TOP 40 best DIY New Year's dessert recipes for 2019 at home

Desserts always complete a festive feast. Many people have no energy left for them, and ardent fans of sweets wait for this moment throughout the holiday. Desserts on the New Year's table should not only be tasty, but also festively decorated. We must not forget about the mistress of 2019 - the Yellow Pig, she loves abundance and variety. There should be a lot of dishes, so you need to think about which desserts will decorate the table and complement each other.

Selections of desserts for the New Year 2019

When creating a menu for the New Year, you need to choose the right desserts to please and surprise your loved ones and guests. We hope that our tips will help in choosing recipes:

1. Cake is a must-have decoration for the New Year's table. It's better to cook it yourself. You can show off your culinary skills and original design.
2. Guests enjoy the individual serving of food. It’s worth making mousse, ice cream or something else in bowls. It’s worth doing this if the company is not too big.
3. Small cookies, sweets, and cakes that can be taken in small portions are usually in demand among guests.
4. It is necessary to provide a light dessert - from fruits, berry jelly. This will be appreciated by those watching calories. It is necessary to make cuttings from fruits.
5. If there will be a group of children among the guests, you need to prepare more sweets.

You should not choose several very complex recipes that require a lot of time to prepare and high culinary skills. After all, you will have to prepare many other dishes.

Desserts will be needed in the morning, so they must be prepared and decorated in advance - you won’t have the energy to finish them.

We offer a selection of various desserts, from which you can choose simple, original, chic, healthy, familiar, for adults and children.

Oreo cake

A real treat for chocolate lovers. We will need:

• cocoa – 70 grams;
• flour - a glass;
• butter – 180 grams;
• eggs – 3;
• hot water – 120 milliliters;
• kefir – 120 milliliters;
• sugar – 2/3 cup;
• soda – ½ teaspoon.

We bake the cakes. To do this, pour hot water over cocoa and mix well. Pour kefir into a bowl. Beat butter with sugar and vanilla sugar, add eggs one at a time, beating after each, and a spoonful of vegetable oil. Add cocoa and butter with eggs to kefir. Mix well.

Add flour and baking soda into the mixture in small batches, mixing thoroughly. Divide into two portions and bake the cakes (160°, 30 minutes). Cool the cakes and cut them in half.

To grease the cakes:

• butter – 200-250 grams;
• powdered sugar – 150 grams;
• soft cream cheese – 600 grams.

Beat butter with powder and vanilla, add warm cheese. Cool slightly, separate some into a pastry bag. Grease the cakes and decorate the top with cream from a pastry bag. Top with Oreo cookies if desired.

Dessert “Queen of Autumn”

The pumpkin is called the queen of autumn. We will prepare a dessert based on it. First, bake the crust:

• pumpkin pulp – 400 grams;
• sugar - glass;
• flour – 2 cups;
• starch - ½ cup;
• raw yolk – 2;
• vanillin, soda, salt.

Three large pumpkins, combine with sugar, salt, and vanillin. Leave until juice appears (30 minutes). Add eggs, 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Combine starch with flour and stir into pumpkin mixture. The consistency of the dough is liquid, like pancakes. Bake on a large baking sheet for 30 minutes. Remove and cool.

For the soufflé:

• pumpkin – 200 grams;
• agar-agar – 1.5 teaspoons;
• sugar - glass;
• egg white – 1;
• citric acid – 0.5 teaspoon;
• water – 4 tablespoons.

Cut the pumpkin and soften it in the microwave. Agar-agar with sugar and water are still standing and waiting for dissolution. At this time, cut the cake into pieces. Triangles, diamonds are suitable, you can use cookie cutters. Bring the dissolved sugar and agar-agar to a boil and heat for about 7 minutes until transparent with a slight yellow tint.

Beat the pumpkin from the microwave in a blender, adding citric acid and powdered sugar. Add the protein and beat further. Pour in the hot syrup in a thin stream, increase the speed and beat for another 5 minutes. Let the mixture sit for 5-7 minutes, add half a spoonful of baking powder and continue whisking (another 5 minutes).

