List of British desserts
This is an alphabetical list of traditional British desserts and sweet dishes. Each entry includes a concise description with internal links to key terms for further exploration.
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- Apple dumpling – A baked dessert made by wrapping whole apples in pastry and baking them with a sweet filling.
- Apple pie – A classic pie made with a pastry crust and a filling of spiced, sliced apples.
- Apple crumble – A baked dish of stewed apples topped with a crumbly mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.
- Arctic roll – A dessert made of ice cream wrapped in a layer of sponge cake.
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- Bakewell tart – A tart with a shortcrust pastry base, a layer of jam, and a filling of almond sponge.
- Banoffee pie – A dessert made from bananas, cream, and toffee on a biscuit base.
- Blackberry pie – A pie with a filling made of fresh blackberries.
- Blackberry cobbler – A baked dessert with a blackberry filling and a biscuit topping.
- Bread and butter pudding – A traditional dessert made by layering slices of buttered bread with custard and raisins, then baking.
- Brandy snaps – Thin, crisp biscuits flavored with brandy, rolled and often filled with whipped cream.
- Biscuits – Sweet or savory baked treats, often served with tea.
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- Carrot cake – A moist cake made with grated carrots, spiced with cinnamon or nutmeg, and topped with cream cheese frosting.
- Cherry pie – A pie filled with stewed cherries.
- Cherries jubilee – A dessert of cherries flambéed with liqueur, typically served over vanilla ice cream.
- Chestnut pudding – A sweet pudding made with chestnuts, sugar, and cream.
- Cobbler – A dessert with a fruit filling and a biscuit or scone topping.
- Coconut ice – A sweet confection made from desiccated coconut and sugar, often colored pink and white.
- Custard tart – A pastry filled with egg custard and flavored with nutmeg.
- Cookie – A small, sweet baked treat, often with added chocolate or dried fruits.
Banoffee pie is made with bananas, cream, and toffee on a biscuit base.
Cherries jubilee is prepared with cherries flambéed with liqueur and served over ice cream.
A blackberry and apple crumble.
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- Ecclefechan tart – A small tart filled with dried fruits, sugar, and spices, originating from Ecclefechan, Scotland.
- Eton mess – A dessert of crushed meringue, whipped cream, and fresh strawberries.
- Eve's pudding – A traditional British dessert of apples topped with a sponge cake mixture.
- English cake – A broad term encompassing various traditional cakes such as Victoria sponge and Madeira cake.
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- Flapjack – A chewy oat bar made with rolled oats, butter, and golden syrup.
- Flies' graveyard – A nickname for sweet pastries filled with currants or raisins.
- Flummery – A soft dessert made with cream, sugar, and fruit juice.
- Fruit fool – A creamy dessert made by folding stewed or puréed fruit into whipped cream or custard.
- Fudge – A sweet confection made with sugar, butter, and milk or cream, often flavored with chocolate or vanilla.
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- Gypsy tart – A dessert with a sweet filling of evaporated milk and brown sugar in a shortcrust pastry.
- Gingerbread – A spiced cake or biscuit flavored with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.
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- Manchester tart – A shortcrust pastry tart with a layer of raspberry jam, custard, and coconut flakes, topped with a cherry.
- Maids of honour tart – Small tarts filled with a cheese curd mixture.
- Mince pie – A sweet pie filled with mincemeat (a mixture of dried fruits, spices, and suet).
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- Syllabub – A dessert made of sweetened milk or cream curdled with wine or cider.
- Spotted dick – A steamed suet pudding with dried fruits, served with custard.
Syllabub with a hint of wine.
Treacle tart served with clotted cream.
A traditional English trifle layered with custard, fruit, and whipped cream.
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