dessert

Dessert is the final, sweet course served as the conclusion to a meal. It usually consists of a baked confection such as cake, pie, cookies, or pastry. It might also be a dairy-based dish such as ice cream, yogurt, pudding or custard. All of these dishes may be served with fruit; sometimes fruit and/or cheese or nuts are served as a dessert course instead of an elaborate sweet dish.

Dessert is known as afters, sweet or pudding in parts of Great Britain. The word dessert is from the French "desservir," which means "to clear the table." In many Asian countries, dessert is only served on special holidays, or as a separate snack. In North America and Europe, though, dessert is often the high point of a meal.

Many food blogs are devoted entirely to desserts in general, or specific types of dessert, such vegan sweets. The popular blog Cake Wrecks shows the humorous side of professional dessert-making gone wrong. To make sure that your desserts do not go wrong, you can find helpful how-to videos on line, such as this guide to making a perfect wedding cake.

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  foodgawker — Authority: 168
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  foodgawker — Authority: 168
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• Chill Desserts | Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream Sandwiches

  
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• Choco-Ghasts Butter Cup Crisis!

  
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• Strawberry Crumble with Almonds

  
  foodgawker — Authority: 168
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• Look! Blueberry Muffin Ice Cream

  
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  Lately Ive had ice cream on the mind. It seems I cant go a week without buying a new pint, and so Ive started a list of flavors I want to make at home: Strawberry Rhubarb, Mint Chocolate Chip, Toasted Coconut. But that list went right out the door when I saw this recipe for Blueberry Muffin Ice cream. It boasts six ...
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• “Black Magic Cake” with Butterscotch & Cream Cheese Frosting

  
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  Pinterest gets me in trouble, and it isn’t even from me browsing. Diane will be lying on the couch at the end of the day, scrolling along while I catch up to the sports world on ESPN. Then suddenly she’ll pipe up “I want that”, thrusting her phone towards me. What am I supposed to do, say “No”? Well, I ...
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• Chili’s Grill & Bar: FREE Appetizer or Dessert with Entree Purchase Through May 23, 2013

  
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  Head over here and print a coupon for a FREE Appetizer or Dessert with Adult Entree Purchase Coupon! Coupon good May 20 to May 23, 2013. Offer valid at participating Chili’s locations. Coupon excludes triple dipper. Limit one per table. Multiple coupons cannot be combined.
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• Wedding Desserts I Can Make Now and Freeze? — Good Questions

  
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  Q: My wedding is at the end of June and I am doing a "potluck" dessert table where people can bring chocolate, vanilla, strawberry or lemon desserts. I love to bake and Im planning on making a few desserts myself ahead of time. What are some freezer-friendly desserts that I can make now, that will still be delicious ...
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• Don’t Forget Dessert!

  
  Mom2ZQB — Authority: 118
  This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Private Selection for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.   It’s no secret that dessert is my favorite part of any meal!  There are very few times that I pass on dessert and that is usually only because it’s ice cream and I can’t [...] The post Don’t ...
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• Surprise Recipe Swap #2

  
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  Its the 20th of the month, so its time for another Surprise Recipe Swap post. This is my second month participating in the group. As a member, Im given a blog each month to check out and replicate one of their recipes. Each month (on the 20th) we all post and reveal who are secret blog partner is.  This month I ...
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• Chocolate Mousse Symphony Bar Trifle

  
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  Guys, I hope you can forgive me for getting my post up late today! Things have been crazy over here! The hubs and I had so much fun in NYC for the weekend (post coming soon) and naturally I am behind on everything now that Im home!  Lets talk about todays post... It will knock your socks right off. I mean...how ...
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• Curtain Call: Strawberry-Raspberry and Mint Frozen Yogurt

  
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  Recently, I wrote a short piece about summer movies for Gather Journal . It skewed toward being poetic and inspired a fair amount of nostalgia. The article came as a surprise to my friends and family who know that I am somewhat notoriously not a movie person. I am spectacularly behind on new releases (though I have a ...
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• Raw Lemon Cheesecake Bars

  
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  Removing dairy from my diet has completely impacted how I bake. I still miss it – not how sick it made me – but I miss the creaminess, the simplicity, the ease with which I could pull cream cheese, Greek yogurt, or sour cream out of the refrigerator and whip up a lovely dessert. But, there are have been some ...
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• Celebrate National Vanilla Pudding Day!

  
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  Celebrated on 22 May, National Vanilla Pudding Day is on the way. So, what comes in your mind after reading "Vanilla pudding"? Yummy, delicious desserts that can make anyone drool over. Vanilla is the most common flavor of ice creams, cakes, custards, tarts, or other desserts and thus it is consider as "default" ...
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• Watermelon Sorbet

  
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  6 cups seedless watermelon cubes 1 1/2 cups frozen limeade concentrate 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1 1/2 teaspoon lime zest 1 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh mint pinch of salt Put together watermelon, limeade, corn syrup, lime zest, , mint and salt in a blender and blend it until ...
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• Blueberry Flaugnarde

  
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  I imagine that this one has Julia Child rolling over in her grave, but here we go… Today I bring you vegan blueberry flaugnarde! If you’ve never heard of flaugnarde, don’t worry; until this week, neither had I. The paper I grab to read at work (on breaks, of course ), has a recipe of the day. This week, ...
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• Father’s Day Specials at Rice & Company, TENDER Steak & Seafood and Central Michel Richard

  
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• Strawberry Swiss Roll

  
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  Bright red strawberries, aromatic, juicy, sweet or hypoxic, gentle, sensitive, sexy! Favorite fruit of chefs since the color and juicy texture is impressive and compelling. The top combination is, above all, raw dipped in soft and sweet whipped cream. Here strawberries and whipped cream is surrounded with a fluffy, ...
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