We take another five-minute break, beat for 5 minutes until the mass turns white, dense, and airy. Place the soufflé in a piping bag and pipe around the edges of the cakes. Place fresh berries in the center and make a second layer of soufflé. Cool the dessert in the refrigerator. Preparing the glaze. To do this, mix a tablespoon of sugar, butter, cocoa. Pour in 4 tablespoons of your favorite juice. Place in the microwave for a minute. Pour into a pastry bag and make beautiful lines on the cakes.

Homemade Bounty bars

We prepare a delicious homemade delicacy that everyone loves.Combine coconut flakes (300 grams) with a can of good condensed milk. Stir until smooth. We spread it in a layer of 1-1.5 centimeters on paper placed in a rectangular shape, compact it and put it in the refrigerator.

Melt 300 grams of chocolate and temper it. Cut the coconut mixture into pieces of equal size for bars. Dip into chocolate, spread on paper and cool.

Parmesan shortbread cookies

We prepare simple and delicious cookies with a cheesy flavor. For preparation:

• flour, parmesan - 150 grams each;
• raw egg yolk;
• chilled grated butter – 125 grams;
• cayenne pepper, sesame.

Mix flour, finely grated Parmesan, salt, pepper, butter until crumbly. Add the yolk, mix quickly, no need to knead. Cool. Roll out into a layer (5-7 millimeters). Sprinkle thickly with sesame seeds. Cut into pieces or with a mold. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Honey cake “Noble”

We prepare a well-known and beloved cake in a festive version. For the cakes:

• flour - 3 cups;
• butter – 40 grams;
• sugar – 0.5 cups;
• honey – 4 tablespoons;
• eggs – 3;
• cognac – 4 tablespoons;
• lemon zest, soda, vanillin, salt.

In a saucepan, mix honey, sugar, salt, butter, add 2 tablespoons of water. Heat over heat, whisking gently at low speed. Add eggs, beaten with salt, into the warm mass, pour in cognac. Add a teaspoon of baking soda, continuing to whisk. Foam rises strongly.

Remove from heat, add flour, vanillin, zest. Knead the viscous dough. Place it on a sprinkled board and divide it into 7 parts. We try not to add extra flour, the main thing is that it should roll. Roll out the cakes one by one into the same shape and bake for 5-7 minutes at 160°.

Preparing the cream:

• thick and fatty sour cream – 600-700 grams;
• nuts – 2 cups;
• sugar - glass;
• honey, cognac - 2 tablespoons each.

We turn the nuts into small crumbs. Beat sour cream with sugar, add honey, cognac, lemon juice, vanillin, nuts. We layer the cake thickly without pressing the cake layers. Decorate with cake scraps.

Chucky Cake

It is believed that the cake should cause horror (the recipe was born for Halloween), but everyone will like it.

For the cakes:

• eggs – 3;
• both types of oil – 100 grams;
• kefir – 0.6 liters;
• flour – 350 grams;
• cocoa – 125 grams;
• sugar – 1.5 cups;
• baking powder.

Beat sugar with eggs, combine with butter and kefir, continuing to beat. Add dry ingredients, knead the dough. Bake 3 cakes at 150° for 15-20 minutes. Cool, wrap and let sit for several hours.

For cream:

• gelatin – 10 grams;
• sugar – 20 grams;
• yolk;
• white chocolate – 100 grams;
• cream (30%) – 0.4 liters.

Soak leaf gelatin. Boil the cream (120 milliliters), pour in the whipped yolk and sugar. Transfer to a water bath and simmer until thickened. Add chocolate, vanilla, gelatin. Cool, beat with a blender. Bring the remaining cream to a foam with a blender and combine both masses.

Combine the cake layers into a cake, covering with cream.

Preparing the meringue:

• proteins – 2;
• sugar – 180 grams;
• water – 45 milliliters;
• citric acid, dye.

Add sugar and dye to hot water and boil. Beat the whites with salt until foamy, add citric acid. Pour in the sugar syrup while continuing to beat.

Cover the cake with meringue to create feathers or terry (depending on how you see it). The terrible Chucky cake is ready.

