All recipes, A to Z
Every dessert on DessertCat — 349 recipes from 22 cuisines — listed plainly by name. Click a letter below to jump.
A
- Aebleskiver — Danish round filled pancakes
- Agar Agar Jelly — set tropical-fruit jelly
- Ais Kacang — shaved ice with red beans and rose syrup
- Aish el Saraya — Levantine bread pudding with rose cream
- Almond Tart — tarte aux amandes
- Anmitsu — agar jelly with bean paste and fruit
- Anpan — Japanese sweet-bean buns
- ANZAC Biscuits — oat-and-syrup wartime biscuits
- Apfelstrudel — the apple-and-cinnamon classic
- Apple Pie — British apple pie
- Apple Turnover — feuilleté aux pommes
- Apricot Crumble — apricot crumble
- Apricot Crumble — apricot crumble variation
- Arroz Doce — Portuguese rice pudding
- Avocado Mousse — avocado-chocolate mousse
B
- Baba au Rhum — rum-soaked yeast cake
- Babka — Polish yeast cake
- Baci Di Dama — hazelnut sandwich cookies
- Badam Barfi — almond fudge
- Baked Alaska — ice cream baked in meringue
- Baked Banana Fritters — oven-baked sweet plantain
- Bakewell Tart — almond and jam tart
- Balushahi — ghee-flaked sweet pretzels
- Banana Cue — deep-fried caramel-coated bananas
- Banana Foster — rum and brown-sugar banana flambé
- Banana Lumpia — banana spring rolls
- Banh Chuoi — Vietnamese banana cake
- Banh Da Lon — layered tapioca-pandan cake
- Basbousa — semolina cake in syrup
- Bastani — saffron-rosewater ice cream
- Battenberg Cake — pink-and-yellow chequered cake
- Bebinca — Goan layered coconut cake
- Belgian Waffles — Belgian-style waffles
- Berliner — jam-filled German doughnuts
- Berry Crumble Tart — berry crumble tart
- Berry Souffle — berry soufflé
- Bibingka — rice cake baked in banana leaf
- Bienenstich — bee-sting almond honey cake
- Bingsu — Korean shaved-ice with toppings
- Black Sesame Ice Cream — deeply nutty Japanese sesame gelato
- Blackberry Fool — soft folded fruit cream
- Blackout Cake — Brooklyn blackout chocolate cake
- Blotkake — Norwegian celebration cream cake
- Blue Velvet Cake — blue version of red velvet
- Blueberry Muffins — British blueberry muffins
- Boterkoek — Dutch butter cake
- Brandy Snaps — brittle ginger-cream tubes
- Bubur Cha Cha — sweet-potato and coconut soup
- Buche de Noel — Christmas log cake
- Buko Pandan — young coconut and pandan jelly
- Bungeoppang — fish-shaped red-bean pastries
- Butterfly Pea Flower Pudding — blue-tinted coconut pudding
C
- Canjica — Brazilian sweet hominy with milk
- Caramel Slice — American caramel slice
- Cardamom Bun — Swedish kardemummabulle
- Cardamom Rice Pudding — fragrant kheer
- Cendol — green rice-flour worms in iced coconut milk
- Chaja — Uruguayan meringue-and-cream cake
- Chak Chak — Central-Asian honey-soaked fried dough
- Che Ba Mau — three-colour bean and jelly dessert
- Chhena Poda — baked Odia cheese dessert
- Chikki — peanut-jaggery brittle
- Chirimoya Alegre — Chilean cherimoya dessert
- Choco Pie — marshmallow-filled chocolate biscuits
- Chocolate Coconut Tart — chocolate coconut tart
- Chocolate Hazelnut Tart — Nutella-spirit tart
- Chocolate Marshmallow Pie — Eastern European marshmallow pie
- Chocolate Salami — chocolate-biscuit log
- Chocotone — Brazilian chocolate panettone
- Chocotorta — Argentine biscuit-and-dulce icebox cake
- Cocadas — Caribbean coconut sweets
- Coconut Jelly — set coconut-milk jelly
- Coconut Rice Cake — steamed coconut sticky-rice cake
- Coconut Tart — coconut tart
- Coffee Souffle — coffee soufflé
- Cremeschnitte — Vienna cream slice
- Cremoso — Argentine layered cream and dulce-de-leche
- Croffle — the Seoul croissant-waffle hybrid
- Cronut — the croissant-doughnut hybrid
- Cuca — Brazilian crumb-topped fruit cake
