Desserts & Sweets
Cakes, pastries and sweet treats to finish the meal.
255 dishes
Tiramisù
Coffee-soaked ladyfingers layered with whipped mascarpone and dusted with cocoa - Italy's most exported dessert.
Italy ·
Veneto 
Pastéis de Nata
Flaky custard tarts with caramelised, blistered tops.
Portugal ·
Lisbon 
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Chewy buttery cookie studded with chocolate chips.
United States ·
Massachusetts 
Savoiardi
Light, crisp Italian sponge biscuits named after the House of Savoy, used in tiramisu and served with sweet wine.
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Moist date sponge drenched in warm toffee sauce.
United Kingdom ·
Nationwide 
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Kingyoku
Kingyoku is a translucent Japanese jelly confection set with agar and sugar - a jewel-like wagashi that captures the season.
Japan 
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Bánh da Lợn
Pandan-and-mung-bean chequered cake from southern Vietnam, sliced at Bến Thành market in Saigon and the Cái Răng floating market in Cần Thơ.
Vietnam ·
Southern Vietnam / Mekong Delta (Saigon, Cần Thơ, Mỹ Tho) 
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Frittelle di Riso di San Giuseppe
Roman rice fritters fried for the Feast of Saint Joseph on 19 March - pear-shaped, custardy inside, dusted in powdered sugar.
Şambali
Şambali is a Turkish semolina cake baked until golden, cut into pieces and soaked in syrup, a familiar sweet of İzmir and the Aegean.
Turkey ·
Aegean Region 
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Mona de Pasqua
A ring-shaped Catalan and Spanish Easter cake of enriched sweet dough baked with hard-boiled eggs in the centre, traditionally given to children by their godparents on Easter Monday and eaten at picnics in the country.
Spain ·
Spain (Catalonia, Valencia, Aragon, Murcia, Castile - Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Murcia, Tarragona, Reus) 
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Mpanatigghi
Mpanatigghi are Sicilian pastries from Modica, filled with a sweet, chocolatey mixture of beef, almonds and spices, and dusted with sugar.
Truffade
Truffade is a savoury Auvergne dish of sliced potatoes cooked in fat and melted with fresh Tomme cheese.
France ·
Auvergne 
Gelato
Denser, silkier and more intense than ice cream - Italy's frozen pride.
Antwerpse Handjes
Almond-butter shortbread biscuits shaped like outstretched hands, sold on Antwerp's Grote Markt and named for the legend of Brabo.
Belgium ·
Antwerp / Flemish Region (Antwerpen, Mechelen) 
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Baklava
Crisp layered filo, butter and nuts baked golden and soaked in honey syrup - the shared jewel of Greek and Ottoman sweets.
Greece ·
Nationwide 
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Basma
Başma is a stretched, sugar-sweetened cheese dessert from Bursa, served in glossy mounds and dusted with pistachio.
Turkey ·
Bursa, northwest Turkey 
Dulce de Leche
Argentine caramelised milk spread, thick and glossy, used in alfajores, toast and ice cream.
Argentina ·
Nationwide 
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Gelato al Pistacchio
Gelato al pistacchio is Italian pistachio ice cream, dense and softly churned, with a deep roasted nut flavour and a muted green colour.
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Kulfi Falooda
Kulfi falooda layers dense saffron kulfi over rose-syrup vermicelli and basil seeds, a chilled Indian summer dessert.
India ·
Nationwide 
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Künefe
A hot Turkish dessert of crisp shredded pastry and molten cheese, soaked in syrup and topped with pistachios.
Mango Sticky Rice
Steamed glutinous rice soaked in salted coconut cream, served with slices of ripe mango.
Thailand ·
Nationwide 
Alfajores
Crumbly shortbread sandwich filled with dulce de leche.
Croquembouche
A tall French celebration pyramid of choux puffs dipped in hot caramel, filled with pastry cream, and bound with spun sugar - the traditional wedding and christening cake of France.
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Fruit Scone
A fruit scone is a tender British and Irish baking-powder bread studded with dried currants or sultanas, split and served with jam and cream.