Chocolate cake "Tenerina"

To bake an Italian chocolate-flavored cake, we need:

• dark chocolate – 200 grams;
• powdered sugar – 90 grams;
• flour – 60 grams;
• ricotta – 100 grams;
• eggs – 3;
• butter – 50 grams;
• milk – 2 tablespoons.

Melt the chocolate and butter in a water bath. Beat the whites with powder until foamy. Carefully stir the yolks into the chocolate. Whisk ricotta with milk. Combine it with the chocolate mixture, flour, mix. Carefully combine with egg whites.

Place in a pan lined with baking paper and grease the sides. Bake at 180° for 15-20 minutes. An Italian pie should have a liquid center. Sprinkle with powder.

slave cake

The main difficulty in making a cake is its correct assembly and formation of a complex appearance. For the test:

• flour – 180 grams;
• butter – 20 grams;
• eggs – 2;
• water - a tablespoon;
• sugar – 2 spoons.

Mix the ingredients and knead for 5-8 minutes. Refrigerate for an hour. For filling:

• almonds – 400 grams;
• egg;
• powdered sugar - a glass;
• lemon zest – 2 tablespoons;
• liqueur – 50 milliliters.

Grind the nuts to very fine crumbs and mix with the rest of the ingredients. Divide the dough into 2 parts. Roll one out on a silicone mat to a size of 30 centimeters. Using a knife, cut a spiral 6-7 centimeters wide. Stretch the spiral so that there is a gap of 2 centimeters between the turns. Transfer the workpiece onto a baking sheet.

Carefully spread the filling, leaving the edges free. Roll out the remaining dough into a thin layer and cut into strips 3 centimeters wide. Make the sides of the pie by folding the dough into folds like a frill. Bake at 120°, about 35 minutes. Remove very carefully - the cake is fragile and breaks easily.

Cake “Lemonchiki”

Yellow cakes with lemon flavor.

For the test:

• flour – 0.5 kilograms;
• butter, sugar - 100 grams each;
• milk – 150 milliliters;
• yolks – 2;
• baking powder;
• lemon zest.

Grind the sugar with butter and yolks with a fork, combine with other ingredients. Quickly knead the dough and place in the refrigerator for an hour.

For filling:

• proteins – 2;
• lemon zest;
• almonds - a glass.

Chop the nuts and mix everything. Roll out the dough and cut out circles with a diameter of 7-8 centimeters. Fill and seal, when modeling, give the shape of a lemon. Bake at 160° for 20-25 minutes. Pour milk into a saucer, add a little yellow dye. Dip the cakes and roll in sugar.

Tip: do not cut the cake into large pieces - most of it will remain on the plates.

Turkish Delight

We prepare the famous oriental sweet, adding pistachios for a festive taste. Boil 1.5 cups of water in a saucepan, add 300 grams of sugar and 50 grams of starch. Simmer over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly. When it becomes difficult to stir, add a pinch of citric acid.

Place chopped pistachios on the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Pour in the mixture, level with a spatula, and keep in the cold until it hardens. Take out and cut, sprinkle with powder again.

Lemon dessert “Snow Queen”

We prepare the dessert in individual portions in cups or bowls. Ingredients:

• lemon, egg - 2 each;
• sugar – 150 grams;
• butter – 30 grams;
• cream - from a bottle.

Remove the zest from the lemons and squeeze out the juice. Add sugar and eggs to them. Mix and simmer in a saucepan until thickened. Add butter, cool and beat. Pour half the volume into prepared glasses. Cool. Before serving, add cream, garnish with berries and grated chocolate.

New Year's dessert "Cockerel"

A pleasant light dessert with a New Year's decoration. Whisk a glass of cold milk, a glass of sugar and 4 tablespoons of starch.

Boil another glass of milk, adding tangerine zest and a teaspoon of nutmeg. Remove the zest and pour cold milk, sugar and starch into boiling milk. Keep on fire until thickened, add 100 grams of butter, stir until smooth. Pour into a vase and cool. Decorate the top using a stencil in the shape of a cockerel with cocoa or grated chocolate.

Cookie house

A very tasty dessert that is convenient to prepare for those who are not oven friendly. You need to buy good rectangular cookies (15 pieces).

