Dessert ideas please

[EmeraldSue]

On Sunday, I am in charge of providing the desserts for about 30 people at a special birthday lunch for my parents.
I want to make a special cake, big enough for everyone, as well as other desserts. I am also limited by the fact that I will be out almost all of Saturday and need to do the cooking tomorrow.
I made some macarons yesterday that i will fill tomorrow. I  was thinking of making brownies, Tenia 's Crio Misu  , maybe cupcakes and/ or a  blackberry and apple crumble. Maybe those yummy Portuguese custard tarts. Any suggestions would be warmly appreciated.

[gertbysea]

This is a great too easy cake you can make a couple of days in advance and leave in fridge. I fed 15 at a birthday party.  The servings were generous. If you put it into  a square pan you could feed 30 as it is soooo dense and rich. There is a pic of it too. I am not a cake baker but thesis one I have made many times now. Takes about  10 minutes.

My DH requests this for every "occasion".


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Gert

[snappy]

The portugese tarts would be yummy.  What about mini lemon tarts as well just using puff pastry and filling with lemon curd?

[teagg]

I have had great success, from both children and adults alike, for the Almond cake from Santiago/Galicia.  It's in MWoC.
Basically it's 250g of almonds, ditto of sugar, the zest of one lemon, four eggs.  Coarsely chopped (only 15sec), ground to icing with zest, and beaten respectively. Then all added together, into a b.paper lined springform, and 40ish mins at 180 or 160.
I have lent the book to someone so I can't give the exact details but that's roughly it...

HTH
Rgds
Gillian.

PS even if you don't make it for your "do", it's worth trying out!!!

[Amy :-)]

Cheesecakes have always been a winner in my family. I have a cheesecake book which I just convert recipes from as I make them, which is quite easy. Cheesecakes are also good because they can just sit in the fridge.

Sorry I don't have any specific recipes though

[EmeraldSue]

Thanks for your ideas. I might have to visit the bottle shop tomorrow and buy some stout. I have made a stout chocolate cake many moons ago and may still have the recipe lurking somewhere. From memory, it was really rich and chocolatey.
I also love cakes with almonds and citrus, but don't have the cookbook with the recipe. I could make the whole orange and almond cake too - I think Nigella has a chocolate version too.
I've got lots of limes at the moment so I could make some curd or a cheesecake. I don't know why I didn't think of cheesecake Amy. I've got a book just on cheesecakes too. So many possibilities

[Amy :-)]

I've got lots of limes at the moment so I could make some curd or a cheesecake. I don't know why I didn't think of cheesecake Amy. I've got a book just on cheesecakes too. So many possibilities

Is it the red Cheesecake Book by Russel someone?

[EmeraldSue]

No, it's called "100 fabulous Cheesecakes" and is on old Australian Women's Weekly Golden Press book, first published in 1971.

[Amy :-)]

No, it's called "100 fabulous Cheesecakes" and is on old Australian Women's Weekly Golden Press book, first published in 1971.

Ooooo, I haven't seen that one. I will have to check it out...
Like I said, my family loves cheesecake

Thanks ES

[Cuilidh]

With mandarins in season at the moment, this Almond and Mandarin cake is quick and easy and can be made a day or two in advance as well.  You should get approx. 10 to 12 portions from it and probably more if you made it as a slice as opposed to a cake.

Sorry, you were looking for desserts and this is more of a cake, but you could easily get away with it if you added cream / yoghurt / citrus sauce, etc. with it.

[obbie]

I made the lemon cheesecake 2 weeks ago, from here.
You could do it with limes too.


Nigellas lemon puddings

[Amy :-)]

I made the lemon cheesecake 2 weeks ago, from here.
You could do it with limes too.


Nigellas lemon puddings

Robyn, you always suggest lemony things and it makes me very jealous...

I could grow a lemon tree, but it would have to be a dwarf one on my patio

[obbie]

Amy, I have one big box of lemons to juice tonight off my tree.
I have been juicing lemons for about 3 weeks now.

I froze about another 8 litres last nite.

Robyn

[astarra]

I did a double batch of sticky date muffins (from EDC - well I just put it into muffins) and b.scotch sauce for my vis on Sun, they seem to go down well with young and old alike, very quick and easy too.

(In pic at the back.)

[Amy :-)]

Amy, I have one big box of lemons to juice tonight off my tree.
I have been juicing lemons for about 3 weeks now.

I froze about another 8 litres last nite.

Robyn

Imagine how big your biceps would be if you did it by hand

Astarra, they look fab