Descriptionary

Sally Lunn a flat, sweetened tea cake shaped like a wheel.

savarin a ring-molded cake soaked in a rum syrup.

savarin pan a ring mold used to make savarins.

strawberry shortcake a biscuit smothered with whipped cream and strawberries.

simnel cake a fruitcake.

spice cake any cake flavored with spices.

sponge cake a light cake with a spongy texture, made from flour, eggs, and sugar, and no shortening.

stollen a sweetened German bread with fruit and nuts.

tiramisu an Italian sponge cake layered with cheese and chocolate sauce and drenched in an espresso syrup.

torte originating in Austria, a rich layered cake with frosting and ground nuts.

upside-down cake a cake that is baked with fruit on the bottom but is overturned when served so the fruit serves as a topping.

wedding cake a rich, multitiered cake, topped with frosting and figurines of the bride and groom.

Cookies

almond cardamom a cookie made from flour, but­ter, sugar, ground cardamom, cream cheese, almond paste, eggs, and vanilla.

animal cracker a small, crisp cookie cut into the shape of an animal.

biscotti hard, dry Italian cookies flavored with almonds, hazelnuts, chocolate, or anise seed.

chocolate chip a cookie made from shortening, sugar, eggs, flour, chocolate chips, and vanilla.

date cookie a cookie made from dates, pecans, but­ter, sugar, eggs, and flour.

drop cookie any cookie formed by dropping dough from a spoon onto a pan, rather than rolling, shaping, or cutting them.

fortune cookie a thin, hollow cookie shell stuffed with a small slip of paper with one's "fortune" or a bit of wisdom written on it, served in Chinese restaurants.

ginger snap a crispy cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.

gingerbread cookie a cookie flavored with ginger and molasses and often cut into the shape of a man.

hermit a spicy cookie made from butter, sugar, flour, eggs, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, molasses, raisins, and walnuts.

honey drop a cookie made from butter, sugar, eggs, orange zest, honey, and mace.

jumble a thin, ring-shaped cookie topped with sugar.

macaroon a chewy cookie made from egg whites, coconut, sugar, and sometimes almonds.

molasses cookie a chewy cookie flavored with molasses.

no-bake cookie a cookie that requires no baking. An example is a cookie made from oatmeal, cocoa, and sugar.

oatmeal cookie a cookie made from rolled oats, shortening, sugar, eggs, milk, flour, and sometimes raisins, walnuts, or chocolate chips.

palmier a cookie in the shape of a palm leaf, made from sliced puff pastry and folded.

peanut butter cookie a cookie made from peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, and flour.

pignoli cookie a flourless cookie made from almond paste, sugar, confectioner's sugar, egg whites, and pine nuts.

ratafia a macaroon flavored with a sweet liqueur made from wine, brandy, and almonds.

rugulach a cookie made from cream cheese dough stuffed with chocolate or jam, nuts, raisins, etc. Also spelled rugelach.

shortbread a buttery but crumbly Scottish cookie that is sometimes flavored with almonds, cinnamon, lemon, ginger, and cumin.

snickerdoodle a crispy cinnamon cookie, sometimes textured with oatmeal.

spice cookie a cookie made from butter, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, flour, milk, and currants.

sugar cookie a cookie made from confectioners' sugar, brown sugar, butter, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, flour, and sprinkled with granulated sugar.

Toll House cookie a kind of chocolate-chip cookie, reportedly originating at the Toll House Restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1930.

tuiles paper-thin cookies flavored with almonds, vanilla, and lemon.

Other Desserts

apple pan dowdy an apple-pie-like dessert having a crust on the top but not on the bottom.

belle Helene a dessert of pears and ice cream cov­ered in chocolate sauce.

charlotte a baked dessert of bread slices placed in a mold and covered with fruit.

chocolate mousse a light and fluffy but rich dessert made of eggs, whipped cream, sugar, and semisweet chocolate.

brown Betty baked apple pudding with bread crumbs.

clafoutis batter-topped fruit, especially cherries, baked until puffy.

creme brulee egg custard topped with caramel.

crepe a thin pancake folded and loaded with a vari­ety of sweet fillings.

crepes suzette a crepe rolled in an orange sauce and served with flaming brandy.

croquembouche cream puffs dipped in caramel and stacked to form a pyramid.

flan an open tart filled with pastry cream and topped with fruit. Also, a baked egg custard covered with caramel.