A dessert is a sweet course typically served at the end of a meal. It can range from simple fruits to elaborate cakes and pastries. Desserts are often made with sugar, but they can also include ingredients like fruits, nuts, dairy, chocolate, spices, and other flavorings. They come in various forms, such as baked goods, frozen treats, puddings, confections, and more.
Common Types of Desserts:
- Cakes and Pastries: Made from flour, sugar, eggs, and butter, often with layers of icing or fillings.
- Example: Chocolate cake, cupcakes, eclairs.
- Cookies and Biscuits: Small, sweet baked treats, often made from a dough of sugar, flour, and butter.
- Example: Chocolate chip cookies, shortbread.
- Puddings and Custards: Creamy desserts made with milk, sugar, and eggs or starch.
- Example: Vanilla pudding, crème brûlée, flan.
- Frozen Desserts: Cold, sweet treats made from dairy or fruit bases.
- Example: Ice cream, sorbet, gelato.
- Confections and Sweets: Sugar-based treats, including candies, chocolates, and toffees.
- Example: Caramel, fudge, hard candies.
- Fruit-based Desserts: Natural or cooked fruits served on their own or in combination with other ingredients.
- Example: Fruit salad, apple pie, tarts.
- Indian Sweets: A variety of milk, sugar, and flour-based desserts, often flavored with cardamom, saffron, and ghee.
- Example: Gulab jamun, rasgulla, jalebi.