Filling:

• cottage cheese – 500 grams;
• butter – 150 grams;
• powdered sugar – 4 spoons;
• vanillin.

Prepare the glaze from butter (200 grams), cocoa (4 tablespoons), powder (2 tablespoons). Grind well until a homogeneous mixture. We lay it out on film (save some to fill the holes), having first estimated the size of the house.

Lay out 3 by 5 cookies. For the filling, grind and mix the ingredients. Cottage cheese can be passed through a sieve. Place the filling on the cookies (on the middle row) in the shape of a triangle. We lift the edges with film, turning it into a hut. We cover up the defects with the remaining glaze - and off to the cold.

Chocolate sphere

To prepare the dessert you need a special form. Required Products:

• chocolate – 350 grams;
• chocolate drops - a glass;
• sugar, condensed milk - a glass;
• butter – 4 tablespoons;
• nuts – 0.5 cups;
• brown sugar – 1.5 cups;
• cream – 1.5 cups;
• proteins – 2.

Melt the chocolate and prepare hemispheres in molds.For the mousse – melt the drops, add the whipped egg whites, whip the cream (0.5 cup) and add to the mousse. Refrigerate. For praline – mix sugar, condensed milk, cream (0.5 cup), boil for 5 minutes. Add chopped nuts.

For caramel – fry 3 tablespoons of sugar until brown. Add butter and remaining cream. Fill the spheres with mousse. Pour praline into a plate, arrange spheres, pour caramel over it.

New Year's cookies "Petushki"

The main thing in the recipe is the beautiful decoration of the cockerels. It is important to show artistic talent here. Baking cookies:

• butter – 100 grams;
• eggs – 1;
• flour – 1.5 cups;
• sugar – 150-180 grams;
• starch - 2 tablespoons;
• dyes, powdered sugar, soda.

For the dough, mix grated butter, egg yolk, sugar, flour, soda. Knead quickly and put in the refrigerator. We take it out, roll it out, cut out the figures of cockerels using a stencil or a mold. Bake for 15 minutes at 150°.

For the glaze, combine the egg whites, powdered sugar (0.5 cups), citric acid, and beat until thick. Add starch. Divide into separate bowls, add dyes of different colors and paint the cockerels.

Alcoholic ice cream

To make berry ice cream for adults you will need:

• rum – 100 milliliters;
• berries (mixture) – 200 grams;
• sugar – 80 grams;
• mint liqueur - 10 milliliters;
• lime juice – 2 tablespoons.

Blend the berries in a blender until smooth. Add all ingredients and mix. Pour into molds and freeze.

Mango Parfait

A pleasant refreshing dessert – bright and beautiful. You will need comfortable shallow glasses. Peel and cut mango (2 pieces). Grind with a blender. Place a layer in cups (0.7 centimeters), with the same layer of yogurt on top.Repeat to the top. You will need 300-400 milliliters of yogurt.

Blueberry pudding

We are preparing a light dessert that will pleasantly refresh you after a hearty feast.

Products:

• yogurt – 100 milliliters;
• cottage cheese – 300 grams;
• blueberries – 200 grams;
• starch - 2 tablespoons;
• sugar – 4 tablespoons;
• eggs – 2.

Place all the ingredients in a bowl and beat well, add the starch at the end, and turn on the mixer again briefly. Pour into the mold and bake at 160° for 35-45 minutes. Decorate with whipped cream and powder.

Pear in chocolate

The main difficulty is choosing the right pear. It should be soft, but not oozing juice. Conference of moderate ripeness is good. Peel, cut in half. You will need 4-5 pieces.

Melt 300 grams of chocolate, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Dip pear pieces into the warm mixture, holding them on a stick, and place on a plate. Cool. Decorate with white cream or whipped cream.

Yogurt ice cream

A wonderful light dessert for those watching their figure. Cut 2 bananas into slices and leave in the freezer for a couple of hours. Place in a blender bowl, pour in 300 milliliters of yogurt, a spoonful of honey, add vanilla and beat well.

Chill in the freezer for an hour, stirring to break up the ice. Refrigerate for a couple more hours and the dessert is ready.

