# The best British puddings

Proper British puddings, the hot and cold desserts served with custard or cream in pubs and at Sunday lunch, chosen from what keeps coming up in pudding guides and recipe roundups.

- 9 votes · 16 items
- Dec 13, 2025 · A. Cooper
- https://even.best/en/l/139/the-best-british-puddings

## Top 15

1. **Trifle** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Layers of sponge soaked in sherry, fruit or jelly, custard and whipped cream.
2. **Bread and butter pudding** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Buttered bread baked in custard with raisins and nutmeg.
3. **Treacle tart** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Golden syrup and breadcrumb tart, Harry Potter's favourite.
4. **Christmas pudding** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dark steamed pudding of dried fruit, suet and brandy, set alight on Christmas Day.
5. **Rhubarb crumble** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The tart spring version of the crumble, with forced Yorkshire rhubarb.
6. **Victoria sponge** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two sponges sandwiching jam and cream, named after Queen Victoria.
7. **Sticky toffee pudding** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Date sponge drenched in toffee sauce with custard or ice cream; popularised at Sharrow Bay in the Lake District in the 1970s.
8. **Apple crumble** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Stewed apples under a buttery crumble topping, with custard.
9. **Spotted dick** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Steamed suet pudding with currants, served with custard.
10. **Bakewell tart** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shortcrust tart with jam and frangipane, topped with flaked almonds or icing and a cherry.
11. **Jam roly-poly** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rolled suet pudding spread with jam, the school dinner classic.
12. **Banoffee pie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Biscuit base, toffee, banana and cream, invented at The Hungry Monk in Sussex in 1971.
13. **Sticky steamed syrup sponge** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Light steamed sponge capped with golden syrup.
14. **Summer pudding** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bread-lined bowl filled with summer berries, turned out cold.
15. **Eccles cakes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Flaky pastry filled with currants, from Eccles near Manchester.
16. **Eton mess** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Strawberries, broken meringue and cream, served at Eton's cricket match against Harrow.

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