Dessert Idea

Fianschneid

I'm going to a family dinner tomorrow at my cousin, the chef's, house. Dinner will be winter comfort food (stuffed mushrooms, vegetable soup, pork loin). I'm in charge of dessert.

What can I make that won't be exhausting, will seem somewhat impressive and will taste good. In other words, I don't want to bring brownies from a mix but I don't want to spend all night roasting my own hazelnuts, either.

TIA

pennysuedog

Bread pudding with bourbon sauce

ETA:

for the pudding, omit raisins nobody in their right mind likes raisins!

https://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1640,149180-227207,00.html

for the sauc:

https://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1640,149182-227206,00.html

DoctorWorm222

Hmmm....

What about cupcakes??

I like this recipe for the actual cupcake:

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/too-much-chocolate-cake/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=too much chocolate cake&e8=Quick Search&event10=1&e13=A:Search Results-List(control)&e7=Home Page

Its just a doctored up cake mix, but its good.

 

I like this recipe for the frosting:

https://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-swiss-buttercream/

Its a swiss buttercream, but its pretty easy if you have a stand mixer. I'd recommend using mostly unsalted butter.

 

Honestly, I find that the simpler I keep it, the more pleased people tend to be with the results. I've brought homemade chocolate chip cookie dough to dinner parties to make fresh, warm cookies, and people went through the roof for it.

blu-eyedwife

I'm going to a dinner party tomorrow night and bringing chocolate and bacon cupcakes with maple frosting.

My go-to "fancy" dessert is panna cotta though.  It's probably the easiest dessert to make, but with a fancy sounding look and name, it seems more elaborate than it is.  It's milk, cream, sugar, and gelatin, and then you can dress it up with fruit, chocolate, caramel, etc. 

Fianschneid

All great ideas and, yes, wishful, I would love the recipe.

Thanks, guys!

Chunstad

Ina Garden has simple dessert ideas.  I like her fruit crisps and I've made this yogurt lemon cake w/ blueberry sauce before.  It really doesn't even need the lemon glaze. Very moist and yummy

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lemon-yogurt-cake-recipe/index.html

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/blueberry-sauce-recipe/index.html

wilsontl19191

Chunstad:

Ina Garden has simple dessert ideas.  I like her fruit crisps and I've made this yogurt lemon cake w/ blueberry sauce before.  It really doesn't even need the lemon glaze. Very moist and yummy

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lemon-yogurt-cake-recipe/index.html

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/blueberry-sauce-recipe/index.html

I love Ina!  That lemon-yogurt recipe looks soooo good!