The foods that they ate for dessert in the Old World were fruit, honey, nuts and spices along with fruit tarts, custards, cakes and later pancakes wafers and marzipan.
In the Old World, sugar was a rare luxury, so honey and spices such as saffron and cinnamon were used for sweetness and simple and natural ingredients such as dried fruits and fresh fruits, nuts and thick sweetened milk and rice puddings were also common for desserts in the Old World.
The desserts that they ate in the 1800s were lemon ice and ice cream, ginger snaps and Victoria sponge, cakes and cookies, jam turnovers, apple custard pie, tarts and other pies, Christmas pudding and other fruit puddings and baked custard.
Desserts in the 1800s were often made using simple ingredients like flour and dried fruit, which could range from rich, elaborate desserts to more formal desserts and home baked treats that were simpler.
A Victoria sponge is a rich sponge cake that is often sliced and served with whipped cream and jam and was a very popular Victorian dessert.
Ginger snaps and sugar cookies are simple cookies made with sugar or ginger.
Queen cakes were also popular desserts in the 1800s and are small cakes that are filled with currants, and were popular both in America and England.
Apple custard pie is a classic pie that combines creamy custard with baked apples.
Jam turnovers are pastries that are filled with jam and were a popular way of preserving fruits in the 1800s.
Mince pie is also another dessert eaten in the 1800s and is a traditional pie that has spiced fruit and meat filling, although over time mince pie became exclusively fruit based over time.
Christmas pudding is a rich, steamed pudding that is often made with some dried fruits and was a staple in the 1800s.
Bread pudding which was also another popular dessert to eat in the 1800s is a simple and economical dessert that is made from stale bread, milk, eggs and sugar.
Lemon ice is a freshening frozen treat that was popular in the Victorian and Regency eras.
Some other desserts that were eaten in the 1800s are biscuits and meringues, baked custard and dried fruits.
Dried fruits like raisins, apricots and apples were used in simple cobblers and puddings.
And baked custard is a light and easy to make dish of baked eggs and cream..
Biscuits and meringues are simple sweet biscuits and meringues were also served at formal dinners in the 1800s.