English desserts

Trifle is a layered dessert of English origin. The usual ingredients are a thin layer of ladyfingers or sponge cake soaked in sherry or another fortified wine, a fruit element (fresh or jelly), custard and whipped cream layered in that ascending order in a glass dish. The contents of a trifle are highly variable and many varieties exist, some forgoing fruit entirely and instead using other ingredients, such as chocolate, coffee or vanilla. The fruit and sponge layers may be suspended in fruit-flavoured jelly, and these ingredients are usually arranged to produce three or four layers. The assem

English dessert pie

English dessert

English confection consisting of a shortcrust pastry with a layer of jam and a sponge using ground almonds

thumb|An 18th-century syllabub glass Syllabub is a sweet dish made by curdling cream or milk with an acid such as wine or cider. It was a popular British confection from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The holiday punch, sweet and frothy, was often considered a ladies' drink.

English pudding

English baked tart

cake soaked in alcohol

biscuit