If you're not having Christmas Pudding or mince pies for dessert, what are you having?

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Looking for glorious special Pudding for Christmas day for those who don't eat Christmas Pudding or mince pies. What are you having?

Flourless chocolate brownies from Nigella Lawson's book/web site. Tried it a few years ago when we released that both DH and I need to avoid gluten and it has become a firm favourite.

I add fruit when serving, either raspberries or a mix of berries.

Thanks for the receipe!

Can you get Baileys whipped cream where you are? .......mind you, not sure how boozy it is.......

Plum tarte tatin with posh vanilla ice-cream. Unless I get scared of the pastry/caramel combo in the tarte tatin then poached plums. I suspect DH will sulk for weeks if I just give him poached plums and ice cream.

The new issues of Good Food has a recipe for a Millionaire's Chocolate Bombe (basically a mix of chocolate ice cream and caramel with a biscuit and choc ganache coating, stuck all over with Maltesers).

It's inspired me to make some chocolate ice cream mini puddings for the children, but stuck all over with choc drops or mini buttons and topped with a cake topper of edible holly. I'll make a couple more for any adults who want an alternative to Christmas pudding.

I'm making Nigella's White Chocolate and Ginger Cheesecake. I made it last year, and it's proper lush

Oh gawd this is getting ridiculous!!!

Watched an old episode of Jamie's Christmas yesterday and he did this

winter bombe

That's now on my potentials list (minus the nuts)

But then there's that other bombe with caramel too ...

Thanks for recipe lemon it may be a step too far not

Mmmm trifle

DD doesn't really like Christmas pudding, so usually had sticky toffee pudding - made them today so they can go in the freezer.

Harry - I love the sound of that cheesecake, can you link to the recipe please?

I swear Tom Kerridge making a nice looking cake with boiled oranges, spice and ground almonds that I'm planning to try. Also Nigella's holiday hot cake always goes down well, another spicy sponge with its own syrupy sauce included.

Saw not swear, sorry!

I've discovered to my horror that M&S are no longer making the family Christmas favourite:

www.marksandspencer.com/passion-fruit-mousse-with-raspberry-coulis/p/p60047624

Is there a similar he anywhere else? Or how and Earth do I set about recreating it!?

Nigella's chocolate Christmas pudding is just gorgeous. I will put a little sprig of holly on the top!

Coffee pavlova (nigella I think)

Pannetone bread and butter pudding with spiced custard. Neither DH nor I grew up here so no traditions of Christmas puddings.

I'm doing a trifle, a lemon meringue roulade and a crunchie & toblerone cheesecake

Tangerine posset.

My mum is a hairdresser, and has a lovely customer who makes us a Christmas pudding every year, but my sister is an awkward arse who won't eat it, so I make profiteroles for her

There will be 15 of us and we are in charge of dessert.

DH is making a couple of different pavlovas and I am making Nigella's gluten free brownies. Will grab some tubs of ice cream on the way.

I really fancy a trifle but will be staying at DPILs and don't think they have a suitable bowl to make it in.

Not sure if that will be enough dessert!

We're repeating last year's Ben and Jerry's feast.
But it did make the Sainsbo delivery driver very envious. 'I wish my mum would do that'

Steamed apple pudding with mincemeat sauce and Cornish clotted cream. It's become a firm Christmas favourite here although I do still love a traditional Christmas pud, no one else here does!