What are Australia's desserts on Christmas Day?

Answer 1

Because Christmas in Australia occurs in mid-summer, desserts are usually lighter than those found in the northern hemisphere, where it is winter.

The ever-popular pavlova with fresh cream and fruit is often consumed, as are flavoured ice creams and "Christmas logs", made with ice cream, chocolate, nuts and various other things. Trifle is also common, as is fruit salad.

For desserts, Christmas cakes based on the heavy fruit cakes and puddings as made in Britain (and usually served with custard, cream or ice cream) are still popular, as are fruit mince pies.