Random Dessert Generator

100 real desserts from around the world, all of them in the table below. Press the button for one at random — you get where it comes from, what kind of thing it is, what is actually in it and whether it goes on the table hot, cold or frozen.

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100 desserts in this list.

All 100 desserts on this list

Dessert	Where it's from	Kind	Main ingredients	Served
Tiramisu	Italy	Layered, chilled	Coffee-soaked savoiardi, mascarpone, egg, cocoa	Cold
Panna cotta	Italy	Set cream	Cream, sugar, gelatine, vanilla	Cold
Cannoli	Italy	Fried pastry	Fried shell, sweet ricotta, candied peel	Room temperature
Gelato	Italy	Frozen	Milk, sugar, egg yolk or fruit	Frozen
Zabaglione	Italy	Whipped custard	Egg yolk, sugar, Marsala	Warm
Crème brûlée	France	Baked custard	Cream, egg yolk, vanilla, burnt sugar top	Cold with a hot top
Profiteroles	France	Choux pastry	Choux buns, cream or ice cream, chocolate sauce	Cold
Éclair	France	Choux pastry	Choux, pastry cream, fondant icing	Cold
Tarte Tatin	France	Upside-down tart	Apples, caramel, pastry	Warm
Mille-feuille	France	Layered pastry	Puff pastry, pastry cream, icing	Cold
Macaron	France	Meringue sandwich	Almond flour, egg white, sugar, ganache or buttercream	Room temperature
Madeleine	France	Small cake	Butter, egg, flour, lemon	Room temperature
Clafoutis	France	Baked batter	Cherries, egg, milk, flour	Warm
Mousse au chocolat	France	Aerated	Chocolate, egg, cream	Cold
Îles flottantes	France	Poached meringue	Meringue, crème anglaise, caramel	Cold
Black Forest gateau	Germany	Layer cake	Chocolate sponge, cherries, kirsch, cream	Cold
Apfelstrudel	Austria	Rolled pastry	Apples, raisins, cinnamon, thin pastry	Warm
Sachertorte	Austria	Layer cake	Chocolate sponge, apricot jam, chocolate glaze	Room temperature
Linzer torte	Austria	Lattice tart	Ground nuts, spice, redcurrant jam	Room temperature
Kaiserschmarrn	Austria	Shredded pancake	Egg, flour, milk, raisins, icing sugar	Hot
Churros	Spain	Fried dough	Choux-style dough, sugar, thick chocolate	Hot
Flan	Spain	Baked custard	Egg, milk, sugar, caramel	Cold
Crema catalana	Spain	Set custard	Milk, egg yolk, cinnamon, lemon, burnt sugar	Cold
Pastel de nata	Portugal	Custard tart	Puff pastry, egg custard, cinnamon	Warm
Baklava	Turkey and the Levant	Layered pastry	Filo, nuts, butter, syrup	Room temperature
Künefe	Turkey	Baked cheese pastry	Shredded pastry, stretchy cheese, syrup	Hot
Turkish delight	Turkey	Set confection	Starch, sugar, rosewater, nuts	Room temperature
Halva	The Middle East	Dense confection	Sesame paste or semolina, sugar	Room temperature
Basbousa	Egypt and the Levant	Semolina cake	Semolina, yoghurt, syrup, coconut	Room temperature
Umm Ali	Egypt	Bread pudding	Pastry, milk, nuts, raisins	Hot
Gulab jamun	India	Fried dumpling in syrup	Milk solids, flour, sugar syrup, cardamom	Warm
Rasgulla	India	Poached cheese ball	Chhena, sugar syrup	Cold
Jalebi	India	Fried spiral	Fermented batter, saffron syrup	Hot
Kheer	India	Milk pudding	Rice, milk, sugar, cardamom, nuts	Warm or cold
Gajar ka halwa	India	Cooked pudding	Carrot, milk, ghee, sugar, nuts	Hot
Kulfi	India	Frozen	Reduced milk, sugar, pistachio or mango	Frozen
Mysore pak	India	Set confection	Gram flour, ghee, sugar	Room temperature
Falooda	India and Persia	Layered cold drink-dessert	Vermicelli, rose syrup, basil seed, ice cream	Cold
Mochi	Japan	Pounded rice cake	Glutinous rice, sometimes red bean	Room temperature
Dorayaki	Japan	Filled pancake	Two pancakes, sweet red bean paste	Room temperature
Matcha ice cream	Japan	Frozen	Milk, sugar, green tea powder	Frozen
Taiyaki	Japan	Filled cake	Batter, red bean or custard, fish-shaped mould	Hot
Mango sticky rice	Thailand	Rice and fruit	Glutinous rice, coconut milk, ripe mango	Room temperature
Halo-halo	The Philippines	Shaved ice	Crushed ice, evaporated milk, beans, fruit, leche flan, ube	Cold
Bingsu	South Korea	Shaved ice	Milk ice, red bean, fruit, condensed milk	Cold
Egg tart	Hong Kong and Macau	Custard tart	Pastry, egg custard	Warm
Mooncake	China	Filled pastry	Lotus or red bean paste, salted egg yolk	Room temperature
Tangyuan	China	Boiled dumpling	Glutinous rice flour, sesame or peanut filling, ginger syrup	Hot
Pavlova	Australia and New Zealand	Meringue	Meringue shell, cream, passionfruit or berries	Cold
