A Christmas pudding is a sweet, dried fruit pudding cake traditionally served as part of Christmas dinner in Britain. It has its origins in medieval England, with early recipes making use dried fruit, suet, breadcrumbs, flour, eggs and spice along with liquid such as milk or fortified wine.
Later recipes became more elaborate in 1845.
2. Mince pie
A mince pie is a sweet pie of English origins filled with mincemeat, being a mixture of fruit, spices and suet. The pie is usually served during Christmas season. It was associated with supposed catholic “idolatry”.
The tradition of eating pie in December continued through the Victorian era, although by then its recipe has become sweeter and its size markedly reduced from its one large shape. Today the mince pie, usually made without meat, remains a popular seasonal treat enjoyed by many across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
3. Scone with jam and cream
A scone is a traditional British and Irish baked good, popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is usually made of either wheat flour or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leaving agent, and baked on sheet pans. A scone is often slightly sweetened and occasionally glazed with egg wash The scone is a basic component of the cream tea. It differs from tea cakes and other types of sweets that are made with yeast. Scones were chosen as Ireland’s representative for Café Europe during the Austrian presidency of the Europe Union 2006, while the United Kingdom chose shortbread.
4 Trifle
Trifle is a layered dessert of English origin. The usual ingredients are a thin layer of sponge fingers or sponge cake soaked in sherry or another fortified wine a fruit element (fresh or jelly), custard and whipped cream layered in that ascending order in a glass dish. The contents of a trifle are highly variable and many varieties exist, some forgoing fruit entirely and instead using other ingredients, such as chocolate, coffee or vanilla. The fruit and sponge layers may be suspended in fruit-flavoured jelly, and these ingredients are usually arranged to produce three or four layers. The assembled dessert can be topped with whipped cream or, more traditionally, syllabub.
5 Bakewell tart
A Bakewell tart is an English confection consisting of a shortcrust pastry shell beneath layers of jam, frangipane, and a topping of flaked almonds. It is a variant of the Bakewell pudding, closely associated with the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire.
A Cherry Bakewell, also known as a Bakewell cake, is a version of the tart where the frangipane is covered with a top layer of almond-flavoured fondant and a single half glacé cherry.
