6 delicious desserts to present in small glasses

Where does fashion come from? take desserts in glasses? Who was the first person who decided to put a dessert in a glass? Well, it turns out that it wasn’t exactly a pastry chef who invented them, or at least, who created this trend.

Credit goes to a British pharmacist named James Horlink, specialist in the development of nutritional supplements for the health of newborns. In 1873, the Londoner moved to the United States to open, together with his brother, a factory making such cereal-based supplements, and what started out as porridge ended up being shakes, ice creams and, finally, the famous desserts in glasses.

Desserts in a glass: a practical trend

Cup desserts are the latest fashion. Thousands of pastry shops and restaurants around the world are serving them, although it is not really something new.

It’s a perfect way to introduce desserts that you normally couldn’t make in cake form, either because of the very runny textures or because the layers wouldn’t hold their own weight. They are also very easy to preserve and transport, let alone eat.

In general, dessert cups are usually made up of at least three different layersamong which the ones that we are going to see below stand out.

Delicious bases. They can be biscuits, with common, integral, gluten-free or nut flours, which make a difference. Biscuits in their different forms (crumbles, biscuits sablés or cookies…) are an ideal base. You could also make puff pastries, profiteroles, toasted bread…Sophisticated creams or sauces. They are fundamental, since a proper creaminess and quantity will make the final experience in the mouth pleasant and balanced. Sometimes the cream is the protagonist, others it will accompany cookies or biscuits that are a little dry. Of course, always thinking that all ingredients make sense both in texture and taste.A touch of fruit. It is ideal that they have some fruit, natural or cooked, as the main part of the dish or as a complement. They provide a fresh touch and they are a fantastic natural sweetener to replace or reduce sugar in the recipe.

Any classic dessert can be transformed to fit in these cups, such as tiramisu, cheesecake, carrot cake… and even the famous sacher cake. They are also known as verrineswhich in France means jar, or trifles, desserts made up of many layers and that are currently also served in a glass.

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