- Curau — Brazilian sweet-corn pudding
D
- Dacquoise — almond-meringue layer cake
- Dadar Gulung — pandan crêpes with coconut filling
- Daifuku — soft mochi rounds filled with red-bean paste
- Dodol — sticky palm-sugar coconut candy
- Donauwelle — Danube-wave cherry chocolate cake
- Donuts — the classic doughnut
- Doughnut Ice Cream Cone — ice cream in a doughnut cone
- Dragon Fruit Sorbet — dragon-fruit sorbet
- Drommekage — Danish dream cake with coconut topping
- Dulce de Batata — Argentine sweet-potato paste
- Dulce de Leche — the foundational milk caramel
- Durian Crepe — thin pancakes wrapping fresh durian cream
- Durian Ice Cream — the king-of-fruits ice cream
E
F
- Fairy Bread — (British-Antipodean — see Oceania)
- Fattigmann — Norwegian fried festive biscuits
- Faworki — Polish carnival ribbons
- Fennel Seed Biscotti — fennel-perfumed twice-baked biscuits
- Fig and Honey Tart — fig and honey tart
- Fig and Walnut Cake — Mediterranean fig and walnut cake
- Fig Newtons — fig-paste filled biscuits
- Figgy Pudding — the steamed fig pudding
- Financier — (Italian-French almond cake — see French)
- Flaugnarde — stone-fruit clafouti-style cake
- Freakshake — extravagant milkshake
- Frozen Banana — frozen chocolate-dipped banana
- Frozen Custard — Midwest egg-yolk soft-serve
- Frozen Grapes — frozen grape snack
- Fruit Parfait — layered fruit parfait
- Fruit Pizza — sugar-cookie fruit 'pizza'
G
- Galaktoboureko — semolina custard in filo (Greek)
- Gata — Armenian sweet bread
- Gateau de Savoie — light Savoy sponge
- Gateau St. Honore — the patisserie classic
- Gaz — Persian rosewater nougat
- Gerbeaud Cake — Gerbeaud cake (zserbó)
- Ghevar — honeycomb-textured Rajasthani sweet
- Ginger Peach Crisp — ginger peach crisp
- Golden Sponge — American golden sponge
- Granita — Sicilian crushed-ice dessert
- Gulab Jamun — milk-solid balls in rosewater syrup
H
- Halo Halo — layered shaved-ice and ube dessert
- Hazelnut Meringue — meringue with hazelnut
- Hazelnut Mousse — praline mousse
- Hazelnut Praline — the foundational hazelnut paste
- Helado de Agua — Latin American water ice
- Helado de Paila — Ecuadorian copper-bowl ice cream
- Hojicha Ice Cream — roasted-tea ice cream
- Honey Almond Cake — honey-soaked almond cake
- Honeycomb Candy — American sponge candy
- Hot Milk Pudding — Indian milk pudding
- Hot Milk Pudding — milk pudding variation
- Hotteok — filled griddle pancakes
I
J
K
- Kaiserschmarrn — torn pancake with stewed plums
- Kaju Katli — cashew-fudge diamonds
- Kakigori — shaved-ice summer dessert
- Kardinalschnitten — Cardinal's slice with coffee cream
- Kasekuchen — German baked cheesecake
- Kataifi — shredded-dough nests in rose syrup
- Kazandibi — burnt milk pudding
- Khanom Chan — layered pandan rice-flour cake
- Khanom Krok — small coconut rice-flour pancakes
- Khao Tom Mud — sticky rice and banana in leaf
- Klejner — Danish twisted carnival biscuits
- Klepon — pandan rice-flour balls with molten palm sugar
- Koeksisters — South African syrup-soaked plaits
- Kourabiedes — Greek almond shortbread
- Kremna Rezina — Slovenian custard slice
- Kremowka — Polish cream slice
- Kue Apem — yeasted rice-flour cupcakes
- Kue Bangkit — melt-in-the-mouth coconut cookies
- Kue Cubit — small Indonesian pinch-cakes
- Kue Lapis — layered steamed rice-flour cake
- Kue Lumpur — potato-and-coconut moon cakes
- Kue Putu — steamed pandan-and-palm-sugar bamboo cakes
- Kunafa — cheese-filled shredded pastry in syrup
- Kutsinta — chewy brown rice-flour cakes
- Kuzumochi — kudzu jelly with kuromitsu and kinako
L
- Lamingtons — coconut-coated chocolate sponge
- Lava Donut — molten-centred doughnut
