Dessert
613 dishes.
SerbiaKrempitaCustard slab between pastry sheets, dusted white and cut in squares.
KremšnitaSamobor custard-cream slice between puff pastrySloveniaKrofiRound jam-filled doughnuts, fluffy and sugar-dusted, eaten at Carnival.
KrostuleKnotted strips of fried dough scented with brandy and lemon, dusted with sugar.NorwayKrumkakeLacy waffle cones filled with whipped cream.
Kuih BingkaBaked tapioca or cassava cake with coconut milk and egg, dark and chewy
Kuih CelorotCoconut and palm sugar batter steamed inside a rolled palm-leaf cone
Kulagathick berry pudding cooked with rye flour and honey
KulfiDense frozen milk reduced with cardamom, set in metal cones, never churnedTurkeyKunefeshredded pastry baked over melting cheese, drenched in syrup; served hotUkraineKutiaChristmas wheat porridge with poppy seeds, honey, nutsMyanmarKyauk KyawFirm coconut-milk jelly set with agar and cut into cool white squaresUkraineKyiv cakehazelnut meringue layers with chocolate buttercream
Ladobplantain and sweet potato poached in vanilla coconut milk
Ladutoasted rice-flour and sugar balls with cardamom for festivals
LamingtonSponge cake cubes dipped in chocolate and rolled in desiccated coconut
Lapis LegitDense spiced butter cake built up layer by layer under a grill, eighteen or more deepSlovakiaLaskonkyTwo coconut meringue discs joined with buttercream
Layali LoubnanChilled semolina milk pudding topped with ashta, syrup, nuts and banana.
Leche asadaBaked caramelized milk custard, homier cousin of flanPhilippinesLeche FlanDense caramel custard of egg yolks and condensed milk
Leche poleadaLoose milk custard thickened with cornstarch and scented with cinnamon
LeivasuppSweet purée of dark rye bread with apple, cinnamon and whipped cream.NetherlandsLimburgse vlaaiWide yeast-dough tart with fruit filling and a lattice top
Linzer torteSpiced nut pastry with redcurrant jam under a lattice topTurkeyLokmasyrup-soaked fried dough balls, often handed out free in memory of the dead
Lokmet el qadiSmall doughnut balls fried crisp and drowned in sugar syrupNew ZealandLolly CakeNo-bake log of malt biscuits studded with colorful lollies, rolled in coconut
Loukoumadeshoney-soaked doughnut balls with cinnamon, walnuts
Loukoumirosewater Cyprus delight from GeroskipouThailandLuk ChupMung bean paste modelled into tiny fruits, painted and dipped in clear jelly
Luqaimatsyrup-soaked crisp fried dough ballsUkraineLvivskyi syrnykBaked curd cheesecake with raisins under a chocolate glaze, no base.MoroccoM’hanchaCoiled snake of warqa pastry filled with almond paste and orange-flower water
MaamoulButtery semolina cookies pressed in wooden moulds around date, walnut or pistachio.
MacaronAlmond meringue shells sandwiching ganache in pastel flavours.
KremšnitaSamobor custard-cream slice between puff pastrySloveniaKrofiRound jam-filled doughnuts, fluffy and sugar-dusted, eaten at Carnival.KrostuleKnotted strips of fried dough scented with brandy and lemon, dusted with sugar.NorwayKrumkakeLacy waffle cones filled with whipped cream.Kuih BingkaBaked tapioca or cassava cake with coconut milk and egg, dark and chewyKuih CelorotCoconut and palm sugar batter steamed inside a rolled palm-leaf coneKulagathick berry pudding cooked with rye flour and honeyKulfiDense frozen milk reduced with cardamom, set in metal cones, never churnedTurkeyKunefeshredded pastry baked over melting cheese, drenched in syrup; served hotUkraineKutiaChristmas wheat porridge with poppy seeds, honey, nutsMyanmarKyauk KyawFirm coconut-milk jelly set with agar and cut into cool white squaresUkraineKyiv cakehazelnut meringue layers with chocolate buttercreamLadobplantain and sweet potato poached in vanilla coconut milkLadutoasted rice-flour and sugar balls with cardamom for festivalsLamingtonSponge cake cubes dipped in chocolate and rolled in desiccated coconutLapis LegitDense spiced butter cake built up layer by layer under a grill, eighteen or more deepSlovakiaLaskonkyTwo coconut meringue discs joined with buttercreamLayali LoubnanChilled semolina milk pudding topped with ashta, syrup, nuts and banana.Leche asadaBaked caramelized milk custard, homier cousin of flanPhilippinesLeche FlanDense caramel custard of egg yolks and condensed milkLeche poleadaLoose milk custard thickened with cornstarch and scented with cinnamonLeivasuppSweet purée of dark rye bread with apple, cinnamon and whipped cream.NetherlandsLimburgse vlaaiWide yeast-dough tart with fruit filling and a lattice topLinzer torteSpiced nut pastry with redcurrant jam under a lattice topTurkeyLokmasyrup-soaked fried dough balls, often handed out free in memory of the deadLokmet el qadiSmall doughnut balls fried crisp and drowned in sugar syrupNew ZealandLolly CakeNo-bake log of malt biscuits studded with colorful lollies, rolled in coconutLoukoumadeshoney-soaked doughnut balls with cinnamon, walnutsLoukoumirosewater Cyprus delight from GeroskipouThailandLuk ChupMung bean paste modelled into tiny fruits, painted and dipped in clear jellyLuqaimatsyrup-soaked crisp fried dough ballsUkraineLvivskyi syrnykBaked curd cheesecake with raisins under a chocolate glaze, no base.MoroccoM’hanchaCoiled snake of warqa pastry filled with almond paste and orange-flower waterMaamoulButtery semolina cookies pressed in wooden moulds around date, walnut or pistachio.MacaronAlmond meringue shells sandwiching ganache in pastel flavours.-
Samsa
Layered pastry squares of almond and sesame steeped in rose syrup. Ready in 50 min prep and 30 min cooking.…
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Quesillo
Caramel flan made with condensed milk and whole eggs. Ready in 20 min prep and 1 hr 15 min cooking.…
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Yomari
Steamed rice-flour dumpling filled with molasses and sesame; Newari sweet. Ready in 1 hour prep and 25 minutes cooking. About…
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Vínarterta
Layered cake with prune filling, cut in thin slices with coffee. Ready in 1 hour prep and 40 minutes cooking.…
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Æbleskiver
Sphere pancake puffs with jam and icing sugar, December treat. Ready in 20 min prep and 25 min cooking. About…
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Aish el-saraya
Syrup-soaked bread base under thick ashta cream and crushed pistachios. Ready in 30 min prep and 25 min cooking. 8…