List of desserts

List of Desserts

A dessert is a course that concludes a meal. The course usually consists of sweet foods and beverages, such as dessert wine or liqueurs, but may include coffee, cheeses, nuts, or other savory items. In some parts of the world, such as much of central and western Africa, and most parts of China, there is no tradition of a dessert course to conclude a meal.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈzɜːrt/

Etymology

The term "dessert" comes from the French word "desservir", which means "to clear the table". It was first used in this sense in English in the 14th century.

Related Terms

List of Common Desserts

Apple Pie - A pie or a tart, in which the principal filling ingredient is apple.
Brownie - A square or rectangular chocolate baked treat.
Cheesecake - A sweet dessert consisting of one or more layers.
Donut - A type of fried dough confection or dessert food.
Eclair - An oblong pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with chocolate icing.
Flan - A type of egg custard dessert often with a caramel topping.
Gelato - The Italian version of ice cream, made with a base of milk, cream, and sugar, and flavored with fruit and nut purees and other flavorings.
Honey cake - A cake sweetened with honey.
Ice Cream - A sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert.
Jelly - A clear or translucent dessert made with sweetened and flavored gelatin.
Kulfi - A popular frozen dairy dessert from the Indian subcontinent.
Lemon Tart - A dessert dish, a variety of tart.
Muffin - A baked product that is a sweet or savory variety of bread or cake.
Nougat - A family of confections made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts, whipped egg whites, and sometimes chopped candied fruit.
Opera Cake - A French cake.
Pancake - A flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter.
Quindim - A popular Brazilian baked dessert, made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut.
Rum Baba - A small yeast cake saturated in syrup made with hard liquor, usually rum, and sometimes filled with whipped cream or pastry cream.
Sorbet - A frozen dessert made from sweetened water with flavoring.
Tiramisu - An Italian dessert made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavored with cocoa.
Ube Halaya - A Philippine dessert made from boiled and mashed purple yam.
Vanilla Ice Cream - A widely used flavor of ice cream, and often used to flavor other desserts.
Waffle - A dish made from leavened batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape, and surface impression.
Xmas Cake - A type of fruitcake served at Christmas time in many countries.
Yogurt - A food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk.
Zabaglione - An Italian dessert, or sometimes a beverage, made with egg yolks, sugar, and a sweet wine.

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