Decided not to make Christmas pud this year.......what can i make?

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ill be making some mince pies and what else can i make??

trifle!

yum!...

but my mum usually bring her own gorgeous trifle

im just thinking of making biscuits stuff or is that not xmassy?

trifle
chocolate yule log
christmassy ice cream
fruit salad
How about a large mincemeat tart with some pretty pastry decorations?

Sticky toffee pudding
Nigella's clementine cake

We always have a brandy, sticky date laden dessert as an alternative...

The other option is to make a Christmas bombe

These individual cappuccino chocolate mousses here are blumin lovely. Would be great after big xmas dinner. I made with decaf coffee and yogurt instead of raw egg and the kids loved them, and they are sophisticated enough for the adults too. I did them in a mixture of sherry and shot glasses!

Or Tiramisu - delia has a v easy recipe.

A chocolate roulard with Baileys cream.

Make the chocolate roulard and bake, whip up whipping cream with a good slug of Baileys, spread this in the middle and roll the roulard up. Place on you presentation plate and dust with icing sugar. Pop a sprig of holly on top.

Yummmm

just made chocolate creme brulees and are in freezer until I need them

ooh janmoomoo those look great - I will be trying those out for sure!

summer pudding we always have!!

I made a winter trifle with figs, apricots, dried pears and dates soaked in orange juice and brandy last year.

Lighter choices : tiramismu or pavlova.

5gomad - where did you get chocolate creme brulee recipe from - sounds lovely?

It si in Delia's Chocolate book.

Found that on delia online, looks fab, thanks.

It reminds me Delia has a brilliant chocolate bread and butter pudding which is gorgous and even better the next day. Might be a bit heavy after xmas dinnner tho.

Biscuits sounds nice, especially if you have xmas shaped cutters, as kids can help to do them, and you can decorate them - I personally have disasters with chocolate chip cookie dough, so I wouldn't recommend that type. Light oaty type ones with cherries or banana slices stuck on are nice.

Other things I've done/seen done are:
Pineapple upside down pudding, and have it with custard (preferably tinned custard!!) - it's nice and light after a big dinner, and if kids don't like xmas pud, they may prefer this (and even I can cook this and I'm hopeless!!).
Or poached pears put in a sundae glass, with melted chocolate and cream poured over and sprinkly chocolate bits etc?

I went to Germany for Xmas one year and we had an "apfelkuchen" (apple cake thing, but looked like a yule log) for pudding - it was lovely!
How about a gingerbread house? - you can get "kits" to do them.
Failing all that, buy/make a Black Forest Gateau!!! Yummy...

I always used to make shortbread as I don't like "real" pastry - that can be cut into Christmassy shapes too.

Was this specifically for after-Christmas-dinner or are you just looking for things to make for Christmas generally?

I made Nigella's chocolate bread and butter pudding last year instead of Christmas pud. Tho I have adapted it to a 'bung it all in the pot' method. It cooked for the hour we took to eat Christmas dinner.

I have done that many times the bread and butter pudding, we are having it on Saturday night.

whats the recipe for a christmas bombe? it sounds good.

How about Iced christmas pudding? Its on delia online, it is basically christmas pudding ice cream - gorgeous!