Dessert ideas for girls night in please!

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All my fail safes have been done to death so i really need something new for this weekend, a night in with the girls.

It needs to transport well, be able to be out of the fridge for a while and be easy but delicious.

Ones i have done to death are:
bannoffee pie
lime cheesecake
chocolate mousse
carrot cake (not really a dessert but often requested!)

Would love some new inspiration please. No real dislikes so all suggestions (and links to recipes ) welcome please!

Tiramisu (I like Nigella's baileys tiramisu)

Link to recipe as instructed

I have made it and it does work.

Replies already?! How great are you lot

Love the idea of tirimasu Trillian- the current front runner! thicko emoticon- where in the local Asda chic upmarket deli will i find ladyfinger biscuits? will they be with the cakes, biscuits, or baking stuff?

'Ladyfinger' otherwise known as 'sponge fingers to go in trifle' are usually near the cake ingredients (I got mine in Sainsburys opposite the tinned fruit). I got 3 packets as I wasn't sure how many I would need (they were about 60p a packet).

Apparently when I was little I loved to eat those finger biscuit thingys just on thier own

Nothing beats a good tiramisu as already suggested. How about Jamie Oliver's baked cheesecake?

Nigel Slater's hot chocolate puddings are good too but you need to have those little ramekin thingys. DP has successfully made this recipe but I haven't - I think you need to be quite strict with the timing of cooking and the oven in our current flat isnot very good.

I find the best way to get hold of little ramekins is to buy Gu puddings and eat them

Oooh, getting all excited thingking about puddings. I love recipes.

Profiteroles - easy peasy!

thingking

I think I know what you mean- similar childhood recollections coming back to me! Just as well, i didn't relish the prospect of having to ask for 'ladyfingers'.

Where it asks for coffee (are you regretting suggesting this yet?!), does it mean make up the coffee with boiling water as you would if you were going to drink the coffee, then cool it?

I dont know what it is about Nigella's recipes, Im sure they are all delicious I just find them very...wordy

ooh dont talk to me about hot chocolate puddings- I did (or TRIED to do) these recently- goodness knows whatI did wrong but they exploded in the oven and were barely edible. So im staying well away from anyhting requiring absolute precision!

I like to read them more than I like to make them (but not as much as I like to eat them).

It goes eating > reading > making

We have a coffee machine so I actually made real espresso but if you're going for the easy option I would make up some double-strength instant coffee and use that. I think you'll need to use boiling water to make it dissolve but then add cold to the right volume.

ruby - very organised of you to put your order in now... is summer pudding the one made of old bread? Somehow Ive never really fancied it...

It always looks so appetising in pictures and in restaurants etc- its just the thought that it contains old bread! Seems wrong in a dessert somehow- i've never liked B & B pudding for the same reason.

Bread and butter pudding is rubbish.

Could you make summer pudding with those sponge fingers? That would be much tastier.

(I don't have shares in them honest )

Make your own ice cream sundae bar.
Ice cream, lots of toppings, wafers etc. YUM!

Can't really do ice cream as taking it to someones house 30 mins away. Good idea for a summer bbq though.

Trillian- you really DO like those sponge fingers, don't you?!

Like them better than stale bread, if that's what you mean.

I do a cheats creme brulee. In ramekins put a layer of raspberries then a layer of crushed maltesers. Then put a layer of marscapone (sorry for spelling)on top, sprinkle on brown or golden sugar then grill under a v hot heat until sugar caramelises. The maltesers also melt a bit-gorgeous.

V easy to prepare and travel with. So far everyone I've made it for has been impressed.

Pavlova. Whisk up the meringue but and put in hot oven for five mins, then turn the oven off but leave the pavlova in for another hour. This stops it becoming dry and crunchy, instead you get a delicious melt in mouth delicately chewy consistency. Top with lashings of whipped cream and soft fruits. Delicious, my mouth is watering as I type...

Rachel Allens Ameretti chocolate cake. Mainly because you get to drink a glass of Ameretto with it. I'll try to find a link. By God, its good!

link to recipe please fox sake!