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Spanish Cakes and Desserts
Here's a fairly comprehensive list of the Spanish Cakes and Desserts available.
Amarguillo - Almond cookie
Almendrados - Almond cookies
Almendras garrapiņadas - Candied almonds
Arroz con leche - Rice pudding
Bizcocho - Plain sponge cake
Bizcocho borracho - A light spongy cake drizzled with brandy, lemon and cinnamon
Bizcocho de almendras - Almond sponge cake
Bizcoletas - Iced cakes
Borrachuelo - Aniseed and orange roll, deep fried and sprinkled with sugar
Brazo Gitano - Sponge roll filled with cream
Buņuelo - Puffy, deep fried pastry like choux that is sweet
Buņuelo de limon - Lemon choux pastry bun
Cabello de angel (hair of an angel) - Pumpkin strands in syrup
Catanies - Marcona almonds caramelized and covered with a sweet hazelnut and almond paste, then rolled in cocoa
Churros - A deep fried dough pastry eaten for breakfast
Coca de Frutas de San Juan - A sweet bread for the feast of St. John in June
Cortadillo - Pastry with a pumpkin filling
Cortadillos de coco - Coconut pastries
Crepes con naranja y coņac - Spanish pancakes
Cuajados de almendra y almibar - Almond and syrup curdles
Ensaimada - Flaky pastry coated with icing sugar
Fardelejo - Fried cake made from pastry and marzipan
Flan - Custard with caramel sauce
Gaņote- A sweet made from flour, eggs , cinnamon, and sugar
Gloria - Balls of ground almond and sugar
Guirlache - Toasted almond and caramel paste
Hojaldre - Puff pastry
Huesillo - Fried finger-shaped pastry
Huesos de santo (Saint's bones) - Filled marzipan rolls
Leche frita - Fried custard square
Macedonia de fruta tropical - Tropical fruit salad
Magdalena - Cupcake
Mantecado - A crumbly cookie made with lard, flour and sugar
Merengas de café - Coffee flavored meringues
Mojicones - Sponge cakes
Mostachon - A shortbread for dipping in hot chocolate or coffee
Natilla - Cold custard and cinnamon
Nicanores - Puff pastry with white wine
Oblea - Wafer
Palmeras - Palm shaped pastries
Pan de datiles - Bread made with dates
Pan de higo - Fig roll
Pastel Cordobes - Cordoban cake made with puff pastry and sweet pumpkin
Pastel de chocolate - Chocolate cake
Peras al vino - Pears in red wine
Peras al vino dulce - Pears in sweet wine
Perrunilla - Oval or circular cinnamon and lemon flavored biscuit
Pestiņo - Honey coated fried dough
Piedra - Almond covered in dark chocolate and cocoa
Pijama - Peaches, flan, and whipped cream
Piņonate - A pine nut sweet
Piņonos - Babas with cream, from Santa Fe in Granada
Platano al horno - Baked banana
Polvoron - A powdery cake made from ground almonds, lard, sugar, and cinnamon
Pudin de arroz - Rice pudding
Rabito - Chocolate covered fig
Roscon de Reyes - The roscon de reyes (kings cake) a type of sweet bread
Rosquillos de vino or Roscos - wine cookies with anise
Sobaos pasiegos - Cupcake made from butter, flour, yeast and eggs
Sorbete Sherbet/sorbet
Tarta de almendras - Almond cake
Tarta de cappuchino - Cappucino cake
Tarta de manzana - Apple tart
Tarta de platano - Banana cake
Tarta de Santiago - Almond cake
Tejas - Almond biscuits
Tocino del cielo - A rich caramel topped custard
Torrijas - A traditional bread pudding eaten in Easter
Tortas de aceite - Round, flat cakes
Torta de Santiago - St. James cake, made of almonds
Turron - Nougat candy made with honey, sugar, egg white, and almonds
Yema - Candied egg yolks
For the best of Spanish Desserts in America check out
Spanish Sweet Ideas Delivered to your Door in the UK.
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