Favorite Christmas dessert?

[Meriweather]

Since you'll have leftover cookies and you're already doing brownies, it sounds like you have the makings of a beautiful ice cream/sorbet sundae bar - I'd have vanilla ice cream (and raspberry sorbet, but you said no fruit, so then I'd probably just get chocolate, even though the brownies are chocolate) and then get whatever sauces and whip cream you want...

Barring that, I'd make cupcakes b/c I think that works for all the requirements and they are single serve...I'd stick to a vanilla or snickerdoodle or gingerbreadesque/spice cake profile, so you aren't doing double chocolate...

no ice cream......but we have plenty.
I could do a cake or cupcakes......nothing spicy though. the kids hate that :rolleyes;
thanks for now, I will plan on a cake of some kind.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Regular holiday desserts on this end:

croquembuche
gingerbread. It could be a trifle,bars with icing, cookies,or just plain.
Rum cake
Pavlova with fruit.
cookies.
fruits and nuts

 

[lynxstch]

I make this peppermint chocolate cake every year and it's delicious! I've also made these chocolate pretzel squares for a few parties in the past and people have loved them.

omg..that looks delicious..thanks for sharing the link! I have mini bundt pans ..wonder if I could figure out the cooking time to make individual ones?

 

[NotUrsula]

So.....no cookies, no pies (they had 4 for Thanksgiving).
Not another cheesecake. No fruit based ones (now dealing with dislikes), no nuts, not mint, no caramel.

So that leaves ... vanilla ... and maybe coffee? Tough crowd.

I'd go look at the Southern Living Christmas White Cake archive. https://www.southernliving.com/holidays-occasions/christmas/holiday-white-cake-covers. They always feature a specialty white cake at Xmas, and it looks like you need one. (Full disclosure: some years out of the 25, the "white cake" has been one of the above forbidden flavors and just iced in white frosting, but still, there are a lot of vanilla variations there.) This year's white cake, which is not yet in the archive, is Eggnog-flavoured, with Bourbon-Vanilla frosting: https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/eggnog-layer-cake-bourbon-vanilla-bean-buttercream

My own family favourite white cake won't work for you because it involves fruit, but if anyone else is interested, it is Mandarin Vanilla. (You can use your favorite vanilla cake recipe or a good eggy box vanilla mix. Substitute 1 part buttermilk and 1 part fresh mandarin juice for the normal liquid called for, and add 1 tbsp of mandarin zest to the batter. Use homemade buttercream/cream-cheese icing. I discovered this one day when I was supposed to be making an orange dessert, but had a bag of Cuties on hand that needed to be used up before they went off. It turns out that for baking, the best way to get rich orange flavour is not using actual oranges -- mandarin holds flavor much better when heated.

 

[Meriweather]

So that leaves ... vanilla ... and maybe coffee? Tough crowd.

I'd go look at the Southern Living Christmas White Cake archive. https://www.southernliving.com/holidays-occasions/christmas/holiday-white-cake-covers. They always feature a specialty white cake at Xmas, and it looks like you need one. (Full disclosure: some years the "white cake" has been one of the above forbidden flavors and just iced in white frosting, but still, there are a lot of vanilla variations there.) This year's white cake, which is not yet in the archive, is Eggnog-flavoured, with Bourbon-Vanilla frosting: https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/eggnog-layer-cake-bourbon-vanilla-bean-buttercream

no coffee

 

[Snowflakey]

LOVE desserts! I will have the usual cookie tray with about a dozen different cookies. Fudge and homemade chocolates also.

Cherry Cheese Pie

Then I always do the very easy poke cake and do a layer with green jello and another layer with cherry jello so when you slice it you see red and green. It's frosted with homemade whipped cream and I put cherry halves on top. Very cute for Christmas.

Also, my Christmas cupcakes. Love making them and I have the cutest Christmas toppings for them!

 

[BroadwayHermione5]

I am in charge of desserts for our Christmas party.

I’m making apple pie, Tres Leches cake, and mini cheesecakes?

Can you suggest other desserts you think would be popular?

Anything brownie related.

Chocolate bark (peppermint, SMORES, whatever you want you name it)

cookies-more generic like chicken chip and sugar-but everyone loves a cookie

Also? Fresh fruit platter. Some people don’t like sweets or chocolate or aren’t big cake and pie eaters (like yours truly) so if I see some cookies and some fruit I’m totally fine

 

[TeresaBelle]

Christmas Crack

https://www.littlesweetbaker.com/christmas-crack-saltine-cracker-toffee/

 

[DisGirlAllie]

omg..that looks delicious..thanks for sharing the link! I have mini bundt pans ..wonder if I could figure out the cooking time to make individual ones?

Sure thing! I imagine you could--this question on the Food52 may help

 

[tvguy]

We always have homemade Apple and pumpkin pies.

 

[lynxstch]

Sure thing! I imagine you could--this question on the Food52 may help

Thanks so much!

 

[larissawbb]

We always have Black Forest and Pineapple Upside Down cake. Both are very easy to make.

 

[Bamaclan4]

Homemade Red Velvet cake or homemade German Chocolate Cake.

 

[evilmommie]

All of your selections look amazing, @MamaLema! I also love the suggestions about the chocolate and fruit. I find that some people only want a little sweet treat after a big Holiday meal and like to nibble. I like to add a dessert charcuterie, if it's a buffet type set-up. That way people can select little sweet treats. I always get great ideas from this site: https://ainttooproudtomeg.com/christmas-desserboard/#recipe This also acts as the after party snacks.