Lamington	Australia	Sponge square	Sponge, chocolate icing, desiccated coconut	Room temperature
Sticky toffee pudding	England	Steamed sponge	Dates, sponge, toffee sauce	Hot
Eton mess	England	Assembled	Broken meringue, strawberries, cream	Cold
Trifle	England	Layered	Sponge, jelly, custard, cream, fruit	Cold
Bread and butter pudding	England	Baked pudding	Bread, butter, custard, raisins	Hot
Spotted dick	England	Steamed pudding	Suet pastry, currants, custard	Hot
Banoffee pie	England	Set pie	Biscuit base, toffee, banana, cream	Cold
Christmas pudding	England	Steamed pudding	Dried fruit, suet, spice, brandy	Hot
Scones with cream and jam	England	Baked	Scone, clotted cream, strawberry jam	Room temperature
Cranachan	Scotland	Assembled	Cream, toasted oats, raspberries, whisky, honey	Cold
Apple pie	The United States	Baked pie	Apples, cinnamon, pastry	Warm
Pecan pie	The United States	Baked pie	Pecans, corn syrup, egg, pastry	Room temperature
Key lime pie	The United States	Set pie	Lime juice, condensed milk, egg yolk, graham base	Cold
Pumpkin pie	The United States	Baked pie	Pumpkin, spice, condensed milk, pastry	Cold
New York cheesecake	The United States	Baked cheesecake	Cream cheese, egg, sugar, biscuit base	Cold
Brownies	The United States	Baked slice	Chocolate, butter, egg, flour	Room temperature
Chocolate chip cookies	The United States	Baked biscuit	Butter, brown sugar, flour, chocolate chips	Warm
Banana bread	The United States	Loaf cake	Ripe banana, flour, butter, egg	Room temperature
Red velvet cake	The United States	Layer cake	Cocoa, buttermilk, colouring, cream cheese frosting	Room temperature
Carrot cake	The United States	Layer cake	Carrot, spice, walnut, cream cheese frosting	Room temperature
S'mores	The United States	Assembled over fire	Graham crackers, toasted marshmallow, chocolate	Hot
Cinnamon roll	Sweden and the United States	Enriched bun	Yeast dough, butter, cinnamon sugar, icing	Warm
Root beer float	The United States	Drink-dessert	Root beer, vanilla ice cream	Cold
Nanaimo bar	Canada	No-bake slice	Crumb base, custard buttercream, chocolate	Cold
Butter tart	Canada	Small tart	Pastry, butter, sugar, egg, sometimes raisins	Room temperature
Beavertail	Canada	Fried dough	Stretched dough, cinnamon sugar or spreads	Hot
Tres leches cake	Mexico and Central America	Soaked sponge	Sponge soaked in three milks, cream	Cold
Churros con cajeta	Mexico	Fried dough	Fried dough, goat-milk caramel	Hot
Arroz con leche	Latin America and Spain	Rice pudding	Rice, milk, cinnamon, sugar	Warm or cold
Alfajores	Argentina and Peru	Sandwich biscuit	Shortbread, dulce de leche, coconut	Room temperature
Brigadeiro	Brazil	Rolled truffle	Condensed milk, cocoa, butter, sprinkles	Room temperature
Açaí bowl	Brazil	Frozen bowl	Açaí pulp, banana, granola, fruit	Cold
Rice pudding	Northern Europe	Milk pudding	Rice, milk, sugar, cinnamon	Warm
Kanelbulle	Sweden	Enriched bun	Yeast dough, butter, cinnamon, cardamom, pearl sugar	Warm
Semla	Sweden	Filled bun	Cardamom bun, almond paste, whipped cream	Room temperature
Danish pastry	Denmark	Laminated pastry	Butter-laminated dough, custard or fruit	Room temperature
Stroopwafel	The Netherlands	Filled wafer	Two thin waffles, caramel syrup	Warm over a cup
Belgian waffle	Belgium	Batter	Yeasted or pearl-sugar batter, cream, fruit	Hot
Ischler	Hungary	Sandwich biscuit	Almond biscuit, apricot jam, chocolate	Room temperature
Dobos torte	Hungary	Layer cake	Sponge layers, chocolate buttercream, caramel top	Room temperature
Medovik	Russia	Layer cake	Honey layers, sour cream frosting	Cold
Syrniki	Russia and Ukraine	Fried cakes	Farmer cheese, egg, flour, sour cream	Hot
Baklava-style kadaif	Greece	Shredded pastry	Kataifi, nuts, syrup	Room temperature
Galaktoboureko	Greece	Custard pastry	Filo, semolina custard, syrup	Warm
Loukoumades	Greece	Fried dough balls	Yeast dough, honey, cinnamon, walnuts	Hot
Rice kheer-style sutlac	Turkey	Baked rice pudding	Rice, milk, sugar, browned top	Cold
Malva pudding	South Africa	Baked sponge	Apricot jam, sponge, hot cream sauce	Hot
Milk tart	South Africa	Set tart	Milk custard, pastry, cinnamon	Cold
Knickerbocker glory	England	Layered sundae	Ice cream, jelly, fruit, cream, in a tall glass	Cold
Affogato	Italy	Assembled	Vanilla ice cream, hot espresso	Hot over cold
Fruit salad	Everywhere	Assembled	Whatever fruit is in season	Cold

