A Decade Of Desserts: The Most Popular And Searched-For Recipes From 2016

After the year 2015, the love for desserts didn't diminish. In fact, the love for desserts is only growing further. There are some classics that are evergreen, like chocolate chip cookies, which you will find in every list of popular desserts irrespective of the year. But it is the new entrants to the list that will make you wonder about ordering or making them right away or not.

These desserts are perfect to enjoy during your day off and to decorate or fill your festive platter with; they work fantastically in both scenarios. So, let's start with the best or most popular desserts from 2016 without wasting any more time. Keep reading to learn more.

Donut Holes

Donut holes are little, bite-sized doughnuts traditionally created from the core dough of ring donuts.

Donut holes are traditionally produced by frying the dough scraped from the center of the donut. As a result, they are much smaller than a regular donut and tend to be spherical. Donut holes, like regular donuts, can be topped with confections such as glaze or powdered sugar.

Originally, most donut hole varieties were variations on ring donuts (yeast-based dough or cake batter). Donut holes, on the other hand, can be formed by dropping a small ball of dough into heated oil from a specially shaped nozzle or cutter.

Churros

Churros are deep-fried ridged sticks of choux pastry dough coated in cinnamon sugar. They're a common donut in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American cuisines. While empty cinnamon sugar-coated churros are the most popular, the shape, filling, and dipping sauce differ depending on the culture that makes them. Churros are simple to prepare and inexpensive, with a global appeal founded on a widely adored foundation: sweet, fried dough.

Churro dough, like choux pastry, is created from all-purpose flour, butter, salt, eggs, and water. Pastry chefs extrude this dense dough with a piping bag or churro maker equipped with an open star-shaped nozzle, resulting in a long pastry dough rope with a ridged exterior.

Butter Pecan Cake

This cake is known for its light texture and delicious nutty flavor. Now add a cream cheese frosting over it to make it even more irresistible. With its buttery flavor and light crumb, it is guaranteed to please all the butter pecan fans in your life. Make it for the fall season, special occasions, or simply because!

If you are a fan of buttery desserts, then this cake would be a hit. Perfect for the winter months and the festive season. So, skipping this dessert this season is not an option. Serve this cake to a crowd at practically any party or prepare it for yourself and refrigerate or freeze the leftovers.

Tiramisu

Layers of ladyfingers dipped in coffee and a cream composed of sugar, eggs, and mascarpone make up the Italian delicacy known as tiramisu. Alcoholic flavors like Marsala wine, Fernet, rum, Cognac, brandy, or coffee liqueur are also added to some variations.

Mascarpone, ladyfinger biscuits, sugar, eggs, coffee (such as mocha or espresso), unsweetened cocoa powder, and salt are the ingredients of tiramisu. Occasionally, marmala wine, rum, or liqueur are added. Ladyfingers soaked in coffee, sugar, and Marsala are used to create a trifle-style dessert that is layered with a creamy mascarpone, sugar, and egg combination and finished with a dusting of cocoa powder.

Ice Cream Rolls

Since 2009, ice cream rolls have only been produced in Thailand due to their lack of popularity and simple recipe that calls for combining a few ingredients with fruits and candy, which is how the Thai Ice Cream nickname came to be. Even though this kind of ice cream wasn't very popular at the time, just a few sellers served it. It was not long after that rolled ice cream began to gain traction outside of Thailand.

By 2011 or 2012, they were becoming well-known in the nation. Among the first nations other than Thailand to adopt the rolled ice cream fad were Malaysia and Cambodia. Additionally, it went viral globally in 2016.

This delicious, artistic, and visually appealing dessert has been around for more than ten years. It has only been in North America for roughly 7-8 years.

Swedish Oatmeal Cookies

You may have never tasted oatmeal cookies like these Swedish Oatmeal Cookies, or Havreflarn in Swedish. These cookies are delicate, light, crunchy, and almost transparent. They go very well with a cup of tea or coffee in the afternoon.

Fortunately, havreflarn can be prepared in less than an hour and is also simple to put together. Are you prepared to whip up some delicious and crunchy Swedish Oatmeal Cookies in your kitchen?