DessertCat

Sweet
things from
everywhere.

No. 01

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Pick of the month · Indonesia & Malaysia

Dodol
or, sticky palm-sugar gold

slow-cooked for hours, eaten in slivers

Made by stirring coconut milk, palm sugar, and glutinous rice flour over a low flame for four to six hours, dodol is one of Southeast Asia's most patient confections — a chewy, caramel-deep candy that keeps for weeks.

Origin · Indonesia Cook · 4 hrs Difficulty · Patient
  1. 2

    Luqaimat

    Honey-soaked fritters, golden and crisp

    U.A.E.
  2. 3

    Serabi

    Coconut pancakes from a clay pan

    Indonesia
  3. 4

    Topfenstrudel

    Vienna's quark-and-raisin pastry

    Austria
  4. 5

    Pashmak

    Persian floss spun from sesame & sugar

    Iran
  5. 6

    Kuzumochi

    Translucent jelly with kuromitsu & kinako

    Japan
  6. 7

    Cremoso

    Argentine layered cream-and-dulce dessert

    Argentina
No. 02

Around the world, by sweet

Twenty-two traditions, six continents · Browse all cuisines →

Indonesian & Malaysian

38 recipes

Dodol · Serabi · Klepon · Kue Cubit · Onde-Onde

Japanese

24 recipes

Kuzumochi · Monaka · Daifuku · Anpan · Kakigōri

Middle Eastern

21 recipes

Luqaimat · Kataifi · Kunafa · Malabi · Umm Ali

Persian

9 recipes

Pashmak · Bastani · Sholeh Zard · Gaz

Indian

28 recipes

Payasam · Sandesh · Balushahi · Soan Papdi · Kaju Katli

Thai

11 recipes

Khanom Chan · Khao Tom Mud · Tub Tim Krob · Sankaya

Filipino

14 recipes

Taho · Sapin-Sapin · Halo-Halo · Buko Pandan · Bibingka

Austrian & German

17 recipes

Topfenstrudel · Schneeballen · Donauwelle · Apfelstrudel

Latin American

26 recipes

Cremoso · Chocotone · Mazamorra Morada · Cocadas · Quindim

Scandinavian

12 recipes

Rødgrød med Fløde · Suksessterte · Klejner · Blotkake

Eastern European

15 recipes

Kremowka · Sernik · Szarlotka · Medovik · Faworki

British Isles

13 recipes

Jam Roly-Poly · Eccles Cake · Bakewell · Spotted Dick · Syllabub
No. 03

Essays & field notes

Cooking with what you've already got · All essays →

I.
Fusion · 8 min read

Five Ingredients, Five Continents

A handful of pantry staples, six cross-cultural desserts that taste like they took all afternoon.
II.
Breakfast · 6 min read

Ten Minutes, Three Ingredients

Sweet starts to the morning that don't ask much of you, your fridge, or your patience.
III.
Clean Label · 12 min read

Fewer Than Five, Always Recognisable

Fifteen meals that read like a grocery list a child could write — and a grandmother would approve of.
IV.
Desserts · 7 min read

The Long Look-See, In Five Things

Desserts engineered to seem laborious — when in fact, they are anything but.