British desserts are full of sweetness and richness that give us complete satisfaction on a grand scale to make us happy. Above are the sweets that everyone should at least try in their lifetime.
1.Spotted Dick
It is one of the most classical British desserts of all time with a questionable name, but despite its name, it is full of lemon, zest, and dry fruits. You can eat this dessert with hot custard or ice cream.
2.Bread Butter Pudding
This dessert is straightforward and inexpensive and can made with end of loaves. It is a super carbs dessert with bread, ground sugar, cinnamon, eggs, milk, cream, and sultanas. You can serve this dessert in a small cup or a bowl and make it in your microwave.
3.Figgy Pudding
It is a festive dessert that Britishers usually eat at Christmas, a symbol of holidays for them. Its rich taste and texture comprised of dry fruits make their holidays complete.
4.Jam Roly-poly
It is an early 19th-century dessert based on the raw fat from beef, mutton, or lamb. Roly-Poly is usually made from a sponge base and filling. It is steamed and coated with strawberry jam and made into a long shape roll.
5.Eton Mess
Eton Mess consists of whipped cream with icing sugar, chopped strawberries, and meringue. This sweet has come from Eton College, and is named after the college.
6.Bakewell Tart
The name Bakewell Tart came from the English town of Bakewell in Derbyshire; it is a short-crust pastry that has layers of jam and frangipane with almonds. You can eat it with Cornish clotted cream.
7.Sticky Toffee Pudding
It is one of the winter dessert that has blended dates and served with hot toffee sauce with vanilla ice cream. These delicious desserts are from the Second World War and are among the favorite desserts among Britishers.
8.Victoria Sponge
It is a light cake made with egg whites and caster sugar. It is a two-part cake first, it covered with whipped cream then it is top it off with delicious strawberry jam. This dessert originated from Renaissance- era.
9.Classic Fruit Trifle
This dessert is four hundred years old and satisfying the craving of many people around the world. It contains juicy fruits like raspberry, jelly, custard, whipped cream, and biscotti, which are at the top of the trifle.
10.Banoffee Pie
It is a classic mixture of banana and toffee that follows the traditional pie approach. It is topped with whipped cream, bananas, caramel sauce, and chocolate shavings. This dessert was said to be one of the favorites of Margaret Thatcher and is considered the English version of American pie.
11.Carrot Cake
A dysfunctional dessert, loved by the elderly and hated by children. This cake originated when sugar was expensive, so people thought to make a carrot cake which is still in existence and loved by people. It is topped with whipped cream, walnuts, coconut, carrots, and other flavors like cinnamon, ginger, and mixed spice.
12.Knickerbocker Glory
This dessert is like an ice cream sundae but much better it contains ice cream, whipped cream, fruits, and meringue and is dressed in syrup, nuts, and cherry.
13.Lardy Cake
It is a traditional English tea dessert made with lard, sugar, spices, and dry fruits. This dessert came from Wiltshire and commonly found in Western countries.
14.Mince Pie
It is a tiny pastry pie filled with chopped fried fruit and contains various spices like nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. These mince pies had meat in olden times, but now they are meat-free with the same name.
15.Afternoon Tea
This dessert traditionally came from cones, cream, jam, slices of different cakes, and some pastries, making it a three-tier dessert that can enjoyed during tea time.
16.Cream Tea
It originated from the Cromwell region and is considered an excellent afternoon dessert with tea. It is enjoyed with scones and clotted cream. It is presented with a tea pot, scones, and jam.
17.Rice Pudding
It is famous all around the world, but it is considered a quintessential dessert by so many Britishers in the Northern region. It usually contains milk, cream, sugar, vanilla essence, nutmeg, and strawberry jam.
18.Toasted Tea Cake
This dessert is infused with cinnamon, making it a perfect afternoon dessert with tea. It is like a baked bun that served with spices and a thick amount of butter.
19.Custard Tart
Custard Tart is a small buttery pastry which is filled with egg-based cream and sprinkled with ground nutmeg, and it is enjoyed by Britishers, but originally, it came from Anglo-Norman, and its recipe dated to the Middle age.
20.Cherries Jubilee
It is a cherry dessert served with vanilla ice cream. It originated in 1897 from Buckingham Palace at Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee celebration.
