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Around the world with...a dessert.

Pecan pie-USA.
A pie made primarily with corn syrup and pecan nuts, may include white or brown sugar, sugar syrup, molasses, maple syrup, or honey.

Queen of Puddings-United Kingdom.
A pudding made from breadcrumb-thickened mixture, spread with jam and topped with meringue.

Gulab Jamun-India.
A small beads produced from khoya (type of cheese), deep fried and then soaked in aromatic, sweet syrup with the addition of cardamom, saffron and rose water.

Chocolate Fondant-France.
A dessert that combines the elements of a flourless chocolate cake (sometimes called a chocolate decadence cake) and a soufflé.

Kardinal Schnitten-Austria.
A biscuit - meringue pastry with cream.

Amandine-Romania.
A chocolate sponge cake filled with chocolate or almond cream.

Jalebi -Middle East.
A batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked in sugar syrup.

Mazurek-Poland.
A cake baked at Easter,with chocolate or kajmak - a variety of dulce de leche - and decorated with dried fruit, walnuts, almonds, roasted seeds.

Xerotigana-Greece.
Quick-fried spirals of the thinnest dough are dipped in a honey syrup and then sprinkled with cinnamon, walnuts, and sesame seeds.

Quetschentaart-Luxembourg.
A fruit tart with zwetschgen or damson plums.

Tres Leche Cake-Mexico
A sponge cake soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.

M'Hanncha(snake cake)-Marocco.
A pastry filled with a scented almond paste and dipped in honey syrup.

Banoffee pie-United Kingdom.
A pie made from bananas, cream and toffee .

Black bun-Scotland.
A fruit cake ,typically contains raisins, currants, almonds, citrus peel, allspice, ginger, cinnamon and black pepper.

Panna cotta-Italy.
A pudding made by blending thick cream, egg white and honey.

Bündner Nusstorte-Switzerland.
A sweet, caramelised nut-filled pastry.

Ptichye moloko cake-Russia.
A cake with layers of cake (biskvit), light soufflé and topped with dark chocolate glaze.

Zabaione-Italy.
A dessert made from egg yolk, sugar, sweet liqueur (eg. Marsala wine), often with mascarpone.

Sernik-Poland.
A cheescake made primarily using twaróg, a type of fresh cheese.

Tiramisu-Italy.
A dessert with sponge cake soaked in a very strong espresso and Amaretto liqueur, with creamy mascarpone cheese, sprinkled with dark chocolate.

Pantxineta-Spain.
A puff-pastry filled with thick custard cream; it is topped with almonds and decorated with icing sugar.

Éclair-France
An oblong pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with icing.

Sachertorte-Austria.
A chocolate cake with apricot jam boss and drenched in chocolate sauce.

Crème brûlée-France.
A dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.

Prekmurska gibanica-Slovenia.
A layered cake with poppy seeds, walnuts, apples, raisins and ricotta fillings.

Sopaipillas Pasadas-Chile.
Sopaipillas are a flat circular deep fried ‘bread’ made from pumpkin and flour.

Chocolate brownie-USA.
A chocolate cake ,may include nuts, icing, chocolate chips, or other ingredients.

Prinzregententorte-Germany.
A Bavarian torte, which consists of at least six, mostly seven, remarkably thin layers of sponge cake interlaid with chocolate buttercream and a topping of apricot jam upon the very last. The exterior is covered in a dark chocolate glaze.