Custards

🇲🇾Kelantan, Malaysia

Akok

Akok is a Kelantanese baked custard made with eggs, coconut milk, flour and palm sugar.

🇨🇴Colombia

Arequipe

Manjar blanco

Colombia's name for dulce de leche: a thick, creamy caramel of milk and sugar, slow-cooked for hours. Spread on bread, obleas, and used in desserts.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Ashta

قشطة

Thick clotted cream scented with orange blossom or rose water, used to fill nearly every Lebanese pastry and pudding.

🇧🇷Brazil

Baba-de-moça

A glossy Brazilian egg-yolk and coconut cream used as a spoon dessert and as a filling for cakes.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Banh Flan

Bánh flan

Vietnamese crème caramel, a silky steamed egg custard with caramelized sugar syrup, often served with crushed ice and strong black coffee.

🇻🇪Venezuela

Bienmesabe

A Venezuelan coconut cream cake of rum-soaked sponge layers, coconut-vanilla custard and a thick topping of Swiss meringue dusted with cinnamon.

🇵🇦Panama

Bocado de la Reina

A Panamanian custard dessert of coconut milk, sugar, and egg yolks, baked until set and dusted with cinnamon.

🇧🇷Brazil

Bombocado

A rich baked coconut-and-cheese custard with a browned top, found in Brazilian pastry counters.

🇮🇹Piedmont, Italy

Bunet

Piedmontese baked chocolate-amaretto custard pudding with amaretti and cocoa, set in a mold and turned out. Older than panna cotta.

🇵🇭Philippines

Caramel Custard

Leche Flan

A rich, creamy caramel custard made with egg yolks and condensed milk, steamed in oval molds (llaneras).

🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

Catalan Cream

Crema catalana

Catalonia's custard dessert flavored with cinnamon and lemon zest, topped with sugar that is caramelized with a hot iron to form a crisp crust.

🇵🇷Puerto Rico

Cazuela

A Puerto Rican dessert custard of coconut milk, sweet potato, and calabaza squash, baked until set.

🇯🇵Japan

Chawanmushi

茶碗蒸し

A savory steamed egg custard with shrimp, chicken, ginkgo nuts, and shiitake in a dashi cup.

🇵🇷Puerto Rico

Cheese Flan

Flan de queso

The standard caramel custard made denser and tangier with cream cheese blended into the base.

🇫🇷France

Cherry Clafoutis

Clafoutis

Baked cherry custard from Limousin, traditionally with unpitted cherries.

🇨🇴Colombia

Coconut Flan

Flan de coco

Coconut flan made with eggs, coconut milk, condensed milk, and flaked coconut, smooth and creamy with proper caramel layer.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Coconut Jaggery Custard

වටලප්පන්

A steamed custard of coconut milk, palm jaggery, egg, cardamom and nutmeg, dark, dense and set firm, topped with cashew.

🇮🇹Italy

Crema Pasticciera

Italian pastry cream of egg yolks, sugar, milk, and vanilla, thickened with flour or cornstarch. The filling of many pastries and cakes.

🇵🇪Peru

Crema Volteada

Classic Peruvian flan/caramel custard, ubiquitous on dessert menus

🇫🇷France

Creme Brulee

Rich custard topped with a caramelized sugar crust that cracks when tapped.

🇫🇷France

Creme Caramel

Crème caramel

Crème caramel is a chilled baked custard turned out over a thin pool of amber caramel.

🇷🇴Romania

Cremă de zahăr ars

A set Romanian custard baked beneath a dark caramel layer, with a tender vanilla center and syrupy caramel around the edges.

🇬🇵Guadeloupe

Creole Custard

Chodo

A Creole custard; a traditional Guadeloupean dessert; creamy and smooth; the chodo that is a Guadeloupean comfort dessert.

🇳🇨New Caledonia

Crème Brûlée Lifou Vanilla

Crème Brûlée Vanille

Crème brûlée infused with Lifou vanilla; a distinctive New Caledonian touch on the French classic; Lifou vanilla plays a prominent role; a feature of restaurant menus; a fusion of French pastry technique with local vanilla; a creamy, fragrant dessert; often served island sweet.

🇧🇴Bolivia

Cuajadilla

A Bolivian egg-and-milk flan with cinnamon and lemon

🇪🇪Estonia

Curd Snack

Kohuke

Sweet curd bar covered in chocolate, Estonia's most beloved snack in countless flavors from plain to berry.

🇬🇧United Kingdom

Custard

A pouring sauce of milk, sugar and either egg yolk or cornflour powder, served hot over almost every British pudding.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Custard Flip

Vlaflip

Layered dessert with vanilla custard, fruit sauce, and yogurt, a beloved Dutch refrigerated dessert in layers.

🇷🇸Serbia

Custard Slice

Кремпита

A thick slab of vanilla custard between two sheets of puff pastry, chilled and cut into squares, dusted with icing sugar.

🇳🇿New Zealand

Custard Square

Thick set vanilla custard between two sheets of flaky pastry, topped with white icing and cut into blocks.

🇨🇳Guangdong, China

Double-Skin Milk

双皮奶

Buffalo milk set twice so that two skins form, giving a custard that is firm on top and loose beneath, served warm or chilled.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Dutch Custard

Vla

Smooth custard-like dessert made with milk, cornstarch, sugar, and flavorings, consistency similar to yogurt, sold in cartons.

🇬🇷Greece

Ekmek Kataifi

Εκμέκ

Greek ekmek: a layered dessert of syrup-soaked kataifi, custard, and whipped cream, topped with pistachios. A café and Constantinople-origin dessert, creamy and sweet, a national favorite.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Espumilla

Espumilla is a soft Ecuadorian meringue whipped with fruit pulp and spooned into a cup or cone, often finished with custard or sprinkles.

🇪🇸Spain

Flan

Flan de huevo

Spain's classic caramel custard made with eggs, milk, and sugar, with a soft caramel sauce on top, found in every Spanish home and restaurant.

🇦🇷Argentina

Flan Casero

A homemade Argentine baked custard flan with caramel, made with milk, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Simpler than the flan mixto, served plain or with a little cream.