Impressive dessert for dinner party

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything flambe
Buy a flourless chocolate cake, douse with rum and set on fire. Dessert and a show. Kids can have their own FCC without alcohol

My uncle’s hair caught fire doing this once when we were kids. Now that was a show!

Terrifying! Are you afraid of fire now? No candles on birthday cakes?

[Anonymous]

I’d buy a small flourless chocolate cake for the 6 adults and make brownies or rice krispie treats for the kids.

[Anonymous]

It may not look all that fancy but people go crazy over this. We do a "hack" sometimes where we sub heavy cream for the milk if it's a really special occasion.

https://www.culinaryhill.com/chocolate-eclair-cake/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the trifle posts.
Maybe if served in individual footed bowls. Otherwise it looks like a sloppy dump of ingredients. Like you tried to make a layer cake, failed, and made trifle.

Not the way I make it.

[Anonymous]

I love homemade desserts. I despise store bought ones. They really aren’t good. I’d rather have no dessert than some crappy Whole Foods cake.

[Anonymous]

Actually the Whole Foods berry Chantilly cake is quite delicious.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for pavlova - it always gets oohs and ahhs.

[Anonymous]

This is really delicious. The ingredients may sound a little odd but it tastes like a traditional dessert

https://detoxinista.com/no-bake-peanut-butter-cup-pie-vegan/#wprm-recipe-container-22664

Also a good one and uses puff pastry, which is easy but impressive
https://smittenkitchen.com/2020/12/vanilla-custard-slices/

[Anonymous]

Cheesecake

Sara Lee pound cake with berries and whipped cream, shaved dark chocolate if you like

Find a bakery that makes Swiss roll -- that's so pretty

[Anonymous]

Large choc covered strawberries

[Anonymous]

Key lime pie is sooo easy to make. Get a bottle of Nellie and Joe’s key lime juice and follow the directions to a T. Comes out perfect all the time. Can be made the night before and chilled. Serve with whipped crest and raspberry coulis

Make a box of Duncan Hines brownies for the kids or rice krispy treats.

[Anonymous]

Flourless chocolate cake is also impressive and very easy.

[Anonymous]

Profiteroles (cream puffs with ice cream and chocolate sauce) are simple but impressive. Flourless chocolate cake is also a good option. There are a bunch of desserts you can easily make with frozen puff pastry. Personally, I wouldn’t bring anything that had an easily recognizable grocery ingredient (e.g., Cool Whip, low end bakery cake, boxed cake mix, etc.). If you don’t want to cook, a fruit tart from someplace like Wegmans should be fine. I wouldn’t worry about the kids; they’re not going to be picky. Something like brownies should make them happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually the Whole Foods berry Chantilly cake is quite delicious.

+1

[Anonymous]

I made an almond flour olive oil cake for Christmas desert and it was easy to make and a big hit! I served it with powdered sugar and macerated blackberries.