Ice cream “Vanilla tea”

To prepare this cold dessert you will need:

• milk and cream - 450 milliliters each;
• powdered sugar - a little less than a glass;
• vanilla extract - teaspoon;
• good tea – 6 bags;
• yolks – 4.

Boil milk with cream, drop in tea bags, cover for 30 minutes. Remove the bags and heat again. Beat the powder and yolks, pour the milk liquid into them, stirring constantly.Put on fire and keep until thickened. Add vanilla. Leave to cool for 3 hours. Fill an ice cream maker with the mixture and cook according to instructions. When finished, place in the freezer.

Cranberry mousse

For a light dessert you will need:

• cranberry - glass;
• sugar – 6-8 tablespoons;
• semolina – 5 tablespoons;
• water – 0.4 liters.

Pour the berries into 100 milliliters of water and boil for 2 minutes. Strain the cranberries on a sieve and grind the berries until smooth. Pour the remaining water into the cake, add sugar and bring to a boil. Carefully add the semolina and cook the porridge in the berry broth (it should be very thick). Cool and beat well until volume increases and lightens (10 minutes at high speed). Place in bowls and decorate with cranberries and mint.

Canned Peaches Jelly

Delicate aromatic dessert for peach lovers. For a jar (400 grams) of canned peaches - gelatin (4 tablespoons), water (glass), sugar (3 tablespoons). Pour gelatin with water, let it swell and heat with sugar until dissolved. Slice the peaches and place in the molds. Combine the compote with cooled gelatin and add boiled water to 400 milliliters. Pour the fruit into the molds and cool.

Orange ice cream

This delicious natural dessert is convenient because it can be prepared in advance, and at the right time simply placed in bowls and decorated. For 150 grams of peeled and chopped orange pulp, you will need 50 milliliters of orange juice and 150 milliliters of cream. Beat everything thoroughly with a blender until smooth. If the orange is sour, add sugar. Transfer to a convenient container. The ice cream will have to be stirred to prevent ice from forming.

Chocolate fondant

Chocolate lovers will appreciate a delicious cupcake with liquid contents inside.

Required:

• butter – 50 grams;
• flour - 3 tablespoons with top;
• sugar – 50 grams;
• chocolate – 100 grams;
• eggs – 3.

Melt chocolate and butter in a common bowl. Bring the eggs and sugar with a mixer to a fluffy foam, stir in the flour. Combine the warm chocolate mixture with the dough. Grease the muffin tins with butter and pour the mixture into them to fill 2/3 of the volume. Place in a hot oven (180°) for 7-9 minutes. The crust should be ready, but the inside should remain liquid. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Cake "Anthill"

We are preparing a favorite children's delicacy for the New Year:

• flour – 350 grams;
• eggs – 1;
• sugar, sour cream - 4 tablespoons each;
• butter, nuts - 150 grams each;
• condensed milk.

Mix the ingredients for the dough: beat eggs with sugar, add sour cream, butter, flour. Cut the finished dough into pieces and place in the freezer. Take a piece at a time and rub it onto a baking sheet, bake for 7-10 minutes.

Cut the nuts into pieces, mix with baked crumbs and condensed milk. Add oil if necessary. Form into balls, sprinkle with nuts or grated chocolate.

Tip: You can serve sliced ​​fruit and cheese with desserts.

Orange dessert

We prepare dessert in orange cups. To do this, carefully extract the pulp from 4 oranges. Cut them in half and scoop out the contents with a spoon or knife. Grind the pulp with a blender until smooth.

Place 40 grams of butter and 2 tablespoons of flour in a saucepan. Mix well and pour in the orange mixture. Add 9 tablespoons of sugar, stirring constantly, and bring to a boil.

Place the cooled mixture in orange cups and cool.Decorate the top with whipped cream, berries or chocolate.

Cake "Count's Ruins"

We are preparing a cake reminiscent of the ruins of an old castle.

Dough:

• eggs – 3;
• flour - a glass;
• sour cream – 200 grams;
• sugar – 180 grams;
• soda, cocoa.

Beat eggs with sugar, add sour cream, flour, soda. Select 1/3 part and bake the cake (15 minutes). Add 2 tablespoons of cocoa to the remaining portion and bake. For the cream, beat half a liter of sour cream with 200 grams of powdered sugar.