- Leche Merengada — Spanish iced cinnamon-milk meringue
- Lemon Basil Sorbet — sharp Thai-herb sorbet
- Lemon Meringue Pie — lemon curd in meringue
- Lemon Posset — lemon-set cream
- Lime Coconut Pie — lime-and-coconut pie
- Linzer Torte — the lattice-topped jam tart of Linz
- Litchi Sorbet — lychee sorbet
- Luqaimat — honey-soaked yeast-dough fritters
M
- Maamoul — date-filled semolina shortbread
- Macarons — the classic Parisian almond cookies
- Magic Cake — the three-textured 'magic' cake
- Makos Guba — Hungarian poppyseed bread pudding
- Malabi — rosewater milk pudding
- Mandazi — East African cardamom doughnuts
- Mandelbrot — almond bread (also Sephardic)
- Mango Cheesecake — summery mango cheesecake
- Manjar Blanco — Latin American milk caramel
- Mantecados — Andalusian crumbly lard biscuits
- Maple Bacon Donut — maple-glazed bacon doughnut
- Maple Pecan Pancakes — maple-pecan pancakes
- Marble Cake — two-tone marble loaf
- Marzipan — the foundational almond paste
- Matcha Roll Cake — rolled green-tea sponge with cream
- Mazamorra Morada — Peruvian purple-corn pudding
- Medovik — Russian layered honey cake
- Melomakarona — Greek honey-soaked Christmas biscuits
- Melonpan — soft buns with crisp cookie crust
- Meringue Kisses — small piped meringues
- Mexican Chocolate Cake — cinnamon-chocolate cake
- Millet Pudding — millet-and-jaggery porridge
- Milo Dinosaur — iced Milo with chocolate-malt crown
- Mishti Doi — sweetened jaggery yoghurt
- Mitarashi Dango — skewered rice dumplings in soy-sugar glaze
- Mochi — the foundational glutinous-rice cake
- Mochi Cheesecake — the gluten-free Japanese cheesecake
- Mochi Ice Cream — ice cream wrapped in mochi
- Mochi Mousse — modern mochi-textured mousse
- Mochi Rice Balls — stuffed sweet rice dumplings
- Mochi Rice Balls — filled mochi variations
- Mohanthal — gram-flour fudge with cardamom
- Mohnkuchen — poppyseed cake
- Mohnstriezel — poppyseed yeast plait
- Monaka — crisp wafer sandwiches with bean filling
- Mont Blanc — chestnut-cream dessert
- Mung Bean Cake — pressed mung-bean shortbread
- Mysore Pak — ghee-rich gram-flour squares
N
O
P
- Paletas — Mexican fruit ice pops
- Palmiers — puff-pastry elephant ears
- Papaya Pudding — papaya pudding
- Papaya Pudding — papaya pudding variation
- Paris Brest — praline cream choux ring
- Parkin — Yorkshire ginger cake
- Pashmak — Persian floss spun from sesame and sugar
- Pave — Brazilian icebox cake
- Payasam — South Indian milk-and-jaggery pudding
- Pear Tart — tarte aux poires
- Pedha — milk-fudge rounds
- Persian Saffron Ice Cream — the classic bastani sonnati
- Persian Saffron Ice Cream — saffron ice-cream variation
- Persian Saffron Ice Cream — saffron ice-cream variation
- Pestinos — Andalusian honey-glazed pastries
- Petha — ash-gourd candy of Agra
- Phirni — ground-rice cardamom pudding
- Pineapple Cake — Taiwanese shortbread filled with pineapple jam
- Pineapple Coconut Tart — tropical coconut tart
- Pineapple Upside Down Brownie — pineapple-upside-down brownie
- Pineapple Upside Down Brownie — pineapple-upside-down brownie variation
- Pionono — Argentine rolled sponge
- Pistachio Gelato — intense pistachio gelato
- Pistachio Gelato — pistachio gelato variation
- Pistachio Rosewater Cake — the Persian celebration cake
- Pomegranate Tart — pomegranate-glazed almond tart
- Poppy Seed Strudel — poppyseed-filled strudel
- Praline Tart — praline tart
- Prinsesstarta — Swedish princess cake
- Prinzregententorte — Bavarian seven-layer chocolate cake
- Punschkrapfen — rum-pink Viennese petit fours
- Puran Poli — lentil-stuffed flatbread
- Puto — steamed rice-flour cupcakes
Q
R
- Rainbow Sherbet — the classic three-flavour scoop
