Dessert help

[rthstewart]

So, I'm hosting Thanksgiving -- no surprise, I always host, and I'm looking for an appropriate chocolate dessert.  I've done this white and dark chocolate mousse chocolate cake before but I remember being underwhelmed by the cake and the white chocolate mousse has gelatin, a non-starter.  I've tried this chocolate almond torte over the weekend and was underwhelmed with the flavor and it stuck in the pan and I had to toss it. 
I've made this hazelnut malt tart which was OK, except for the malt and the milk chocolate.   Dairy, gluten, and eggs are fine -- preferable even.   Nuts are OK too.    Gelatin is not.  I would prefer if eggs were cooked as I prefer to avoid foodborne illness.  I'm obviously fine with something with some complexity.  Also, do you have an amazing lemon tart recipe you love?  Let me know!

Also, I baked these over the weekend for the first time and really enjoyed them if you are fan of spicy ginger cookies.  I didn't boil down the ale and used King Arthur  boiled cider and so reduced the sugar a little bit.  They were delish.

Comments

[adaeze]

The cake in my icon is probably too much of an afternoon tea cake to fit a Thanksgiving dinner (at least if the lavishness of the two Thanksgiving dinners I've attended are any guide) though it is a useful one if I'm ever after something dairy-free (not on your needed list, I know). If alcohol is allowed, I do also have a chocolate whisky cake recipe I could dig out, which looks less spectacular but tastes amazing (even with third-rate whisky - in fact it's a very good thing to do if someone has given you a bottle of sub-standard whisky.