Oh, LJ-Land!

[ellenmillion]

I need to make a dessert for a modest evening affair. I'd like it to be something I can make ahead of time, but some assembly or baking on site would be fine. It needs to serve 5-6 people and contain no hot fruit. I find that last a particularly challenging criteria and I think it eliminates pretty much all of my standby recipes.

So!

What are your favorite desserts to make and/or eat, that don't take too much in the way of Mad Cooking Skillz or time, and that are yummy? Healthiness is totally optional - I think a dessert that doesn't use a whole stick of butter is generally not worth having, but I'm willing to be swayed by something delicious.



Bonus points for ubergeek themes, as this is for watching the last three episodes of Battlestar Galactica.

Comments

[hailerro.livejournal.com]

A BSG party? You totally rock!
I'd make cake batter cookies. Basically you use cake mix and an egg and some butter and bake it the way you would normal cookies. They're soft and chewy and taste like whatever cake mix you use *ie. devils food, lemon, whatever* *You may want to google it to make sure the recipe is right since I'm going in details my friend gave me* *I hath eaten the cookies but can't remember the exact amount of egg used when I last tried to make them*
Or you could make 'poke cake' Basically you bake a cake and then poke holes in the top of it when you pull it from the oven. Then you pour stuff in the holes. You can use chocolate syrup or soda *we had one with dr pepper once and it was tasty* The cake absorbs most of the liquid in the bottom and it is a neat twist on a simple thing.