URGENT! Mid-winter xmas dessert ideas pls
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Topic: URGENT! Mid-winter xmas dessert ideas pls
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: URGENT! Mid-winter xmas dessert ideas pls
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:30pm
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I'm going to a mid-winter xmas dinner tomorrow night and have been selected to do dessert.
Not usually a problem except with both me and Caitlin being sick all week it's totally slipped my mind and it's tomorrow night!!!!!!!!!!  
Please post suggestions that take less than a hour to prep and cook (and with readily accessible ingredients) as that is all the time I'll have tomorrow after work. It's got to be fairly impressive so don't tempt me with the Cheesecake Shop or packet mixes!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:33pm
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mmm cheesecake *drool*
Anyways, do you have a jelly mould with a lid?? similar to a bundt pan (if you know what that is LOL) -------------  
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:34pm
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All my "quick and easy" desserts are summery things like fruit kebabs lol.
What about buying a christmas pudding and doing it with brandy cream or custard? How many people do you need to feed? Can you bake a yummy carrot cake with cream cheese icing? Or try searching for Christmas recipes on the cuisine website www.cuisine.co.nz - they usually have some "different" things. I quite like taste.com.au as well. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:37pm
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how about mellopuff Xmas puds? Easy as and look good!
Take some mellopuffs and dip the top of them in melted chocolate (to make it look like custard) can be white or brown... make holly with jaffa and spearmint leaves and bobs your uncle. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mrsturtle
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:40pm
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hope this helps its super yummy only thing is it needs to be cooked just before serving so hope thats available. All the ingredients come from supermarket serves 6 ish
From the Jo Segar sugar and spice book 125g Butter 1/2 c white sugar 2T golden syrup 1 1/2 c flour 1 1/2 T cocoa 1/4 c rolled oats 1 1/2 t baking powder Approx 180 g white choc (i use milkybar) 1 1/2 c frozen berries (i use the mixed ones) Serve with yoguhrt or vanilla icecream Directions: Grease 24cm round pie dish or something similar preheat oven to 180 (only if serving straight after cooking) In large saucpan melt the butter sugar and golden syrup add the flour cocoa and baking powder when mixed stir in rolled oats add the chocolade and frozen berries stir gently turn into greased dish Bake for 15 min best served warm!! Hmmm now i want some |
Posted By: kriss
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:41pm
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im not really one for fancy desserts, choc self saucing pudding and apple pies are the favs in my fam, but ecook.co.nz has some yummy desserts by allyson gofton ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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 Little Angel, April 10
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Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:44pm
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What about a trifle or pavlova? -------------  
 
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:45pm
Lemon meringue pie is pretty easy to make, especially if you buy the Irvines pastry for the base, as the recipe is on the back of the pack and I haven't failed with it yet. Looks flash too with all those peaks.. 
Here's a scan of the recipe 
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:50pm
| Heck, if you got cracking on it tonight you could save time tomorrow and just leave steps 6 and 7 so you're not rushing too much.. Might be good if you have never made one before cause you want to make sure you get the consistancy of the yellow part right so it will set properly.. |
Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:57pm
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Ambrosia!!!! So easy and so yummy.
Mix together the following (no cooking or setting required). Yogurt of choice (we like Vanilla and Hazelnut) 300mls whipped cream Bag of marshmellows Frozen berries (optional) Maltezers (crushed roughly up) Sprinkle couple of Cadbury Flake's on top. Done :) Comfort dessert at its best! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: JadeC
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 8:22pm
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Apple crumble is my desert of choice!
Peel and chop approx 2 apples for each person eating, stick them in a baking dish (can sprinkle a little sugar on top if you like things sweeter!) In another bowl mix 200grams butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, until it looks like crumble mix. Pour ontop of apples, bake for approx 20 mins. Easy! ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 8:52pm
I have an even easier/lazier recipe than this. Buy two cans of pie apples. In a kitchen whizz place about 1/2 cup each of flour, rolled oats, coconut, brown sugar and butter. Pulse until mixed and put over pie apples in a suitable dish. Bake for about 30 mins in a moderate oven. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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JadeC wrote:Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 8:54pm
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Snap Tara, I was going to say Ambrosia as well - sooo easy and very yum! Never thought of putting maltesers in it tho, will have to try that one ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 8:58pm
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I was going to say Ambrosia too, my MIL puts M&M's in it and it is yum. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 8:59pm
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As much as I love all the suggestions... I've just found a recipe for cassata ice cream *drools*
It's really just vanilla ice cream flavoured with orange liquior with dried fruits, pistachio nuts and chopped dark choc. Nice and easy and even better, I just sent DH out to the supermarket to get the bits so I can make it tonight and leave it in the freezer over night. I was starting to think I would need to stop off at the cheesecake shop, my big boss wouldn't have been too impressed with that for his dinner party ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 9:01pm
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You could always make my choc self-saucing recipe! 5mins to prepare, 12 mins to cook in the microwave and bingo...delicious dessert! No packets required.
------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 9:05pm
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id go for xmas pudding with custard yummmmm
was so gutted we diddnt get it at our mid-winter xmas dinner thing :( ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 9:05pm
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Mmm yum! Sounds good.
I have had ambrosia with pineapple lumps before. Yummy! I guess you could put almost any choccie lolly in it. |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 10:05pm
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I was going to suggest Ambrosia as well. It's so easy.
Tara's recipe sounds divine too  I might have to steal that to improve my version -------------  
 
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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 10:13pm
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Ambrosia is wicked, and you can chop and change it to suit. The crunched up maltezers are something I thought of that now has been passed around to lots of friends.
Maltezers are so versitile, I crunch them up in a ziplock bag with a rolling pin and put it over ice cream. Always pays to have a big bag in the cupboard (so you can eat extras whilst making dessert) if you can restrain yourself from eating them before dessert time.
Frozen berries are great too... I use fresh seasonal berries in summer, but if you are like me, you wont mind sucking on the cold boysenberries in ambrosia! *drools* ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: JadeC
Date Posted: 15 August 2008 at 7:33am
See, I tried canned apples last week, and it didn't taste good at all! I was really disappointed by the way the apples tasted compared to fresh. Mmm, the icecream sounds lovely! Post the recipe! ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: sadie
Date Posted: 15 August 2008 at 9:16am
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I make a mean apple crumble. Base recipe similar to what has already been posted - although I don't measure, I just bung it all in until I get the right consistency.
I also add rolled oats to the crumble topping, as well as a good teaspoon or so of cinnamon and nutmeg (also sprinkled on the fruit). It also has better flavour if you use brown sugar as opposed to just white sugar. More variations of course are to mix the fruit up with berries, rhubarb, pears etc. Mmmm, might make one for tonight! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 15 August 2008 at 10:03am
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ooh actually I remember I have a recipe for Pear and Cranberry crumble. Same as apple but just use different fruit.
Cranberry would be quite festive. -------------
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