Have a look at Welcome to the Blog
for pictures of our event, and tips for
last minute budget friendly gifts
OK, we can indulge during the Festive Season, and any of these terrific recipes is guaranteed to wow guests and family.
Some are easy, some healthier than most; some 'never-mind-the-calories; just enjoy the sensation!'
But all are mouthwatering and utterly delicious.
Many have not appeared in previous compilations.
1. SPECIAL OCCASION -- Pure Indulgence
Luxury Pistachio Cheesecake: pale richly creamy fillling, studded with bright green chopped pistachios, slathered over a generous crumb crust
Singleton's Quick & Easy Chocolate Coconut Cream Torte; full size option:very much a special occasion in terms of calories but the ingredients are wallet-friendly; the prep takes just 15 minutes. Apologies for slightly blurry photo but tasters said: 'Restaurant quality; sublinme; light, airy and delicious.
Egg Nog Truffles: boozy, creamy rich indulgence, surprisingly easy to make
Choco-Mint Croissant Bread & Butter Pudding: Truly To die for. Households have been known to make one for Christmas Mass supper and another for Christmas Day. Rich, light, gooey, with a crispy top, the intensity of chocolate sends guests into raptures. Cook's Delight: it's made 3 days before it's needed and and forgotten until it's time to bake.
Upside Down Cheesecake: Adapted from Heston Blumethal's mother, this sensational classic cheesecake doesn't take long to put together but the cooling/wait time is virtually all day! It is so worth every minute -- it's skinnier and lower in fat, and the crust is served separately to accommodate gluten-phobics
Blackberry Whiskey Ginger Cheese-cake:sophisticated, with kid's version
2. FABULOUSLY FRUGAL & WALLET-FRIENDLY FESTIVE TREATS
Creamy Pineapple Glazed Pudding, thrifty, easy
Boozy Orange Marmalade Bread & Butter Pudding: Inexpensive but yummy with an alcoholic twist
3. TEA-TIME TREATS
Sensational Lemon-Mint Angel Food Cakes: tender fluffy interiors with unexpectedly deliciously crackly tops. Think they look a bit boring? Take a bite; prepare to be blown away!
Blueberry, Pineapple & Walnut Cake: rich, fine-crumbed Blueberry, Pineapple & Nut Cake is the perfect indulgence for visitors/guests. Tasters loved it.
Light Gingerbread Sheet Cake - gingerbread cake but not as we know it, Jim: it's lighter and less gummy but fine textured and 'scrummy' without losing its gingery-ness!
4. DIETERS' DELIGHTS
Skinny Chocolate Peppermint Mousse: No cream unless you want it as a topping - and the pudding's choolate flavours are still deep & dark
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| Light & lovely but still intensely chocolatey; no-bake, butter-free, cream optional |
Tiramisu Pudding: less fat and fewer calories: fabulous layers of creamy filling, coffee dipped ladyfingers & chocolate ganache; enlist the family to help
Luscious Lemon Pudding: gloriously gorgeous crowd-pleaser; yoghurt lightens & enhances creaminess and flavour; Foolproof lemon curd instead of shop-bought elevates the dish
4. EASY-PEASY
4-ingredient shortbread: first class melt-in-the-mouth Scottish treat, needs only butter, sugar, flour and flavouring. And you can leave out the flavouring! Perfect for a cost of living crisis.
1 Recipe=2 Delicious Treats: Cinnamon Breakfast Twists for breakfast & Blueberry Scones for Tea: mouthwatering contrast of flavours
5. VEGETARIAN/VEGAN
Special Occasion Vegan Lemon Drizzle Cake: Indulgent, fat & egg free. Easily the best of the vegan cake recipes tested by 67goingon50. Truly fabulous taste & texture but cake has a maddening tendency to sink in the middle; not a problem, just fill the dip with some fresh fruit!
Cherry Garcia Ice Cream: Vegan, easy-peasy; the nicest, tastiest, healthiest ice cream ever; no cream - just bananas...
'Irish Coffee' Chocolate Cake': Vegan-glorious; Dark, rich and gorgeously chocolate, the cake is fine-crumbed and hints of whiskey. The frothy topping is served on the side or turned into icing
Orange Berry Plate: fresh, colourful, guilt-free, budget friendly
6. CHEATS' DELIGHTS
Cheat's Christmas Log: When the pressure's on, a good supermarket Swiss Roll, smothered in simple home-made chocolate ganache, makes a great impression.
For more Christmas dishes, see How to...on the Nav Bar above; they're 2/3 of the way down the page
These recipes have been developed by B Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced without the author's written permission.
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