British Desserts
25 entries in the British Desserts compendium.
Angel DelightA powdered dessert mix whisked with milk to create a mousse.Apple dumplingA pastry-wrapped apple, baked or boiled, served in varied ways.Arctic rollA British ice cream cake with sponge and raspberry sauce.Bakewell tartA Derbyshire tart of jam and almond frangipane.Banoffee pieAn English pie of banana, cream, and caramel.Bedfordshire clangerA dense suet dumpling, historically a farmworker's portable meal.Bombe glacéeA French frozen dessert molded to resemble a cannonball.Coconut iceA British chewy coconut confection, often pink and white.Crème brûléeA custard dessert with a caramelized sugar top.CustardEgg-thickened milk or cream, sweet or savory, delicate to cook.Floating island (dessert)A meringue dessert floating on vanilla custard.FlummeryA starch-based pudding from early modern Great Britain.Fruit foolA classic English dessert of stewed fruit and custard.Gelatine dessertA sweetened collagen gel that set from liquid to solid.Jam roly-polyA steamed or baked suet pudding rolled with jam.Jumble (cookie)Early modern baked good, precursor to the modern cookie.Junket (dessert)A milk-based jelly dessert set with rennet.Mince pieA sweet pie of English origin, filled with spiced fruit mincemeat.Nesselrode puddingA chestnut-based frozen dessert from 19th-century France.Penguin (biscuit)P-p-p-pick up a Penguin!Rhubarb pieA tart fruit pie popular in the UK and North America.Shrewsbury cakeA classic English dessert named after Shrewsbury, Shropshire.Sticky toffee puddingA moist date sponge with toffee sauce, often served with custard.SyllabubA frothy dessert or drink made by curdling cream with wine or cider.Tipsy cakeA sherry-and-brandy soaked sponge cake dessert.
Browse British Desserts in the interactive codex →