Desserts & Sweets
Cakes, pastries and sweet treats to finish the meal.
248 dishes
Tiramisù
Coffee-soaked ladyfingers layered with whipped mascarpone and dusted with cocoa — Italy's most exported dessert.
Pastéis de Nata
Flaky custard tarts with caramelised, blistered tops.
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Chewy buttery cookie studded with chocolate chips.
Savoiardi
Savoiardi is a beloved cookie, traditional to Italy.
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Moist date sponge drenched in warm toffee sauce.
Kingyoku
Kingyoku is a translucent Japanese jelly confection set with agar and sugar — a jewel-like wagashi that captures the season.
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.
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 one of the classic dishes in the dessert tradition of Turkey.
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.
Mpanatigghi
Rooted in Italy, Mpanatigghi is a cookie enjoyed for generations.
Truffade
Hailing from France, Truffade is a much-loved pancake.
Crème Brûlée
A silky vanilla custard under a torched, glassy caramel crust — France's most satisfying spoon-crack dessert.
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.
Baklava
Crisp layered filo, butter and nuts baked golden and soaked in honey syrup — the shared jewel of Greek and Ottoman sweets.
Basma
Başma is a stretched, sugar-sweetened cheese dessert from Bursa, served in glossy mounds and dusted with pistachio.
Bundevara
Hailing from Serbia, Bundevara is a much-loved sweet pastry.
Cannoli
Crisp fried shells piped with sweet ricotta cream.
Dulce de Leche
Caramelised milk spread that Argentines put on everything.
Gelato al Pistacchio
Gelato al Pistacchio is a beloved ice cream, traditional to Italy.
Gelato Alla Vaniglia
Gelato Alla Vaniglia is a traditional ice cream from Italy.
Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki
Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki is a beloved pancake, traditional to Japan.
Kulfi Falooda
Kulfi Falooda is a frozen dessert from India.