Moveable puddings

[MikeRafone]

I am looking for two puddings/desserts for easter

But they need to be transportable, so would be easier if I could assemble them onsite 200 miles away and I have to stop overnight on the way - so looking to keep in boot on route for 48 hours. I can get to a supermarket to buy cream etc just before I arrive

I was thinking Meringes, strawberries and cream for one pudding

but a second pudding dessert that is different but easily assembled or keeps?

an ideas welcome - we all eat most things no allergies or dislikes

How about a chocolate brownie dessert - you could bake that in advance, it would keep in the boot, well wrapped up, and you could serve it with cream.

Or a pie or tart of some sort - apple and cinnamon pie, or treacle tart, maybe.

I make a deep filled apple pie using bought puff pastry. You peel, core and finely slice Bramley apples, mix them with plenty of brown sugar and cinnamon, and pile into your pie. You can do a full pie (pastry top and bottom) or just top it with the pastry. Either way, I think it would store and transport fairly well.

Basque cheesecake - it even looks better if you keep the greaseproof paper lining on in a rustic fashion. Nigella's recipe works well. You can serve it with seasonal fruits transported in Tupperware

Sticky toffee pudding should travel well. Not desperately original but delicious!

I came here to say pavolva, but you already have that covered

the Basque cheesecake is a good one (or baked new york cheesecake is good too the browneyedbaker one is fantastic)

Or how about a classic if you'll have an oven at the other end to warm it up - Rice pudding in a coolbag would keep 48 hours in a boot (unless you're talking the middle of summer... )

I was going to suggest brownies too, take some raspberries and some clotted cream, job done. You can make them in advance, they keep for up to a week in an airtight container. You can warm them in a microwave or oven before you serve them if you like.
I'm not the best at making desserts but this recipe hasn't failed me yet!

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/best-ever-chocolate-brownies-recipe

I really like the idea of the cheesecake - its something my host has never served me so would be different - but im worried that if I leave on Wednesday evening - will the cheese cake last until Friday evening? without being refrigerated ?

I am liking the idea of chocolate brownies, clotted cream would be appropriate, but it is something that the host has served me before - though probably 25 years ago...

It would be an excellent failsafe to fall back on and like the idea of raspberries with them

In a Decent coolbag it should be fine - you could stop part way up for bag of ice to cool it down again - it's good if it's made it up to room temperature by the time you serve anyway, tastes better.

Basque burnt cheesecake should be stored in a fridge. If you can keep it below 5 C in a cooler bag with ice, it will be fine for 48 hours. Just don’t let it touch the ice so it freezes and turns mushy!

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/blueberry-buttermilk-bundt-cake-recipe-2268982

this is lovely, I add the zest of 1 lemon

it travels well.

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If it's only 200 miles, can't you drive straight there, cool bag is fine for a day.

If it's only 200 miles, can't you drive straight there, cool bag is fine for a day.

I could indeed, but my hosts at the half way point who are looking forward to seeing me overnight & for an afternoon tea the next day will be sad...

I came here for a moveable feast joke but it seems I'm in the wrong place.

Cakes that are better/good on day 2 or 3

Gingerbread cake
Nigella's Clementine cake
Nigella's chocolate olive oil cake

Mini egg rocky road

@UniversalTruth's suggestion of Nigella's Clementine cake is a very good one - it will keep very well, and is so easy to make.

I'd go with some kind of cake if you want to keep it in your car for 2 days - personally I wouldn't trust a chessecake unrefrigerated for that long.

You could try this - red oranges are in season now?
Blood Orange Upside-Down Cake Recipe (yummynotes.net)

I would probably avoid something chocolatey (much as I love brownies!) for Easter - assuming there will probably be eggs or some other form of Easter chocolates on offer? Ignore me if not, I just know that after a visit to my extended family at that time of year I can barely look at chocolate again for quite some time!

I would personally go light and fruity/citrussy. I was going to suggest Eton mess which is basically what you are already planning, and then something like key lime pie, cheesecake or lemon drizzle cake. Also like the suggestions of the clementine cake and the blood orange upside down cake above!

If it’s only 200 miles of driving, that’s just a few hours out of the fridge. Can’t you ask your overnight hosts if you can put the cheesecake in their fridge? As long as you make one for them too!

Nigella does a damp lemon and almond cake that tastes better for being left a couple of days, will keep in the boot and make a great dessert with a few fresh raspberries and cream. If you can dust with icing sugar just before serving, so much the better.

The brownie idea is also a good one.

Personally, I'd not trust meringue in a boot for 2 days - in any form.

Bannoffee pie? Brought pastry shell and tins of caramalised condensed milk and bananas. On arrival, slice bananas into pastry shell, add caramilsed condensed milk, top with whipped cream.

If you make a cheesecake could you freeze it and let it defrost on the journey.

Can’t you ask your overnight hosts if you can put the cheesecake in their fridge?

their fridge is always chock a block with food, no way would I get a desert in - id have done that otherwise

Im liking the idea of a gingerbread and have looked online and found a friend fruit compote to go with it, which will make it more of a pudding and be easy to take the dried fruit etc and sort when I get there. I can also cut in half and leave half with my 1st host as she liked the gingerbread I made at xmas for her hamper.

Much as I like the idea of brownies I think the ginger bread will be a bit different and just as easy to make, gets better after a few days and goes more sticky.

Then the meringues, as even if they get crushes it won't matter and I can make them this weekend as they last a good two weeks in an airtight container - add fruit and cream for Eton mess

thanks for the ideas

If you are making ginger cake (excellent choice!) what would go with it best would be rhubarb compote.
It's rhubarb season just now, so easy to source. Prepare the rhubarb at home, pack in a plastic bag, toss in some sugar. When you get to your destination, simmer the chopped rhubarb gently in a little water, it only takes a few minutes to cook. Stir in the juice and grated rind of an orange if you want to be fancy. Delicious!