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Dessert and Pudding Recipes

Dessert recipes for everyone, whether you're whipping up your first batch of chocolate cake or perfecting your chewy cookies. A dessert and pudding collection that is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth, including Middle Eastern dessert recipes, Indian sweets, the famous rocky road and classic single-layer carrot cake.

Let's be honest, we all look forward to what's for dessert because they are mouthwateringly irresistible! I've compiled all my dessert recipes into one fantastic list. Enjoy!

Middle Eastern & Arabic-Style Desserts

  • A close up of the Om Ali dish with the spoon.
    Om Ali Recipe (Mini Croissants)
  • layali lubnan recipe
    Layali Lebnan (Lebanese Nights)
  • apricot milk pudding recipe
    Muhallabia Amardeen Pudding | Milk and Apricot Fruit Leather Pudding
  • cream kunafa
    Cream Kunafa

Chocolate-Based Desserts

  • A slice of beet chocolate cake.
    Chocolate Beetroot Spiced Cake
  • chocolate salami served in a round plate.
    Chocolate Salami without Eggs
  • three pieces of brownie bars stacked in a dessert plate.
    Double Chocolate Brownies | Rich & Fudgy
  • melted butter chocolate chip cookies
    Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies with Melted Butter

Semolina-Based Desserts

  • halawet smeed
    Halawet El Smeed | Semolina Pudding with Mastic
  • slices of basbousa namoura in a white plate.
    Namoura or Basbousa | Middle Eastern Semolina Cake
  • algerian cookies
    Algerian Brâdj | Diamond Cookies
  • rava kesari recipe
    Rava Kesari | Semolina Pudding

Sweet Loaf

  • Chocolate Banana Walnut Bread Sliced
    Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread
  • Dominique Ansel Banana Bread
    Dominique Ansel's Banana Bread
  • slice of banana plum bread with halved plums and forks
    Chocolate Plum Banana Almond Bread
  • a loaf of tahini cake with tahini glaze
    Tahini Loaf Cake

Puddings

  • Tiramisu with cream cheese served in dessert plates.
    Tiramisu without Mascarpone (No Eggs, No Alcohol!)
  • vermicelli pudding in a tall tumbler.
    Vermicelli Pudding with Condensed Milk
  • cake and custard pudding with berries
    Cake Pudding with Custard
  • Pineapple pudding with caramel shards garnish.
    Pineapple Pudding Recipe

Cookies

  • tahini cookies with chocolate chips with a kettle of tea and mug.
    Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • brown butter chocolate walnut cookies
    Chocolate Walnut Cookies
  • Cadbury milk chocolate chip cookies
    Dairy Milk Chocolate Cookies
  • kaak el eid cookies
    Ka'ak el Eid | Date Paste Cookies

  • a plate of chocolate date balls
    Chocolate Date Balls
  • A pile of rava laddu on a a dessert plate.
    Rava Laddu Recipe using Semolina Flour (No Coconut, No Milk)
  • banana chocolate chip cookies on a wire rack.
    Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • A slice of kerala plum cake on a dessert plate.
    Kerala Plum Cake Recipe
  • persian love cake recipe
    Persian Love Cake Recipe
  • biscoff cookie truffles recipe
    Biscoff Truffles
  • basque burnt cheesecake
    Burnt Cheesecake
  • The whole chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream on a cake stand.
    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream
  • vimto eggless chocolate cake recipe
    VIMTO Eggless Chocolate Cake
  • a small pie dish tiramisu dessert served
    Vimto Eggless Tiramisu
  • sheer khurma recipe image
    Sheer Khurma Recipe
  • rose glazed yeast donuts.
    Yeast Donuts with Rose Glaze
  • chocolate caramel ice cream scoops
    Chocolate Caramel Ice Cream
  • A spoon-scooped bourbon biscuit cheesecake jar.
    Bourbon Biscuit Cheesecake Jars
  • kaipola recipe
    Kaipola | Ripe Plantain Egg Cake
  • Chocolate Lazy Cake with Tahini and Pistachio
    Chocolate Lazy Cake with Tahini and Pistachio
  • sweet mini samosa recipe
    Mini Sweet Samosas
  • mel i mato with honey and nuts
    Andorra's Pa amb tomàquet and Mel i Mató
  • A slice of carrot walnut cake with cream cheese frosting on a dessert plate.
    Carrot Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • small batch lemon bars stacked
    Small batch Lemon Bars
  • cherry tea cake recipe
    Cherry & Almond Tea Cake
  • Tiny batch of pine nut ice cream scoops served with drizzle of chocolate syrup.
    Pine Nut Ice Cream (Small Batch)
  • Chocolate Brownies with Avocado pieces
    Chocolate Brownies with Avocado
  • Mango Falooda recipe
    Mango Falooda with Vimto
  • batheeth recipe
    Batheeth | Emirati Sweet Date Balls
  • Date energy bars
  • Three dessert bowls of ash gourd halwa.
    Poosanikai Halwa | Ash Gourd Sweet
  • Qubani ka meetha in three shot glasses with cream.
    Qubani Ka Meetha
  • freshly baked American apple pie.
    My First American Apple Pie
  • heart-shaped iraqi dessert
    Halawat Timman | Iraqi Dessert
  • ariyunda recipe
    Ariyunda | Sweet Rice and Coconut Balls
  • fresh cherry pie
    Fresh Cherry Pie that I baked for our 8th Anniversary
  • two bowls of blackberry ice cream
    Blackberry Chocolate No-Churn Ice Cream
  • biscoff ice cream scoops in a bowl drizzled with melted biscoff.
    Biscoff No-Churn Ice Cream
  • dried fig and rice pudding bowl
    Anjeer ki Kheer | Dried Fig & Rice Pudding
  • bounty pudding
    The Bounty Pudding | Chocolate and Coconut Pudding
  • kashata za nazi burfi recipe
    Kashata Za Nazi | Coconut Burfi
  • kataifi truffles with condensed milk
    Sweet Kataifi Truffles
  • Baked Rava Kesari
    Baked Rava Kesari | Semolina Saffron Cake
  • Greek Ekmek Kataifi using Custard Powder
  • a platter of shahi tukra slices
    Shahi Tukda
  • No-Bake Chocolate Custard Pudding

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Mr.F and Famidha

Hey, I'm Famidha

An Indian chai lover in the UAE. As a passionate food blogger, I share a diverse collection of recipes spanning the Middle East and South Asia. With each dish, I aim to spark your culinary curiosity and encourage you to try new flavours and cooking methods.

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