticky Toffee Pudding, with home-made vanilla ice-cream

I saw a thread here this week which made mince pies affogado , looks amazing

Sherry log 😋

Iceland frozen buffet. I will randomly choose 4 which tickle my fancy and then spend hours slaving away letting them defrost.

Surely everyone just makes a birds trifle and buys a chocolate log 😜

I do LOVE pavlova, may have to buy one of those too..

As for making dessert......I wish I had the skills. Dessert is my favourite part of Christmas dinner.

Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, chocolate log.

A Black Forest gateaux I think.

Delia's chocolate truffle torte is fabulous - very easy to make, and can be made in advance. Serve simply with cream or crème fraiche. (It's very rich)

I usually do Tiramisu - with quite a lot of marsala wine in it. (There are no children involved in my Christmas)

Always ice cream Christmas pudding.
the way I make it:
Large quantity of dried fruit
soak in large quantity of booze (usually amaretto). Sometimes mini marshmallows or malteasers added also.
Mix with Green and Blacks chocolate ice cream.
re freeze
serve with amaretti biscuits

I make a really nice Christmas pudding that's not too sweet, served with cream or ice cream and then trifle for the children.
Sorry OP, no original inspiration from me!

No one eats pudding until a few hours after Xmas lunch. My dad has trifle and Xmas pudding, my mum has Xmas pudding, DH has mandarin and ginger pudding, DC have one of those awful premade cakes from a supermarket shaped like a snowman etc.

Then obviously chocolates.

Homemade Xmas cake and pudding plus trifle on the day itself but every year we do something new for Xmas eve. So chocolate torte, marzipan in puff pastry, chox pastry with creme pat and praline (forgotten the name). This year I've got my German baking book out so planning a baked cheesecake (possibly biscoff) plum crumble cake, and something else, but we are a big cooking family.

Christmas pud and a lemon roulade

ChrIstmas pudding icecream

When I say Christmas pudding icecream, I mean literally Christmas pudding broken up into homemade vanilla icecream with a bit of brandy. I thinks that’s what people normally mean.

Home-made Christmas pudding (Delia Smith's recipe), after a digestive pause to let the turkey and roast potatoes go down. By the time we get to the pudding it's dark outside as we don't usually start Christmas dinner until 3 or 4pm, so flaming the pudding is particularly satisfying. We pour a bit of brandy over it, light it with a match so it is briefly covered in blue flame, and then dig in. I have it with thick cream. My husband has his with vanilla ice cream. Our daughter will probably have hers with a bit of both. Our son, poor benighted soul, doesn't like Christmas pudding 😱so I buy him something different. Last year he asked for cheesecake. Must see what he fancies this year!

Christmas pud and home made custard. Then a cheese board. Than a waffer-thin mint.

Then I explode.

Sticky toffee pudding?

Christmas pudding, mince pies and Christmas ice cream.

I am going for Rodney. He's currently sat in my freezer.

www.ocado.com/products/m-s-rodney-the-reindeer-baked-alaska-frozen-592100011

Affogato would actually be perfect as a light but lovely pudding, maybe with baileys and espresso

We're at my mum's so traditional Christmas pud with custard & extra thick cream for those who like it, shop bought jam tarts with cream and/or custard for those who don't.
The shop bought jam tarts are a long running family tradition at my mum's 😁

Tiramisu!
Banoffee pie sounds great.