Easy dessert for older people

What about chocolate pancakes? They are really easy to make yet very delicious. I've made them a lot of times so far. Found the recipe on foodjj.com website. Try them out too

I'd love that- but 48 cheese cakes would take ages, and a lot of rings too.

Fruit compote is a good idea, but perhaps would make it into a fool, to make it a bit more special. Thanks all, again.

Individual cheesecakes might work and are fairly simple to do.

Fruit compote is one of the simplest things to make - just prepare the fruit eg remove stones, peel if using apples, pears etc, cut up. Then stew with a little water or orange juice and sugar if necessary. Just stewed fruit.
It freezes well, we have lots of compote in the freezer, plum, peach, apricot, apple.

And it is very safe in our Swiss mountains- that is for sure ;)

Tricia- wow I am impressed. I do like using fruit in season, and our apricots here are amazing but late Summer. How would you make the apricot compote? Will have to see if I can find them frozen, not too expensive.

And by the way - tap water in the UK is safe to drink, so we don't need to buy your filter system.

You told us this before, but it has no connection with desserts for older people, so not relevant here.

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I've just read this granjura - as I've written before, I'll be 80 next year so could well be one of your clients. I used to tell your dear friend Carole, a"h, that I was older than her, so she'd better behave! (on another forum.)
I suppose I'm lucky that I still have most of my teeth and for dessert we usually have fresh fruit, but of the other suggestions I would go for ice cream with a fruit compote. Apricot is my favourite. We don't want anything too heavy, something refreshing.

Teetime, We call that Sherry Biscuit Log. I make it by dipping choc. chip cookies in sherry and layering them with whipped cream into a log shape. Then cover the whole thing in cream and a crumbled chocolate flake! I leave it overnight in the fridge. It is soft, and delicious.

Thanks for continuing with suggestions. Just haven't got enough ramekins for all- I have to make 48 (40 'guests' and 8 volunteers). I will use some good quality plastic glasses, with wide silver rim, we have in Ye Olde Parish kitchen and re-use- so can't bake in them (at the back of the house, so no transport apart from across the corridor.)

I've just remember a recipe I used to make in the 70s- with breabcrumbs mixed with dark chocolate and coffee powder and sugar, and layerer with cream and left over-night. I think I'll put a bit of black cherry jam at the bottom. Or Eton mess- or trifle, but without the jelly (can't find jelly here). I have to take OH to Geneva airport that morning- so will not even be here in the morning- so all will have to be done day before- apart from a bit of Chantilly for the top.

We love rice-pudding, and always make some when GCs visit- perfect for our GS who is severly allergic to egg.

The luncheon is opened to all OAPs from age 65- aand it is a right mix of people.

Ah - if the meal isn't in UK maybe rice pudding is not suitable. I think it's a quintessentially English desert.

sorry typing in a hurry!!!

An easy one I used to do was a layering of choc chips cookies with whipped cream in ramekins - you can put a layer offruit at the bottom like trifle or a little sherry and top with some strawberries. sounds strange but if its left for a few hours in the frdge it melts into a lovely creamy chocolate thing.

I was thinking steamed pudding and custard but then I realised you are not in England. Maybe it would go down well anyway and you probably can't get Birds style custard powder either.

Dont give them too much whisky They might start falling over.
Lemon Posset?
www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lemonpossetwithlemon_85812

Banana custard is comfort food.

Blancmange. That must be available in France it has a french name.

Sorry for being flippant.

All sounds delicious - bit shocked to read that some of the old folk (sorry senior citizens) are 65 as I'm 68!! However I worked in an Elderly Persons' Home and soon realised that one or two of the residents were my age! Can't get used to being thought of as older

It might sound old fashioned but I think they would all love an old fashioned rice pudding, baked in the oven. It takes ages and might be difficult to cook or transport - but might be worth it.

^them Fluff cakes'? Not exactly appetising image! !

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It sounds as if a good time was had by all! Do you ever remember having bananas in custard? It seemed to have a taste all of its own. It can always be ' poshed' up with a topping of chocolate.

The film sounds like a brilliant idea, especially if residents featured in it. I often look at the BBC I Player documentary section where they feature old documentaries from the 60s. Times certainly have changed! x

Not sure about ice-cream, it is still quite cold here in April.

Shysal, I used to make milk jelly with Carnation, and ice-cream too, when the children were little- but we just can't get it here- a pity.

Is ice cream a possibility? Could do vanilla ice cream with an expresso poured over it, I forget what it's called...something Italian, can be served with amaretti biscotti.

https://www.carnation.co.uk/Recipes/78/Quick-Mango-Fool
This is delicious and easy to make. I have done it with rhubarb and with peaches, both of which can be tinned. I used disposable champagne flutes (Tesco) to save on washing up.
There are lots of other ideas on the Carnation website.
I hope the lunch goes well.

Wish I was there! Sounds great fun
It's so rewarding when all the hard work means so much to the others
to you and all involved x