- Rasgulla — cheese balls in cardamom syrup
- Rasmalai — cheese discs in cardamom cream
- Raspberry Sorbet — raspberry sorbet
- Rava Kesari — saffron semolina pudding
- Red Bean Bun — Cantonese steamed bean buns
- Red Bean Mochi — anko-stuffed mochi
- Religieuse — stacked choux 'nun' pastry
- Revani — Turkish semolina cake in syrup
- Ricciarelli — soft Sienese almond biscuits
- Rice Pudding — the classic kheer
- Risalamande — Danish Christmas rice pudding
- Rocky Road Ice Cream — chocolate-marshmallow-almond ice cream
- Rodgrod Med Flode — Danish red berry pudding with cream
- Rosca de Coco — coconut ring cake
- Rosca de Reyes — Three Kings' ring cake
- Rose Petal Jam Tart — rose-petal preserves tart
- Rose Pistachio Cake — rose-and-pistachio cake
- Rosewater Semolina Cake — rose-perfumed semolina sponge
- Rosquillas — Spanish ring biscuits
- Rum Balls — no-bake rum-coconut balls
S
- Sago Gula Melaka — sago pearls in palm-sugar syrup
- Sandesh — Bengali fresh-cheese sweet
- Sankaya — pandan custard in pumpkin
- Sans Rival — buttercream and cashew dacquoise
- Sapin Sapin — layered tri-colour rice cake
- Sbrisolona — almond-and-cornmeal crumbly cake
- Schnecken — cinnamon snail rolls
- Schneeballen — fried strip-dough snowballs
- Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte — Black Forest cherry gâteau
- Semla — Lenten cardamom buns
- Serabi — coconut pancakes from a clay pan
- Seri Muka — two-layer pandan-and-sticky-rice cake
- Sernik — Polish baked cheesecake
- Sesame Brittle — sesame brittle (simsmiyeh)
- Sesame Honey Candy — sesame-and-honey brittle
- Seven Layer Bars — magic seven-layer cookie bars
- Sfogliatelle — lobster-tail Neapolitan pastry
- Shahi Tukda — saffron-cream bread pudding
- Sholeh Zard — saffron rice pudding
- Shortbread — the Scottish butter biscuit
- Shrikhand — hung-yoghurt cardamom dessert
- Skolebrod — Norwegian school-bread custard bun
- Smultring — Norwegian doughnut rings
- Snow Cones — shaved-ice snow cones
- Soan Papdi — flaky cardamom-thread sweets
- Somloi Galuska — Hungarian trifle with rum cream
- Sooji Halwa — semolina pudding with ghee
- Sour Cherry Clafouti — the cherry classic
- Speculaas — Dutch-German spiced biscuits
- Spiced Date Cake — Middle Eastern date and spice loaf
- Spiced Fig Cake — spiced fig cake
- Spiced Pear Tart — spiced pear tart
- Spiced Pumpkin Tart — spiced pumpkin tart
- Spotted Dick — steamed currant suet pudding
- Spumoni — layered Italian-American ice cream
- Sticky Date Pudding — British-Antipodean sticky toffee
- Sticky Rice Dumplings — leaf-wrapped festive rice parcels
- Sticky Rice with Durian — sticky rice in durian coconut sauce
- Strawberry Shortcake — strawberry sponge with cream
- Sugar Free Chocolate Cake — sugar-free chocolate cake
- Sugarloaf — Portuguese-style sugarloaf
- Suksessterte — Norwegian success cake
- Suman — sticky rice steamed in banana leaf
- Summer Pudding — berry-soaked bread pudding
- Suspiro Limeno — Peruvian caramel cream with meringue
- Syllabub — (Mediterranean wine-and-cream classic)
- Szarlotka — Polish apple cake
T
- Taho — warm silken tofu with sago and brown-sugar syrup
- Tangerine Tart — tangerine curd tart
- Tangyuan — glutinous-rice balls in ginger soup
- Taro Cake — steamed taro-and-coconut cake
- Tartufo — ice-cream truffle
- Toasted Marshmallow Fudge — toasted marshmallow fudge
- Topfenstrudel — Vienna's quark-and-raisin strudel
- Torrija — Spanish Holy Week French toast
- Treacle Tart — golden-syrup and breadcrumb tart
- Tub Tim Krob — ruby water-chestnut in iced coconut milk
- Tufahije — Bosnian poached stuffed apples
- Turkish Delight — rosewater-perfumed sugar cubes
- Turon — fried banana-jackfruit lumpia