List of desserts

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== List of desserts ==

A dessert is typically the sweet course that concludes a meal in many cultures. The course usually consists of sweet foods, but may include other items. The word "dessert" originated from the French word desservir, meaning "to clear the table." Here is a list of popular desserts from around the world:

Cakes

• Cheesecake - A sweet dessert consisting of one or more layers. The main, and thickest layer, consists of a mixture of soft, fresh cheese, eggs, and sugar.
• Chocolate cake - A cake flavored with melted chocolate, cocoa powder, or both.
• Sponge cake - A light cake made with egg whites, flour, and sugar, sometimes leavened with baking powder.

Cookies and Biscuits

• Chocolate chip cookie - A drop cookie that features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient.
• Macaron - A sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and food coloring.
• Shortbread - A traditional Scottish biscuit typically made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three parts flour.

Pies and Tarts

• Apple pie - A pie in which the principal filling ingredient is apple.
• Lemon tart - A dessert dish, a variety of tart. It has a pastry shell with a lemon flavored filling.
• Pumpkin pie - A dessert pie with a spiced, pumpkin-based custard filling.

Frozen Desserts

• Ice cream - A sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert.
• Gelato - An Italian frozen dessert similar to ice cream, but with a lower fat content and a denser texture.
• Sorbet - A frozen dessert made from sweetened water with flavoring (typically fruit juice or fruit purée, wine, and/or liqueur).

Puddings and Custards

• Bread pudding - A bread-based dessert popular in many countries' cuisines.
• Crème brûlée - A dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.
• Rice pudding - A dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and other ingredients such as cinnamon and raisins.

Pastries

• Croissant - A buttery, flaky, and layered pastry of Austrian origin.
• Danish pastry - A multilayered, laminated sweet pastry in the Viennoiserie tradition.
• Éclair - An oblong pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with icing.

Confectioneries

• Candy - A confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient.
• Fudge - A type of confectionery which is made by mixing sugar, butter, and milk, heating it to the soft-ball stage at 240 °F (116 °C), and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency.
• Marzipan - A confection consisting primarily of sugar or honey and almond meal.

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