If you are hosting people for dinner and you want to impress, you may be thinking about making a delicious dessert. But what if you don’t know the first thing about baking and you don’t really have the time to spend all day baking and decorating a cake? People tend to think that great desserts have to be complicated but that isn’t the case. Simplicity is often better and there are so many amazing desserts that anybody can make without spending all day long slaving away in the kitchen. These are some of the best easy dessert recipes that will impress your guests.
Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate truffles are a classic dessert option that is always a winner. Everybody loves chocolate, and an indulgent chocolate truffle is the perfect way to finish a delicious meal. If you have had a heavy meal, you don’t always want a huge slice of cake, so a few chocolate truffles will be the perfect dessert. People often assume that they are difficult to make, but that isn’t the case at all. You just need to make a simple chocolate ganache with chocolate and cream, and then let it set. If you get some rubber molds, you can make them in more interesting shapes but they still look great if you make simple balls with a spoon. Most of the work is done while they are setting in the fridge, so they’re easy to make and your guests will be very impressed.
Peanut Butter Pie
Pies are always a good dessert, but they can be quite time consuming if you need to make the pastry and all of the fillings, and then bake it in the oven. However, there are some great recipes for no bake pies, like this peanut butter pie. It’s a delicious, indulgent dessert that looks impressive and seems like it takes a lot of work to make, but it’s actually incredibly simple. It’s also a great option if you are cooking an elaborate meal and you don’t have any space left in the oven but you still want to make a delicious pie.
Lemon Posset
Lemon based desserts are a great refreshing option for a summer meal, and lemon posset is one of the easiest ones that you can make. All you need to do is heat cream and add some lemon juice and zest. This simple 3 ingredient recipe is so basic that anybody can do it, even if you don’t have much cooking experience at all. Once you have heated the cream, it simply needs to sit in the fridge for a few hours to set. You can even make this a day before and leave it in the fridge, so you don’t have any work to do on the day. As long as you present your lemon posset in a nice way, it will be sure to impress your guests and give the impression that you have been slaving over it for hours.
Making a great dessert to impress your guests doesn’t have to take hours of work. Next time you have people over for dinner, why not try out one of these great recipes?