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EASY AND MAYBE SHOP BOUGHT (!) DESSERT FOR 30 !!!!!!!!!

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lulumama · 04/12/2006 19:06

Hello lovely food experts

i never ever ever ever make desserts...except ready prepared chopped fruit, spooned on to ready made meringues and covered with cream.

so imagine my umitigated horror when my friend, who is making a party for 30 next week ...asked me to contribute a dessert.........tried to cop out an offer cheese platter , but someone else doing that!!!

doesn;t have to feed 30 , as 2 others bringing desserts, but needs to be big and easy and maybe bought..

we have asda, tesco, sainsburys, lidl, & aldi.

no posh delis or patisseries!

please help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

TIA xxxx

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Megglepantomimevache · 04/12/2006 19:07

Tiramisu is easy peasy to make (I've made it for 25) and then to keep/store or trifle but I think that's more of a faff that tiramisu.

happybiggirl · 04/12/2006 19:07

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Megglepantomimevache · 04/12/2006 19:08

Don't Aldi do fabulous desserts?

Megglepantomimevache · 04/12/2006 19:08

Casa Barelli Profiteroles
99p 2x100g, 49.5p per 100g

came out 10/10 in a taste taste

Megglepantomimevache · 04/12/2006 19:09

great minds eh?

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lulumama · 04/12/2006 19:11

thank you ladies....if i bought something, would artfully arranging it on a beautiful platter and tittivating it be ok...and smiling nonchalantly when asked how ever did i find the time to make it??????

keep 'em coming....although i do so love profiteroles.......

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Waswondering · 04/12/2006 19:11

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happybiggirl · 04/12/2006 19:12

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WonderCod · 04/12/2006 19:12

my frozen chocolate mouuses slice
all done ahead
have posted it before will try and find it

happybiggirl · 04/12/2006 19:13

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crumpet · 04/12/2006 19:13

Eton Mess: shop bought meringues, frozen strawberries and/or raspberries (defrosted), cream. Kirsch if you want to soak the fruit first.

Mash the fruit a little bit, crush the meringues into chunks, fold it all in with the cream. Don't make it all turn pink, aim more for a raspberry ripple effect.

Great pud - don't have to worry about it failing to remain whole. And tastes great.

WonderCod · 04/12/2006 19:13

OOPS add remaining icing suagre to eggwhites

By poisson on Fri 21-Jul-06 20:02

ok
its he bets ever thing for parties as you do it AGES in advance and get it out as you start oyur main course to deforst a bit

8oz plain choc( posh not scotbloc)
8oz unslated butter
4oz sieved icing sugar
5 eggs seperated
1.5 oz cocoa

  1. Melt buttter an d choc togethter in bowl over hot water
  2. beat in coca and half of the icing usgar( it goes glossy)
  3. cool for5 mins - do not lick it - then add egg yolks stirring
  4. whisk egg whites till firm
  5. add reminaing choc mixture

pur o into remekins ( arf) or a foil lined loaf tin

cover
place in freezer

irts liek a sliceable dense fudgey choc mousse

happybiggirl · 04/12/2006 19:14

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lulumama · 04/12/2006 19:14

agree re chocolate sauce...droooool!

not sure about cherry ...i adore cherry....but people can be funny about them!!!!

thank cod...if i can make it ahead , would be better, then i can feel really smug as made it myself and ahead of time !!!

thanks so much!!!! am feeling slightly ashamed now !! i really should try harder!

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Waswondering · 04/12/2006 19:14

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WonderCod · 04/12/2006 19:14

lulu
that amount will serve about 8
so do 2

itll take you 20 mins tops to make( with tidying up) and you can freeze for weeks ahead

WonderCod · 04/12/2006 19:15

its fab
its kind of cold and sliceable and fidgey

never naythign left ont he palte

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lulumama · 04/12/2006 19:15

x post !!!
THANK YOU ALL !!!!!!!

THANK YOU !! XXXXX

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SecondhandRose · 04/12/2006 19:16

If there's going to be lots of ladies you could do fruit kebabs (wooden skewers) and then push them all into half a water melon or similar. They are easy to eat too and don't need a plate.

happybiggirl · 04/12/2006 19:17

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lulumama · 04/12/2006 19:19

wow...what a lot of lovely ideas.....choc slices and / or profiteroles..and will hang on to the eton mess and fruit kebabs idea for summer parties ! xxxxx

thanks again x

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happybiggirl · 04/12/2006 19:20

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DimpledThighs · 04/12/2006 19:39

choc trifle:

buy 2 choc cakes (slab cakes if you can bear to call them that - lyons do good ones.)

slice into bottom of large dish

heat up couple of tubs of ready made custard and stir in broken up bar of dark choc - it melts into custard making a super duper 'how did youmake this' choc sauce

leave to cool

whip up couple of big tubs whipping cream and spread on top

grate some more dark choc on top

can alter by adding rum / black cherry pie filing / any liquer on the sponges.

this takes less time to make then the time to buy the ingredients and always goes down well and looks impressive - easy to bump up to make massive ones for parties.

Did it for 20 boys and their mums at DS bday. Went down a treat.

Do it - go on!

JinglePrunes · 04/12/2006 19:42

Do you have the River Cafe cookbook?
The Chocolate Nemesis is fantastic.
For some reason it says it feeds twelve but I have made it for 50 and there was some left over.
It is a bit of an expense tbh but sooooo worth it and the two times I have made it, I have had nothing but offers of sex.
(Well it felt like it.)
You DO have to read up on the web though because the recipe is the book is flawed. If you decide to make it (I'd google it first to see if you can face it!) then I will happily pass on my annotated recipe which works. Brilliantly.

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lulumama · 04/12/2006 19:52

thank you for the further suggestions....

no i donlt have the river cafe book....and having a flawed recipe makes me scared!!! as do offers of sex! LOLOLO thank though !!

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