NFT: Best Dessert Thread

I went to Italy and France for my honeymoon. The food in France was so much better than Italy. We also ate at some absolutely amazing places.

As far as desserts go, as I have gotten older I barely eat sweets so it is hard to me to answer without really thinking about it.

but the Cheesecake at Il Mulino in NYC is the best cheesecake I've ever had.

But, my favorite is a dessert from Serendipity that was not on the regular menu, which my wife has replicated for me before. It was called Mmmmm! It's basically a 3 scoop banana split with peanut butter and chocolate syrup. I love peanut butter.

That brings me to my next favorite. a chocolate cake with peanut butter butter cream frosting and peanut butter filling from a bakery in Red Hook called Baked. The cake is the Whoopsie Daisy. It's expensive, so we haven't ordered it in some time. But, they get the chocolate cake perfect and the peanut butter filling is excellent chilled or room temp.

The last is clearly not the best, but another favorite of mine. I eat far less cakes and sweets now. But, at a party if they have a Carvel ice cream cake, I can't turn it down.

Strawberry/Rhubarb cinnamon topping crunch Cobbler with a scoop of homemade French vanilla ice cream.

In a restaurant, it was an oldie but really goodie: Banana Fosters made at the table that I got at a really nice steakhouse called Al Biernat's. They offered it only for a short time in December 2 years ago. It was amazing

Junior's Blueberry cheesecake and key lime pie.
anytime...anywhere

Tiramisu and Chocolate Chess pie are her favorites. Tiramisu my recipe but chess pie in Angus Barn I tried it one time was very good.

in the southern region of Puglia is off the charts good. It’s a pastry with a delicious custard or creme filling. Yum!

Has anyone else tried it?

In comment 15311795 CowboyHaters said:

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in the southern region of Puglia is off the charts good. It’s a pastry with a delicious custard or creme filling. Yum! Has anyone else tried it?

Is Puglia in Jersey?

in southern Italy. 🇮🇹

my idea of dessert is a second, but smaller, steak.

or occasionally an Irish coffee.

from restaurants. As Monty said, bananas Foster at Brennen's, a bread pudding from Union Station in Ogden, UT and a chocolate mousse from Tarbell's in Phoenix. At home, I have a bunch of favorites- Contessa's Outrageous Brownies, Brownie Tart and Rugelach, buttermilk panna cotta, Kelsey Nixon's fruit pizza, lemon curd, macerated strawberries with balsamic, and my wife's NY cheesecake.

then there's chocolate mousse, and then panna cotta, there also a new gluten-free/dairy free coconut strawberry cheesecake that I really like

She'd make it every Christmas (which is also my birthday). The recipe below looks to be pretty close to what she'd make, although I can't vouch for some of the ingredients (like what kind of liqueur she used), or the exact measurements. My Mom's recipes called for things like "a glass of milk," or "just enough flour," lol.

Zuppa inglese (Italian Trifle) - ( New Window )

but I dunno how there is anything better than the Reese’s pieces sundae I used to get at Friendly’s.

Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, peanut butter sauce, whipped cream, Reese’s pieces sprinkled in and a cherry on top.

but it's hard to find

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Mojave.

In comment 15312222 Jimmy Googs said:

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+1 maybe even an infused cigar (Drew Estate Latte) on rare occasions.

used to make a grape pie. She'd take fresh grapes from the vine, skin them, cook them down in sugar and use it as the filling. I've not had anything close to it since she passed.

In comment 15312269 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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used to make a grape pie. She'd take fresh grapes from the vine, skin them, cook them down in sugar and use it as the filling. I've not had anything close to it since she passed.

My Italian grandmother did the same thing! Though she got her grapes from a street cart... I've never seen grape pie anywhere else. I loved the grape filling, but the thick crunchy dough crust was absolute heaven. Thinking about this, I remember the smell of those pies cooling on her kitchen table...

Grandmother used to make a mean vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. Man, I miss that.

In comment 15312322 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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Grandmother used to make a mean vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. Man, I miss that.

I didn't want to list too many things, but a white cake with chocolate frosting is one of my faves.

Flaky, light crust honey almonds butter Version in Samos in the Cyclades added a kind of creme Anglaise, out of this world

Banana split pretty darn good too

Strawberry Cheesecake

Black Raspberry Ice Cream

German Apple Pie

Flan. Any Flan but yeah, Flan>all other desserts.

In comment 15312474 ColHowPepper said:

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Flaky, light crust honey almonds butter Version in Samos in the Cyclades added a kind of creme Anglaise, out of this world Banana split pretty darn good too

There's an excellent Greek Festival every year in Charlotte. We get baklava to take home, but I can't pass up delicious, freshly made Loukamades when we're walking around the festival

In comment 15312921 RomanWH said:

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Flan. Any Flan but yeah, Flan>all other desserts.

Good lord, pass...