List of British desserts

This is a list of British desserts, i.e. desserts characteristic of British cuisine, the culinary tradition of the United Kingdom.

The British kitchen has a long tradition of noted sweet-making, particularly with puddings, custards, and creams; custard sauce is called crème anglaise (English cream) in French cuisine.

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The Bakewell tart is an English confection consisting of a shortcrust pastry with a layer of jam and a sponge using ground almonds. ^{[

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Battenberg cake is a light sponge cake .

Chorley cakes are flattened, fruit-filled pastry cakes, traditionally associated with the town of Chorley in Lancashire , England.

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4 Queen of Puddings . The dish is a baked, breadcrumb-thickened mixture, spread with jam and topped with meringue . Variants of puddings made with breadcrumbs boiled with milk can be found dating back to the seventeenth century.

The black bun is a type of fruit cake completely covered with pastry. It is Scottish in origin, originally eaten on Twelfth Night but now enjoyed at Hogmanay .