List of British desserts Facts for Kids

British cuisine has a long history of making delicious sweet treats! Especially popular are puddings, custards, and creamy desserts. In fact, the French even call custard sauce crème anglaise, which means "English cream."

Delicious British Desserts
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Delicious British Desserts

Many yummy desserts are famous in the United Kingdom. Here are some of the most popular ones:

Fruity and Creamy Treats

Butterscotch Angel Delight is a quick and easy dessert.

Apple pie is a classic, often served warm.
Apple crumble is another favorite, with cooked apples topped with a crunchy crumbly layer.
Arctic roll is a frozen dessert with ice cream wrapped in sponge cake.
Banoffee pie is a sweet pie made with bananas, cream, and toffee.
Cherries jubilee features cherries and liqueur, often served over vanilla ice cream.
Crumbles can be made with many fruits, like blackberry and apple.
Eton mess is a fun mix of strawberries, meringue, and cream.
Fruit fool is a simple dessert made from pureed fruit mixed with custard or cream.
Raspberry Ripple is vanilla ice cream swirled with raspberry syrup.
Rhubarb crumble is similar to apple crumble but uses tart rhubarb.
Strawberry rhubarb pie combines two popular fruits in a pie.
Syllabub is a light, frothy dessert made with cream and wine or cider.
Trifle is a layered dessert with sponge cake, fruit, custard, and whipped cream.

Baked Goodies and Tarts

The Bakewell tart has a pastry base with jam and a sponge topping.

Bakewell tart is a famous English tart with jam and an almond sponge.
Custard tart is a pastry filled with creamy egg custard.
Ecclefechan tart is a rich fruit tart from Scotland.
Gypsy tart is a very sweet tart made with evaporated milk.
Manchester tart is a traditional tart with raspberry jam, custard, and coconut.
Maids of honour tarts are small, delicate tarts.
Mince pies are small fruit pies traditionally eaten at Christmas.
Treacle tart is a sweet tart made with golden syrup and breadcrumbs.
Yorkshire Curd Tart is a traditional tart from Yorkshire.

Other Sweet Bites

Brandy snaps are crisp, rolled wafers.
Biscuits are what Americans call cookies.
Coconut ice is a sweet, chewy confection.
Fudge is a soft, sweet candy.
Knickerbocker glory is a tall ice cream sundae.
Shortcake is a sweet biscuit or cake, often served with fruit.
Spoom is a type of frothy dessert.

Banoffee pie is made with bananas, cream, and toffee.
Cherries jubilee is often served over vanilla ice cream.
A blackberry and apple crumble is a popular dessert.
A custard tart has a creamy egg filling.
Raspberry ripple ice cream has swirls of raspberry syrup.
Rhubarb pie is a tart and sweet treat.
Syllabub is a light, frothy English dessert.
Treacle tart is made with golden syrup.
Trifle is a classic layered English dessert.

British Cakes

Battenberg cake is a light sponge cake with a checkerboard pattern.

Chorley cakes are flat, fruit-filled pastry cakes.

The UK loves its cakes! Here are some well-known British cakes:

Angel cake is a light, colorful sponge cake.
Banbury cakes are oval-shaped, spiced fruit pastries.
Battenberg cake is famous for its pink and yellow checkerboard pattern.
Caraway seed cake is a traditional cake flavored with caraway seeds.
Carrot cake is a moist cake made with grated carrots.
Chelsea buns are sweet, spiced rolls with currants.
Colin the Caterpillar is a fun chocolate sponge roll cake, popular for birthdays.
Date and walnut loaf is a rich, fruity bread-like cake.
Dundee cake is a traditional Scottish fruit cake.
Eccles cakes are round, flat pastries filled with currants.
Fat rascals are large, scone-like cakes with fruit.
Jaffa Cakes are small cakes with orange jelly and chocolate.
Madeira cake is a plain, buttery sponge cake.
Malt loaf is a sticky, chewy cake made with malt extract.
Parkin is a ginger cake, especially popular in Northern England.
Pink Wafers are light, crispy pink wafers.
Pound cake is a rich, dense cake.
Rock cakes are small, crumbly cakes.
Sponge cake is a light, airy cake.
Tottenham cake is a sponge cake with pink icing.
Victoria sponge is a classic sponge cake with jam and cream.
Welsh cakes are flat, round cakes cooked on a griddle.

Caraway seed cake has a unique flavor.
Malt loaf is a common snack.
Welsh cakes are often eaten warm.

British Puddings

Figgy pudding is often served with flaming brandy.

4 Queen of Puddings. This dessert has a breadcrumb base, jam, and a meringue topping.

Puddings are a big part of British dessert tradition. Many are steamed or baked:

Bread and butter pudding is made with layers of bread, butter, and custard.
Bread pudding is a simple pudding made from stale bread.
Christmas pudding is a rich, dark pudding traditionally eaten at Christmas.
Eve's pudding is a baked apple pudding with a sponge topping.
Figgy pudding is a traditional steamed pudding, often mentioned in carols.
Jam Roly-Poly is a steamed suet pudding with jam, rolled up.
Queen of Puddings is a baked pudding with jam and a meringue topping.
Rice pudding is a creamy, sweet dish made with rice and milk.
Spotted dick is a steamed suet pudding with dried fruit.
Sticky toffee pudding is a moist sponge cake with a rich toffee sauce.
Summer pudding is a simple pudding made with berries and bread.
Sussex pond pudding is a steamed suet pudding with a whole lemon inside.
Treacle sponge pudding is a steamed sponge pudding with golden syrup.

Scottish Treats

The black bun is a fruit cake covered in pastry.

Scotland has its own unique and delicious desserts:

Abernethy biscuit is a plain, round biscuit.
Black bun is a rich fruit cake completely covered in pastry, traditionally eaten at New Year.
Clootie dumpling is a traditional Scottish fruit pudding, boiled in a cloth.
Cranachan is a lovely dessert with raspberries, cream, and toasted oats.
Deep-fried Mars bar is a famous (and unusual!) Scottish snack.
Empire biscuits are sweet biscuits with jam and icing.
Fudge doughnuts are a sweet treat.
Penguins are popular chocolate biscuits.
Tipsy laird is a Scottish trifle made with whisky.

A cranachan is a traditional Scottish dessert.
Empire biscuits are popular in Scotland.

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Vienetta is a popular layered ice cream dessert.

List of British desserts facts for kids

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