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How To Completely WOW Your Dinner Guests – It’s Easier Than You Think!

When someone mentions dessert, usually the first thing that comes to my mind is a cake of some sort. Which is great, of course – I love a good cake and I wouldn’t mind having some for dessert every day of the week! But occasionally I like to try something completely different. Some of the recipes I’ve tried have failed to be tastier than a nice cake, but others have turned out more delicious than I could have ever imagined.

Like these bananas, for example. Who would have thought such simple ingredients, with such easy instructions, would give you a flavor that seems to come straight from heaven?

You literally only need a handful of ingredients to make these, and it doesn’t take longer than a few minutes to have these on your plate – or should I say, on their way to your belly. Because these aren’t going to stay on your plate for longer than a few seconds!

This is also a great way to make an impression on your dinner guests. I guarantee you’re going to hear people ooh and ahh over the look and aromas of these alone.

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Quick Tip: Use a combination of your favorite nuts instead of just pecans.

Was This Your Mother’s Recipe, Too?

We all have a favorite cake recipe, don’t we – the one you got from your favorite neighbor, the one your great-grandmother came up with, or just the one you found surfing online last week. Whether it’s a sheet cake, a pound cake or a beautifully frosted, layered cake – it becomes your favorite for a reason, and it’s kind of hard to try and find a recipe that would beat those old favorites.

I thought I would never find a tastier cake recipe than the one I got from my mother. She had gotten it from a friend at work, decades ago already, and the cake is to die for. Seriously – I could eat 3 slices just like that!

But when a friend of mine gave me this recipe, I immediately knew this was going to be amazing. I didn’t think it would be better than my Mom’s, but oh boy, was I in for a surprise.

When I had my first slice of this cake with a cup of coffee, it was like a symphony of flavors in my mouth. I must have looked like a crazy woman because my husband asked me if I was ok. He did understand it all when he tried the cake himself!

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Quick Tip: This recipe makes 12 servings.

Apple desserts.  My favorite.  I always seem to be drawn to these on Pinterest.

So much so, that I have a board on Pinterest just for apple desserts.  Pathetic? Maybe.  Delicious? Absolutely.  Apple desserts are (usually) so simple to make yet so unbelievably delicious.  They are full of the perfect blend of spices that make for a comforting dessert and topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, I am in heaven.

The other day, I was on the phone with my neighbor Anne telling her I was going to make an Apple Bread Pudding for dessert in the evening.  I had already purchased all the ingredients and was elated about having apples for dessert.  My husband loves it, too, so I knew it would be a huge hit.  When I explained the concept of this dessert to her she told me, “you HAVE to add rum to this.”  I was a bit hesitant.  I am not quite used to working with alcohol in my meals, let alone desserts.  But she told me not to be afraid, this was just a touch to give it a whole new realm of flavors.  Well, I listened to her and boy was I impressed.

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Quick Tip: If you want to skip out on the rum, enjoy this just as a regular apple bread pudding 

This Drunken Apple Cake is a great cake recipe for fall and the holidays! It is incredibly moist, to the point of being custard-like in places, and it features a nice balance of sweet, tart, and (thanks in large part to the rum) slightly spicy flavor. This is a great choice for anyone who likes a really “wet” dessert with a lot of flavor depth. I loved the alternating layers of firm cake and creamy apple goodness. If you like apples at all, you really ought to give this recipe a try!

Of course, the precise flavor balance that you have will depend in part on your choice of apples. I went with an aged rum for a bit of a richer flavor, but you could go with a light rum if you want a bit of a leaner, crisper flavor or a spiced rum if you want your cake to be a bit on the sweetly spicy side.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Leite’s Culinaria

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Quick tip: Serve warm with vanilla ice cream!

This Homemade Rum Cake is perhaps best suited to holiday gatherings, but it is a straightforward enough recipe that you can make it most any time that you like. It takes about an hour to prep and bake and makes about 10 servings.

Even if you aren’t a drinker, you have to appreciate the depth of flavor that certain spirits can give a dessert. (I remember the whisky sauce that my great-grandmother put over bread pudding–that was to die for!) I love the rich molasses flavor that the dark rum gives to this cake.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Always Order Dessert

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