Somewhere between a truffle and fudge, this Brazilian delicacy is made of sweetened condensed milk, cocoa, and butter.
A churro is a long doughnut molded by a churrera, a device that gives the dessert its ridged appearance. The sweet delicacy is then fried in oil and sprinkled with sugar.
Once it comes out of the oven, the basbousa is soaked in a syrup, typically rose water, but also orange blossom water or lemon.
This cake was invented by a pastry chef named Franz Sacher for the Austrian royal family.
This Balinese dessert is known for its vibrant green colour that comes from using a natural extract of pandan, a tropical plant grown in Southeast Asia.
Pastéis (plural) de nata are flaky tarts filled with cream that have the consistency of flan.
This small square cake is made from an airy dough, similar to sponge cake, which is then soaked in chocolate icing and rolled in grated coconut.
The word babka means grandmother in Polish. It’s also the name of this brioche cake served on Easter Sunday.
Typical of Peruvian street food, picarones are kind of like doughnuts. But the comparison ends at their ringed shape.