Alternative Christmas Pudding

Sharon87

I'm going to my mum's this year for Christmas and was reading another thread about people bringing different courses or drinks. And I thought, maybe I could take her the desert. Thing is I don't like Christmas Pudding or mince pies. What else can I either make or buy, that I can take up on the train, I'll also be carrying a suitcase with me.

I'm going up on the 24th, so not really any time to shop when I get there! Or should I take something else up? But I'll still need suggestions for pudding...

polkadot90

Maybe you could try buy/make a sticky toffee pudding. If you want the look of a christmas pudding you could make it in a dome shape.

Sharon87

Sounds nice, not too fussed about the shape, just want a nice desert that will go well after Christmas dinner!

weeclick

in Bo0ts they have a jamie Oliver cake in the shape of christmas cake and looks like christmas cake only its ginger and orange with chocolate on the top - I bought this as a silly gift for OH as neither of us eat christmas cake either

BAGGY

If you are going up sometime before take the ingredient to make a no bake cheesecake.
digestives smushed up with enough butter to bind. Set in fridge whilst you melt a pack of chocolate, whip a tub of cream and combine with a tub of marscapone. You can use hazlenut cookies for the base or add roasted hazlenuts to the biscuity bit if you are feeling posh

flipper_72

Our family traditional christmas dessert is trifle - boozy for the grownups and booze free for the kids. if you go up on the 24th you could make it there, ingredients for us are trifle sponges (soaked in sherry or apple juice), raspberries, jelly poured over and allowed to set. Custard layer - back into fridge for a bit then whipped cream to top. My brother adds pouring cream to serve!!!! but i don't.

Ms_Chocaholic

The other alternative is to purchase a cake and have it delivered to your mum's to save you taking it with you. If you have a long journey, or are travelling by train, the cake may end up like mush by the time you arrive at your mums.

Also worth bearing in mind that, if I'm anything to go by as a mum, I will have bought enough food to feed the street so, although your cake may be a nice idea, your mum may have done lots of food shopping already.

Instead, could you take your mum a nice bunch of flowers instead, they may well travel better too.

ETA: Sorry, I didn't read your thread properly, you are travelling by train

Sharon87

Ooh trifle yeah I can take the ingredients up, make the jelly and maybe the custard the night before and do the rest on Christmas Day. I can be creative with the topping on top of the cream. Would be funny watching the parrot trying to eat it as well, she'd get in a right mess!

The Jamie Oliver cake doesn't sound like my thing - not a fan of ginger! I'm really a fussy person lol.

We're spending Christmas on her boyfriend's narrow boat so hopefully there's enough room to make trifle or do it in-between the bacon sandwiches in the morning and Christmas dinner in afternoon!

MrsC....tobe

Make sure they know that you're going to be taking dessert, you don't want to end up with too much when there's only a few of you.
Saying that, I'm having 9 and Mum arrives on 23rd, on 24th she is making the trifle (with kirsch instead of sherry - or maybe both), wee sis is making a chocolate yule log, and the last thing will be my pavlova so it can stay in the oven overnight and come out before the turkey goes in....various options for you!

themull1

Buy one when you get there.