Good dessert to bring as a guest

[Anonymous]

If I had a lot of time, I might make a layer cake. But since I never seem to have a lot of time, I'd probably make a trifle. East, pretty, and delicious.

Either that or a blueberry or key lime pie.

When I was a kid, my mother's go-to when requested to bring dessert was Texas sheet cake. People LOVE it.

[Anonymous]

Key lime pie.

[Anonymous]

NYT Shortbread jammers. Easy and incredibly good. I think they are better the next day https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013391-shortbread-jammers

[Anonymous]

Too late, but my go-to for this is seasonal fruit crisp and vanilla ice cream. And an alternative is a citrus sheet or Bundt cake with lots of fresh berries. Glaze or whipped cream = optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYT Shortbread jammers. Easy and incredibly good. I think they are better the next day https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013391-shortbread-jammers

I use Bonne Maman jam

[Anonymous]

Flourless chocolate cake from Once Upon a Chef

[Anonymous]

Chocolate chip cookies with dark chocolate (lots) and some sea salt. Make a lot of them. Bring some ice cream if you want it to be more substantial.

Homemade though. Everyone loves homemade cookies.

[Anonymous]

some winners:

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/banana-cream-pie-with-salty-bourbon-caramel

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-caramel-tart-4588

https://smittenkitchen.com/2019/08/salted-caramel-pretzel-blondies/

or if you're a novice baker, make a batch of bag cookie dough, then press it into a 9x13 brownie tray. then make a box of 9x13 brownie batter and pour on top. bake.

[Anonymous]

This thread is why I’d never ask a guest to bring dessert!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYT Shortbread jammers. Easy and incredibly good. I think they are better the next day https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013391-shortbread-jammers

I found these almost unbearably rich! Cut in tiny pieces.

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Anonymous wrote:I second banana pudding, except using this recipe having you make the whipped cream. Don’t buy the frozen crap.

https://www.nobiggie.net/magnolia-bakery-banana-pudding/

Yuck no. Many people do not like bananas. Or pudding. Too divisive. No one in my family, nuclear or extended, would eat that except my one sister.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to Whole Foods and buy cake.

If you want to show up with a pretty cake that tastes terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I had a lot of time, I might make a layer cake. But since I never seem to have a lot of time, I'd probably make a trifle. East, pretty, and delicious.

Either that or a blueberry or key lime pie.

When I was a kid, my mother's go-to when requested to bring dessert was Texas sheet cake. People LOVE it.

My sister makes a delicious, easy trifle (vanilla cake pieces, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and a cream) that is so GOOD and people are always delighted by it. It’s easy to bring and perfect for summer.

[Anonymous]

Cannoli dip from Wegmans

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to Whole Foods and buy cake.

If you want to show up with a pretty cake that tastes terrible.

The Chantilly cake is really good. But DH once got a chocolate cake there and it tasted like cardboard.