Ingredients are the ones that define the dessert, not a recipe — quantities, and the dozen small things every family adds, are not here. Origins are where the dessert is generally agreed to have come from; several are claimed by more than one country and the entry names the region rather than picking a winner.

How this list was built

The list is not just cake. A random dessert list that returns nine kinds of American cake is no help when you are deciding what to make. This one runs across Europe, the Middle East, South and East Asia, Latin America, Africa and the English-speaking world, and includes fried things, set custards, shaved ice, milk puddings and things you assemble in a glass.

We say what is in it, because that is the question behind the question. Most people pressing a dessert button are deciding what to cook tonight. Knowing that panna cotta is cream, sugar and gelatine — and that basbousa needs semolina and yoghurt — settles it faster than the name alone.

Contested origins are named as regions, not awarded. Baklava, halva and rice pudding belong to whole regions and have been argued over for a long time. Where the honest answer is “Turkey and the Levant” or “Northern Europe”, that is what the entry says.

Nothing on this list is invented. Every entry is a dessert people actually make and eat. We have not padded the list with plausible-sounding names to make the number bigger.

Sources. Each dessert is a well-documented dish; origins, category and defining ingredients follow standard culinary reference. Where a dish is claimed by several countries this page names the region rather than choosing between the claims.

Common questions

How many desserts does this pick from?

100, all shown in the table on this page. They range from things you can make in ten minutes to things that take a day.

Can I use this to decide what to bake?

Yes — that is what it is for. Each pick comes with the main ingredients, so you can tell at a glance whether you have what it needs before you commit.

Will it repeat?

Not with the no-repeats box ticked; it works through the whole list first. Untick it if you want every press to be independent.

Are these recipes?

No. This page names the dessert and tells you what defines it. It does not give quantities or method — there are better places for a recipe, and a hundred half-recipes on one page would help nobody.

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