Possible Clues:

• Ristorante dessert
• One boarding transport is by university for second course
• Sweet French husband got up in tatty suit
• Dessert I stuff inside suit, messily
• Cheesecake alternative
• ... leaving spiritualism to go off for some pudding
• Dessert soaked in alcohol -- is it a rum possibly?
• Literally, 'pick me up' in Italian
• Cheer coming second gained by Irish novelist among set of workers
• Ladyfingers dessert