Dessert Ideas for Large Groups

Imagine you are having a party at your place on a weekend and you need dessert ideas for a party of about 70 people. Or you have volunteered to help out at your kid's school and need to prepare desert recipes for a large group of children! May be you need dessert ideas for large group of people coming home from your spouse's office. You feel pretty hopeless in such a situation and do not want to let down your loved ones. This article will cover some appealing and easy dessert recipes for a crowd and will prove to be not only a crowd pulling dessert but a also crowd pleasing recipe.

Easy Dessert Recipes for Large Groups
The following dessert ideas for parties and large groups will prove to be quite handy for you. Try these mouth watering dessert recipes for large groups and earn compliments from one and all.

Blueberry Cobbler Dessert Recipes for Party
Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup softened butter
• 2 ²/₃ cups sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
• 3 pounds of fresh blueberries

Method of Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Using a fork or your fingers to crumble butter into the bowl. Add sweetened condensed milk and stir to mix well. Add the lemon peel. Now, stir in the blueberries. Pour the blueberry mixture into a 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle Streusel Topping (recipe below) over the blueberry batter. Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes, until golden brown. If you want to prevent the topping from turning too dark, cover the pie with foil for the final 15 minutes of baking. Insert a toothpick near the center of the cobbler and check for if its ready. If the toothpick comes out clean, the blueberry cobbler is ready to be served.

Streusel Topping Recipe
Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup softened butter
• ½ cup chopped Pecans

Method of Preparation
Mix flour and sugar in a mixing bowl and add butter. Mix well until crumbly. Stir in the Pecans into the mixture. The Streusel topping is ready to be poured on the blueberry batter.

Preparation time: 20-25 minutes
Number of Serves: 15-18 depending on portion size

Peach-Raspberry Compote Dessert Recipe for a Crowd
Ingredients

• 20 ounces raspberries, frozen in syrup
• 1 can peaches, sliced, canned, in syrup
• 1 ½ cups brown sugar
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ cup butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 pint peach syrup

Method of Preparation
Mix 1 quart dairy sour cream, 1 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon. Chill the mixture to prepare vanilla sour cream topping for the peach raspberry compote dessert recipe for a crowd. Preheat oven to 350° F. Thaw the frozen raspberries. Save the liquid after draining the peaches. Add peaches in a shallow, full-size steam table pan and sprinkle raspberries over it. Mix brown sugar and the remaining ingredients. Pour this mixture over the fruits. Bake on 350° F. in the oven for 30 minutes. Serve the desert warm with chilled vanilla sour cream topping.

Preparation time: 40 minutes
Number of Serves: 24 servings of ½ cup each.

Coconut Chocolate Dessert Recipes for Large Group
Ingredients for the Cake

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup water
• ¼ cup baking cocoa
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredients for the Topping

• 12 oz. evaporated milk, divided
• 1¼ cups sugar, divided
• 20 lg. marshmallows
• 14 oz. coconut
• 2 cups slivered almonds, toasted and divided
• ½ cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method of Preparation
Add flour, sugar, baking soda and salt, in a mixing bowl. Combine butter, water and cocoa in a saucepan. Cook and stir the butter and cocoa until butter is melted. Add it to the dry ingredients. Mix eggs, buttermilk and vanilla and add it to chocolate mixture and mix well. Pour the batter into a greased 15x10x1" baking pan. Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes. Check for doneness, using a toothpick inserted in the center and this toothpick is supposed to come out clean.

While the cake is being baked in the oven, in a saucepan, add 1 cup evaporated milk, ¾ cup sugar and marshmallows and cook until the marshmallows melt. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the coconut. Immediately sprinkle 1 cup almonds over cake and spread coconut mixture over the top. Sprinkle the cake with the remaining almonds. Keep in mind the pan will be full by now. Now combine butter with remaining milk and sugar in a saucepan. Cook and stir till the butter melts. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the chocolate chips till they melt. Drizzle over almonds. Allow it to cool. Know more on choclate cake recipes.

Preparation time: 40 minutes
Number of Serves: 20

Orange-Pineapple Bavarian Trifle Dessert Ideas for Party
Ingredients

• 1 gallon orange juice, divided
• 1 pint granulated sugar
• 1 cup lemon juice
8 tablespoons gelatin
• 1 quart cold water
• 2 teaspoons pineapple extract
• 2 quarts whipping cream
• 1 pound confectioners' sugar
• 4 loaves pound cake
• 2 ½ quarts pineapple, crushed and drained

Method of Preparation
Mix 1 quart of the orange juice, sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Sprinkle gelatin over cold water, letting it stand until gelatin is moistened. Remove orange juice mixture from heat and stir in softened gelatin. Mix well to dissolve gelatin. Stir in the remaining orange juice. Add pineapple extract to the mixture and chill until partially set, for about 1 hour. Whip cream with confectioners' sugar till it is stiff. Slowly add gelatin mixture and continue beating at low speed, until fully blended. In a single layer, place pound cake slices in two 20 x 12 x 3-inch steam table pans. Spoon pineapple mixture over cake slices. Divide the gelatin mixture between the two pans, and spread evenly. Chill until firm. Cut the cake into 2½ x 4-inch pieces. You can top each serving with a rosette of whipped cream and a red maraschino cherry, for added flavor.

Preparation time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Number of Serves: 42

You may like to know more on:

• Cake Recipes
• Pudding Recipes
• Chocolate Fondue Recipes

These are a few delicious dessert recipes for the sweet lovers. You can try these recipes, the next time you need easy dessert recipes for a crowd. These easy to prepare recipes help you bake great desserts, that will surely win over the hearts of everyone in a crowd. You may even refer to recipes using sweetened condensed milk for some more ideas. Enjoy preparing easy dessert recipes for large groups and take delight in sharing it with people attending the party.