Easy Festive Sweet Treats and Desserts
If most of your Christmas dishes are time-consuming or difficult, the last thing you need to complicate your life with is an elaborate dessert. Leafing through my old hand-written copy book and browsing through my blog, I realised most sweets I prepare got easier and quicker throughout the years. Thanks to this, the dessert is the part of the meal I am least nervous about because I got used to effortless recipes, which – surprisingly – please my guests as much as the difficult ones used to. The best illustration of what I’m talking about is the above Unbaked Chocolate Cake I have discovered thanks to Katerina, my dear Greek friend and extraordinary inspiring cook from Culinary Flavors. It takes a while to prepare, always yields perfect results and is a huge hit every time I serve it.
Apart from the above cake, I have chosen for you baked desserts, creams, truffles and other sweet treats I consider particularly easy and sometimes also very quick to make. You will notice most of them are light; it’s not intentional but simply illustrates the majority of the sweets I have been preparing in recent years. All are seasonal (I mean from the European point of view), so no need to chase down tasteless and expensive strawberries or peaches in the middle of winter. I hope you will find at least one useful easy idea here. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all of my dear visitors!
TARTS AND CAKES
CREAMS AND CREAMY INDIVIDUAL DESSERTS
TRUFFLES AND SWEET FINGER FOOD
There are so many great desserts on the page but my favourite is the chocolate loaf … and the macaroons. 🙂
The chocolate cake is my favourite too.
Thank you so much my dear and I am so happy that this sweet has solved a serious problem, that of finding a dessert easy and delicious enough for a festive buffet! Happy Christmas to you and your family!
Hi, Katerina. You cannot even imagine how grateful I am for this amazing recipe. I have had a slice several hours ago actually and still love it 🙂 Thank you so much for your kind message! (I wanted to say Merry Christmas to you too, but it’s not Christmas yet in Greece… isn’t it?).
What a beautiful collection of desserts, each so special and festive. But I agree with Maria (a-bolyen), the unbaked chocolate cake is my favourite. I can imagine this served with a beautiful fresh raspberry coulis or maybe just some fresh whipped cream. A few red and green glacé cherries would make it festive too.
Thank you so much, Eva. Unbaked cake is my favourite too 🙂 And it’s probably the highest ratio of efforts vs results!
I love your selection of desserts, especially the ones I would consider light. The are perfect after a large and festive meal. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wish you all the best in the new year.
Thank you so much, Karen. I do tend to prefer light desserts in recent years… and luckily! One doesn’t have the freedom of eating the same thing one did twenty years ago… I also hope you have had wonderful Christmas. Happy New Year!
I’ve always loved your little treats because they aren’t heavy with sugars and huge in portions. It’s time to make another one of your little wobblies. I love those!
Hope you had a very Merry Christmas my friend!
Thanks a lot, MJ. Apart from the cake (which is not exactly light… but on the other hand it’s low carb 😉 ) most of these are quite healthy and/or small, so one can enjoy them without too many remorses. I hope you have spent wonderful Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
How is it possible that I have not seen your Guinness Chocolate Cake?! Oh My… I think I will strategically plant the recipe under my husband (and sons’) pillows right before my birthday :))). Happy Holidays Sissi! I hope you’re having fun. Thank you for all of the delicious reminders in this post, x
Thank you so much, Kelly. I have recently become lazy and make the Guinness cake less often since I discovered the unbaked cake…but both are delicious and easy! I hope you have spent lovely holidays.
How did I miss all of these goodies? Love these line up of treats. If I have to pick, I will pick the Bounty Truffles. It looks Yum-Rum! Ha ha ha. 🙂
Hi, Ray. Thank you so much. I like them a lot too (and they are super easy too!).