Place the white cake layer and coat with cream. Cut the dark cake into cubes, dip in the cream and lay them out in dense layers, giving the shape of ruins. You can melt the chocolate and pour it over the finished cake for beauty and taste.

Tip: before serving desserts, you should clear the table of all utensils, except for tea, wine glasses and juice glasses.

Curd and berry soufflé with sour cream

A light dessert with a piquant hint of your favorite berries.

Compound:

• milk, cottage cheese – 200 grams each;
• sour cream – 3 tablespoons;
• berries - a glass;
• sugar to taste;
• gelatin – 10 grams.

Dissolve gelatin in milk and heat over heat. Beat sour cream well with cottage cheese, adding sugar or honey. Pour in the cooled gelatin mixture and stir. Add berries. Place in bowls or a common vase, decorate with berries, and cool.

Dietary curd and yoghurt soufflé

Required:

• delicious cottage cheese – 250 grams;
• natural yogurt – 250 milliliters;
• gelatin – 2 tablespoons;
• strawberry juice - a glass;
• a little sugar.

We prepare gelatin according to the recipe on the bag. Mix all the ingredients, stirring gently, taste and add sugar to taste. Place in molds and let harden. Garnish with strawberries and mint.

Chocolate panna cotta with cream

To prepare dessert we will take:

• cream – 350 milliliters;
• chocolate – 100 grams;
• gelatin – 8 grams;
• sugar - optional;
• dried orange zest.

Dissolve gelatin in water according to instructions. Place the cream on the fire, add the zest and broken chocolate. We don’t heat it for a long time, the chocolate just needs to disperse. Add ready-made gelatin and heat slightly. Place into molds and cool. Decorate with bright spots of berries.

Strawberry tiramisu with cookies

We prepare dessert from ready-made savoiardi cookies or any cookies you like best.

For the cream we take:

• mascarpone, heavy cream – 250 grams each;
• yolks – 5;
• savoiardi – 250 grams;
• powdered sugar – 100 grams.

Mix the yolks with powdered sugar and heat in a water bath. The mixture should thicken. Cool it and beat for 5 minutes. Add the mascarpone and beat for a few seconds at low speed. Using a mixer, turn the cream into a thick mass, combine with mascarpone and yolks.

To prepare strawberry syrup, chop the berries (250 grams) and boil until the sugar dissolves (3 tablespoons). In a glass form, make the first layer of cream. Dip the cookies into the strawberry syrup and place them in dense rows on top of the cream. Cover with cream. We also lay out the second layer.

Cover with foil or film and place in the cold. Cut and remove carefully - the dessert is delicate. Top with strawberries and chocolate.

Chocolate covered banana popsicle

Banana lovers will appreciate the dessert. They need to be peeled (3 pieces), cut in half, insert a wooden stick and put in the freezer for a quarter of an hour. At this time, melt the chocolate (100 grams), adding a tablespoon of butter. Dip bananas into chocolate, then into confectionery topping, cocoa or grated nuts. Cool.

Chocolate orange custard cake

This culinary masterpiece is not baked, but cooked on the stove. You will need two dishes, one must be inserted into the other. Pour water into the larger one and dough into the smaller one. So, for the choux pastry:

• milk – 1.5 cups;
• sugar, flour - 200 grams each;
• butter – 150 grams;
• eggs – 3;
• soda;
• grated orange zest - 1;
• cocoa, dark chocolate - 50 grams each.

Beat butter and sugar until foamy. Add chocolate melted in the microwave and zest. Beat. Pour in milk and beat in eggs. Sift the dry ingredients well, add to the mixture, knead until smooth.

Grease a small pan with oil, lay out the dough, and cover with foil. Place in a saucepan with water. Water should boil over medium heat, adding more if necessary. Cooking time – 90 minutes.

We take the workpiece out of the mold; it will shrink before our eyes. Preparing the glaze:

• sugar, cocoa - 3 tablespoons each;
• sour cream – 2 spoons;
• butter – 50 grams.

