Complex desert item to make.

How about Baklava, or Royal Praline Cake?

it has easy to do but pretty desrets and meals hope you find what your looking for! Merry Christmas!

http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/recipes/holiday-cakes/?sssdmh=dm17.351879&esrc=nwwr25_09&email=1498819761

you could try and make tiramisu, vanilla bavarian cream, cold lemon souffle or flappers pie

boston cream pie is fairly simple- tastes great, and can look some what impressive.

BLACK FOREST CAKE 1- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk 1/3 cup shortening 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 3 eggs 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1/4 cup water 1 cup (6 ounces) semi sweet chocolate chips 1 (21 ounce) can COMSTOCK or WILDERNESS cherry pie filling

1. preheat oven to 350*, in medium bowl, with electric mixer combine MILK, SHORTENING, BROWN SUGAR, and EGGS- mix well

2. in small bowl- combine DRY INGREDIENTS- stir in milk mixture just until moistened. gradually add VANILLA and water- stir in CHIPS, pour into a 12 cup fluted tube pan coated with non stick cooking spray.

3. bake 35- 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. cool in pan for 15 minutes, remove from pan- cool for 30 minutes.

4. spoon some ot the cherry filling over the cake. slice cake and serve with remaining cherry filling.

I looked in my recipe book and that recipe seemed fairly simple and looked pretty good. you could make it more colorful by adding some of those green cherries and possibly a ring of whipped cream around the cake and around the cherries on the top of the cake- so you could possibly have a red, green , white and brown presentation.

the chocolate cake and cherries sounds prety good too.

good luck happy holidays!!!