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Knickerbocker Glory A Great Dessert Name

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silverspoon125 Wed 25-May-22 08:22:58

Knickerbocker Glory popped into my head this morning (not sure why) - is this the best Dessert name and what's your favourite, craziest, funniest

Ladyleftfieldlover Wed 25-May-22 11:50:26

I love Eton Mess. I also love Pavlova and make a few every summer. I love knickerbocker glory. I haven’t had one for a while but would love one in Fortnum and Mason. One day I’ll take my granddaughter there. Talking about puddings - I made two strawberry crumbles this morning and froze them. Delicious with lashings of cream!

FannyCornforth Wed 25-May-22 11:53:24

fairfraise

Baklava I think!

Yes. Thank you! smile

fairfraise Wed 25-May-22 11:55:46

Far too sweet for me!

V3ra Wed 25-May-22 11:57:08

As a teenager I had a weekend job in our local Wimpy Bar.
Knickerbocker glory was on the menu and I loved making them. I always got told off by the boss though as I was too generous with the fruit and he complained about his profits!
I just made them as I would want to eat them ??

hulahoop Wed 25-May-22 12:04:02

My oh used to live Charlotte Roux think that's how you spell it, his mum used to have to order it,I have never seen it.

silverspoon125 Wed 25-May-22 12:10:24

Yes, of course spotted dick, great name and not forgetting manchester tart - you gotta laugh

Granmarderby10 Wed 25-May-22 12:11:34

Rum babas for me? but love baklava too. Sooo expensive to buy but I’ve made both of these deserts and though I say it myself they weren’t half bad.

Chocolatelovinggran Wed 25-May-22 12:11:50

Knickerbocker Glory, banana split et al are still very popular in ice cream parlours here (seaside town in the SE) and enjoyed by foreign visitors particularly, who see them as British. PS I make a mean Eton Mess- the perfect pudding for lousy cooks ( that's me)

crazyH Wed 25-May-22 12:22:57

Gulab Jamun

Jaxjacky Wed 25-May-22 12:42:44

Lardy cake in our bakers, or used to be, not sure if they’re still made.

Granmarderby10 Wed 25-May-22 12:59:05

crazyH are they those syrupy slightly crunchy pinkish coloured sweets that Asian shops sell?

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 25-May-22 13:26:38

I love spotted dick with custard, however in these days of monkey pox … ?

Ladyleftfieldlover Wed 25-May-22 13:33:04

When OH was working and living in Cairo we used to go to a non-tourist shop near his house for baklava. I used to buy tubs of it to take into work.

FannyCornforth Wed 25-May-22 13:50:45

My mom used to make bread pudding (not to be confused with bread and butter pudding).
It was lush

Cherrytree59 Wed 25-May-22 14:34:16

My Grans Cooltie dumpling was a firm winter favourite.

I do like a knickerbocker Glory , but nowadays it's a case of eyes bigger than tummy. ?

Cherrytree59 Wed 25-May-22 16:34:38

Clootie!

MrsKen33 Wed 25-May-22 19:53:07

Roly Poly pudding or Dead Man’s leg. Lovely with Jacques?

loopyloo Wed 25-May-22 19:56:46

At school we used to have Thames mud and murder on the concrete. Yummy.

ixion Wed 25-May-22 19:58:42

murder on the concrete
Would that have been semolina with that lurid red squirty sauce?

TillyTrotter Wed 25-May-22 19:59:38

An authentic Italian Tiramisu - meaning “Pick-me-up”.
It should be light and fluffy mmmmm……

HowVeryDareYou Wed 25-May-22 20:06:02

Death By Chocolate - a very rich chocolate gateau

Nell8 Wed 25-May-22 20:16:55

Knickerbocker Glory- takes me back to my early teens and a caff where we hung out listening to the juke box and drinking coffee out of glass cups. The icecream desserts in a glass with a long handled spoon seemed the height of cool.

Fly cemeteries (pastry filled with raisins) with lashings of custard were a staple at school dinners.

lixy Wed 25-May-22 22:14:55

G'chn love home-made Knickerbocker Glories. I bought those extra long spoons and somehow that made the whole thing a proper treat.
School dinners featured the frogs eyes (rice pudding) and the most amazingly lurid pink custard.
My G'ma made 'bat the berg' as her speciality - a variation on iles flottantes.

GrammarGrandma Thu 26-May-22 12:57:50

All too sweet for me! Rather have biscuit and cheese but you get charged extra for that in some restaurants.

Millie22 Thu 26-May-22 13:13:58

Bakewell Tart but ...is it a tart or a pudding?

Lemon cheesecake ... lovely ?