Birthday dinner for boyfriend?!

For some reason most mens favorite dessert is apple pie.
So my first choice would be to make that!
If you do all of it including the crust take out about 4 hours of your day.
& top it off with a scoop of creamy vanilla ice cream.
Or you can never go wrong with chocolate for a male. (:
try to make/get small individual choc. cakes with a warm choc. fudge middle like the ones the have at bravos.

I hope I helped you decide(:

Every guy i know says there favorite is apple pie. idk why, its just like if you ask them what theyd want for dinner it most likely will be steak and potatoes. hahah. I made one for thaksgiving and out of all the other desserts there the apple pie was the only one that was all gone in a matter of minutes and pretty much the only dessert people really ate. you can never go wrong with apple pie.
but if you want to be brave do the chocolate! (:

Tiramisu, it's a great Italian dessert.

Tiramisu

7 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup sweet marsala, plus 2 tablespoons
8 ounces mascarpone, softened to room temperature
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup brewed espresso coffee
1 ounce dark chocolate
1/4 cup rum
1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract
48 ladyfingers
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Cream together egg yolks and sugar in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Add 1/3 cup of the marsala and continue to whisk until mixture is thick and doubled in volume. This is basically a zabaglione. Remove from heat. Stir in the mascarpone until completely blended.
In a chilled bowl, whip the heavy cream to soft peaks. Fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture, to lighten.

In a small saucepan, combine espresso, chocolate, rum, vanilla, and remaining 2 tablespoons marsala. Heat gently, and stir to dissolve the chocolate. Then, chill the mixture to cool it down, about 15 minutes. Quickly dip each ladyfinger in the chilled coffee mixture and arrange in a single layer on a 9 by 13-inch glass baking pan. Do not soak the cookies or they will become too moist. Spread 1/2 the mascarpone cream evenly with a spatula on top of the dipped ladyfingers. Repeat with a second layer of dipped ladyfingers and remaining mascarpone cream. Sprinkle top with cocoa powder. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Steak dinner and cheesecake desserts seem to always go hand and hand. Individual cheesecakes is a nice idea. The triffle is also a good variation and built and servedin a martini class is a cute and elegant party idea.


Raspberry, White Chocolate, and Almond Trifle

3 1/2 cups chilled heavy whipping cream, divided
12 ounces high-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Perugina), chopped
1 1/4 teaspoons almond extract, divided
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
7 ounces Boudoirs or Champagne biscuits (crisp ladyfinger cookies),* divided


1 cup raspberry jam, melted, divided
1 1/2 12-ounce packages frozen unsweetened raspberries, partially thawed, divided
2 6-ounce containers fresh raspberries
3/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted



Bring 1 cup cream to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add white chocolate; whisk until smooth. Cool to barely lukewarm, about 10 minutes. Beat 2 1/2 cups cream and 1/2 teaspoon extract in large bowl to soft peaks. Fold in white chocolate mixture.

Stir sugar and 1/2 cup water in small saucepan over medium heat until sugar melts. Mix in 3/4 teaspoon extract; remove syrup from heat. Quickly submerge 1 biscuit in syrup; shake excess back into pan. Place dipped biscuit in bottom of 14-cup trifle dish. Repeat with enough biscuits to cover bottom of dish.

Spread 1/3 of melted jam over biscuits in dish. Top with 1/3 of partially thawed berries with juices. Spread 1/3 of whipped chocolate cream over. Repeat layering with dipped biscuits, melted jam, partially thawed berries, and whipped chocolate cream 2 more times. Mound fresh berries in center of trifle. Sprinkle almonds around edge. Cover and chill at least 5 hours and up to 24 hours.

*Available at some supermarkets and at Italian markets.



Cheesecake

FOR CRUST
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus room-temperature butter for pan
12 graham crackers (3-by-5 inch)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
FOR FILLING
2 1/2 pounds bar cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest, plus 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
4 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
Directions
1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make crust: Butter a 9-by-3-inch springform pan. In a food processor, pulse graham crackers until fine crumbs form; add melted butter, sugar, and salt, and pulse to combine. Press crumb mixture into bottom and about 1 inch up side of pan. Bake until set, 12 to 15 minutes; let cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven to 325 degrees.

2.Set a kettle of water to boil. Make filling: Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese on medium until fluffy, scraping down side of bowl. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Beat in lemon zest and juice, and salt. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping down side of bowl after each addition. Beat in sour cream.

3.Wrap bottom half of pan in foil. Pour in filling; place in a roasting pan. Pour in boiling water to come halfway up side of springform. Bake until just set in center, about 1 3/4 hours. Remove pan from water; let cool 20 minutes. Run a paring knife around edge; let cool completely. Cover; chill overnight before serving.

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How about Chocolate delight i will give you the link at my source and I advise you that don't make to many desserts because you are going to have birthday cake Right?

http://allrecipes.com//Recipes/desserts/…

german chocolate covered brownies.

Men like apple pie or coconut cream.

Black Forest Cake
go to duncan hines.com for the recipe this is a easy to do cake and looks pretty too.