Mix everything and boil for 3 minutes. Cool slightly and pour over the cake. Decorate the cooled cake with orange slices and chocolate pieces.

"Brigadeiro" (condensed milk sweets)

For a can of condensed milk you will need 20 grams of cocoa powder, 50 grams of butter, vanillin. Heat the ingredients in a saucepan until thickened (8-10 minutes). The mass should move away from the walls and become plastic. Transfer to a cold bowl and let cool. Roll into round balls, roll in grated chocolate, coconut, cocoa. Cool or serve warm.

Milk custard

Cream prepared with milk perfectly complements cakes and pastries, gently soaks them without causing the dough to become soggy.

For the classic cream you will need:

• milk – 0.5 liters;
• sugar – 200 grams;
• flour – 40 grams;
• eggs – 4.

Grind eggs with sugar in a saucepan. Add flour and vanillin and grind until smooth. Dilute with cold milk. Bring to a boil with constant stirring. If the mixture is watery, boil it some more. The cream according to the English recipe is ready.

In Russian traditions, add butter (50-150 grams) to the custard, this improves the taste and makes the consistency more delicate.

Homemade "Raffaello"

To prepare sweets, take:

• waffle cakes – 3-4;
• butter – 50 grams;
• white chocolate – 100 grams;
• sugar – 1/3 cup;
• milk – 10 tablespoons;
• almond;
• coconut flakes.

Melt the butter, add milk and sugar, simmer for 2-3 minutes, add chocolate, remove from heat. Add the crumbled waffles into the cooled mixture. Roll into balls, inserting almonds inside. Roll in coconut.

Corn flake dessert

This recipe is a godsend for those who are limited in time. Melt 200 grams of chocolate (with nuts, raisins or plain). Gently stir in the cereal (60 grams). Place in molds and sprinkle with powder.

Chocolate truffles

Dissolve 150 grams of chocolate in cream (70 milliliters). Add rum or cognac (2 tablespoons). Cool slightly to a plastic mass. Roll into balls and roll in cocoa.

Cake “Siberian pineapple”

For a dessert with a Siberian flavor, let's take:

• favorite ice cream – 0.5 kilograms;
• canned pineapple – 100 grams;
• chocolate in the form of coins – 100 grams;
• cocoa.

Strain the pineapple from the liquid and cut it finely. Mix with ice cream. Let's freeze it. We take it out and place it in the shape of a pineapple, cover it with coins in the form of pineapple scales, and sprinkle with cocoa.

Santa Claus made from fresh strawberries

A wonderful and witty decoration for the holiday table.You should make a lot of Santa Clauses, although it still won’t be enough. Cut off the top of large strawberries. Squeeze a little whipped cream onto most of the berry, attach the top and make a pompom on top of the cap.

Cake "Christmas log"

Prepare the biscuit base:

• flour – 100 grams;
• eggs – 4;
• sugar – 150-180 grams;
• cocoa – 2 tablespoons;
• baking powder, vanillin.

Using a mixer, beat the egg-sugar mixture until thick foam. Mix and sift dry ingredients. We connect both parts, stirring carefully and quickly. Pour onto a baking sheet lined with parchment. Bake for 10-15 minutes in a hot oven. Remove and roll into a roll, securing with a towel.

For the roll filling:

• lemon;
• orange – 3;
• sugar – 180 grams;
• eggs – 2;
• starch - 2 tablespoons;
• butter – 150 grams.

Take the zest from a lemon and 1 orange. We live out the juice (250 milliliters). Mix juice and zest with eggs. Add starch and sugar, put on fire. Cook over very low heat until thickened. Beat the butter with a mixer and combine with the orange mixture.

We make a syrup for impregnation from liqueur, sugar and water, moisten the biscuit. Spread the cream and roll it again. We put it in the cold. We prepare the glaze from butter (50 grams) and chocolate (150 grams), melting together. Coat the cake with a thick layer, giving the surface the appearance of bark.

Without New Year's desserts, the table will be incomplete. If the housewife does not shine with culinary talents and is not confident in her abilities, you need to choose simpler recipes. Delicious salads and hot dishes form the basis of the festive menu, but it is the dessert that remains in the memory after the feast.