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After serving your dinner party guests a delicious dinner, then next is a decadent dessert that looks and tastes amazing.
If you are looking for some great dessert ideas for your dinner party, then here are some easy to prepare but really tasty desserts that you can make from scratch at home.
This is an English dessert pie made with bananas, cream, and caramel sauce on a biscuit base. Some versions of the pie include chocolate or coffee. “Banoffee” is a word made up of two words: Banana and Toffee. It is elementary to make. You can use crushed biscuits or chocolate chip cookies in melted butter to create the crust. You can use wafers to make the crust as well. Set your cookie base in the refrigerator until it becomes crusty. The toffee filling can be made with caramel sauce and sweetened almond milk. It’s easy to make and ready to serve within a few hours.
Bourbon Glazed Donut is another delicious dessert. Everyone loves doughnuts, so this one is going to be a hit with the guests. It is made using homemade malted milk ice cream, which takes a little effort to prepare. You need to prepare the doughnut and the ice cream separately and then top it with icing sugar and bourbon mixture. Serve the ice cream in the middle of the doughnut, and there you have your perfectly bourbon-glazed doughnut.
You can never go wrong with a cheesecake. It is a favourite at dinner parties because, let’s face it, who doesn’t love cheese. There are a ton of flavours and variations that you can make to your cheesecake as per the tastes of your guests. You can even prepare it in different flavours. The classic cheesecake also called the New York cheesecake, is among the top favourite desserts. You can add sprinkles, chocolate shavings, or swirls to decorate the way you like it.
Planning a dessert menu for the dinner party can be super stressful. However, there are some desserts that you can never go wrong with. Mud Pie is one such sweet course. At the base of the pieces is oreo crust, which is topped with a layer of chocolate ice cream, which is further layered with coffee-flavoured ice cream. You can further add whipped cream or nuts on top. Your guests will be sure to love it.
A caramel tart recipe is more accessible than a pie, so it’s quick, and it’s a great dessert to serve at a party. The warm apple slices are mixed with cinnamon, brown sugar, nutmeg, and then caramel sauce is poured. It is then blanketed in a buttery crust. The best part about making a tart is that its sweet aroma will fill your house and make it smell great. Your guests are sure to get attracted by the sweet fragrance of the tart.
When life gives you lemons, well, you make a lemon cake. It is a great dessert to serve at your dinner party. The cake is prepared by adding lemon syrup infused with the cake. It’s not too sweet and has a nice flavour. One can experience the citrus taste of lemon in every bite. You can serve it as a lemon pound cake or a loaf cake.
A chocolate pudding is a must on this list. It is made by using very few ingredients. The first step is to find the best baking chocolate available. Mix it with corn starch, milk, and sugar. You can also put cocoa powder to double the chocolate and even add eggs to the mixture. Refrigerate the pudding for some time. It is a smooth velvety mixture that no one can resist.
One of the popular varieties of cake is pralines. The praline cakes date back to the 17th century and have a rich history. Almond praline is easy to prepare and is the highlight of your dinner party. Almonds are added right from the crust to the cake and toppings. Just make sure that none of your guests is allergic to nuts.
Salted Caramel Desserts are delicious and instantly impress people. A roulade is a dish that’s served in the form of a roll or a spiral. Salted caramel roulade is made from a praline-based roll which, when presented, is topped with caramel. Refrigerate the leftover roulade as it can be stored in a cool place for up to 3 days.
Ice Cream Sundaes are the easiest, hassle-free dessert to serve. All you need is a bowl and a lot of ice cream flavours. Choose a base ice cream and add two scoops of it to your bowl. Now you add sauces like melted caramel, hot fudge, etc., to your base. Then come the toppings, including nuts, fruits, choco chips, all different kinds of candy. You can even turn it into an ice cream sundae cake as people love having this combo.
A light and sweet cake which is full of fruits can make a great dessert for your dinner. It’s extremely easy to bake. You just have to bake a cake and top it with whipped cream and fruits. You can customize it to the likings of your guests. Some fruit chunks can be added to the base of the cake itself like pineapples. You can prepare different fruitcakes and serve them. The guests at your party will be pleased when they taste your passion fruit cake.
Jellies are one of a kind dessert that is loved by people of all age groups. You can prepare fruit jellies and they will make an amazing party treat. You can make jellies in advance of all different flavours and fruits. Serve them in a bowl and top them off with the fruit chunks. Raspberry, blueberry, strawberry, elderflower, etc. all are popular jelly flavours.
Dinner parties can be a handful but with this guide, you need not worry. You can serve multiple desserts from this guide. You can prepare all these delicious puds ahead of the party and serve them when your guests are ready for the sweet course.
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