Im catering for 6 now and Ive worked out a menu.
I like christmas pud so Im getting a small one and Im having cheese ect. But apart from trifle any ideas for a sumptous dessert cooked in a cottage which I will only visit on 23rd Dec when we move in for a week.

Im taking flap jacks with cranberries & walnuts, plus coconut ice, mince pies but it all has to travel!!!

Main cooking is easy as Ive got a huge bacofoil tin from Sainsburys so we can roast the turkey in that and then chuck it away. Im taking my own mixer ect but OH says we cant take the kitchen sink!!!

Ideas ???

What about the old gingernut log idea - but adapt it to your tastes :) Take a packet of gingernuts, pour some sherry into a saucer, dunk each biscuit in turn into the sherry, coat one side with whipped cream, repeat this sticking the biscuits together into a log shape. Then coat the log with the remaining cream and leave, covered, all day/overnight in the fridge.

Use any alcohol (maybe Baileys) and whatever biscuits you fancy :) Be creative :)

Daisy

Cream slices are really easy and quick, tale a block of all butter flaky pastry of the supermarket shelf, put on a baking tray and brush to top with milk and cook - when cool split into layers and then reassemble with whipped cream and fruit or jam and dust with icing sugar. To make serving easer you can cut raw pastry into fingers and tap at the cut surface with a sharp knife to re-open the layers before you cook. If you have the time you can cut into wedge shapes and then serve made into a round cake shape, you will need two packs of pastry for that

I love this one thanks and the cream slices.

Or buy a yuile log from M&S - easy peasy!  :)

Too easy, we always go away to visit my brother or in the past my Mum & Dad so its my first christmas cake ect and I want to do it right.  OH wonders why I choose the year we didnt have a house or a kitchen to cook!

Its the adventure I think and it fills up my time instead of wishing Ben was still here.

Yes or they are doing some lovely mini cup cakes and also some mini fresh fruit tarts as well ( In my order with M&S along with many other lovely goodies :-P)

I know you have said not a trifle but my Fresh Black Cherry and Vodka Trifle with Strawberry custard is to die for !

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/L?content=noticeboard/recipes/vodka_trifle.htm

I replace one of the tins of pears with a good layer of fresh cherries which have been soaking in the vodka ( use vanilla vodka) and the custard with strawberry custard

What about a meringue nest? Not a traditional pudding, but it is light and you can fill it with fruit and jelly, or anything really.

You don't even have to cook it, just fill it. Buy one already made from the supermarket.

Eton mess, meringues out of a box, strawberries/raspberries & you can use one of the flavoured creams to be different. Or, a good ol fresh fruit salad.

When you say picky eaters, who doesn't like what?

I don't eat Xmas cake or anything like it with those fruit bits in it..

Give a nice piece of Pecan Pie with honeycomb icecream on it.
Key Lime Pie or a good old Cheesecake

Banoffee Pie, Tiramisu are other ideas. Profiteroles are to die for also..

suejaw, you're making me drool! I adore banoffee pie, and cheesecake is my fave dessert. I've posted this link in the past, but this cheesecake is quite possibly one of the nicest I've ever tasted. This one's a close second!

I don't eat Xmas cake or anything like it with those fruit bits in it

It is the peel I hate. If I taste it in anything I gage.

Tiramisu is a good one.

I think we need to know whey they are picky eaters really though :-)

One dosent eat anything with fruit in it so Mince pies and cake is out. The other one eats chocolate and little else, on holiday she lived on waffles!!

Eton Mess never thought of that Im off shopping to try it this weekend - cant do a dry run on the day!!!

Here you go, lost of lovely Cheesecakes - http://shop.thecheesecakefactory.com/order/category/cheesecakes.html

Whistler, how can you get 'too easy'?  :)

You could always make a yuill log then as one guest seems only to like chocolate.  I have to admit to being quite a fussy eater too.  I don't like christmas cake, cream or trifle.  I hate Christmas dinner as I don't really like meat and veg dinners, so end up having a little bit of turkey and a couple of roast potatoes.  I'm probably everyone's worst nightmare for a dinner guest!  :)

Just make a cheats tiramisu, easiest thing ever.

1: Make up some instant coffee and tip a good few slugs of sherry in it.

2: Dunk a load of boudoir biscuits in the mix and line the bottom of a nice big dish with the soaked biccies, making sure there are no gaps.

3: Mix up some mascapone and some ready made custard (cold) with an electric whisk. You can use posh custard (you know the fresh stuff with the madagascan vanilla pods in the chiller cabinet) but i just use ambrosia custard in the boxes (find them next to the steamed pudding and tinned fruit).

4: Pour half of the mascapone mix over the boudoir biscuits and spread it about so theyre all covered.

5: Repeat steps 2 and 4 until you have 4 layers.

6: Whip up some cream and spread this in a final layer over the top layer of mascapone mix.

7: Smash up a couple of flakes or galaxy ripples and sprinkle over the top!

8: Wang it in the fridge so it sets a bit, just like you would with a trifle. I usually leave mine over night.

Et voila!

> I hate Christmas dinner as I don't really like meat and veg dinners, so end up having a little bit of turkey and a couple of roast potatoes.  I'm probably everyone's worst nightmare for a dinner guest!

LMAO... SNAP!!!!  :-D

But not sure about nightmare, we just get a lot of other lovely tastes to dream about...I like to think they are boring(same old, same old) and we aren't ;-)

Done Im doing this one as well.

Woo hoo Suejaw, you're the only other person like me!  :)

Unfortunately for me, there's nothing else made apart from traditional Christmas fayre.  I have been known to put my turkey in a sandwich, as at least that's a bit more substantial.

Our family has developed lots of 'traditional' Christmas food over the years as most of us don't much like turkey, Christmas pud, Christmas cake or mince pies. We will have all those on offer over the holiday for my Dad who does like them, and the in-laws who are also coming, but for me and Mum there will be chocolate sponge pudding, chocolate log iced with Granny's special recipe buttercream, kipferln (almond biscuits), and of course lots of choccies!

My dad makes a mean version of a nigella lawson dish.  It sounds vile but is absolutely lovely - deep fried bounties with pineapple.  You make a very light batter with sparkling water and deep fry the bounty bars in it and serve with fresh pineapple.  the contrast between the sharp pineapple and the sweet chocolate and coconut is lovely.  It is a slightly classier version of that local delight - deep fried mars bars.

I think I've put on a stone just reading all these yummy recipes.

Turkey sandwich white bread and salt better than on a plate with gravy!!

I used to do Eton Mess every Christmas and used to add toasted Granola sprinkled on top as a nice bit of sweet crunch, you can get fruit compot to put in too, this year I'm doing Banoffee cheese cake ...yum yum.

Lucy, you and I would be like Jack Spratt & his wife then as I like peel!   Thick cut marmalade on hot buttered toast, scrumbles!

Where is the vomit smillie !! :-p