[1] National Lemon Meringue Pie Day is August 15th (photo © American Egg Board).
[2] National Spumoni Day is August 21st (photo © Lezza).
[3] National Cherries Jubilee Day is September 24th. Here’s a recipe (photo © Claire Justine).
[4] National Angel Food Cake Day is October 10th (photo © Bhofack2 | Dreamstime).
[5] National M&M Day is October 13th. Garnish a cake, ice cream, or make this M&M Cookie Pie or order it online (photo © Little Red Kitchen Bake Shop).
[6] National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day is October 21st (photo © Chef Marisa Churchill).
[7] Indian pudding with vanilla ice cream (photo © Food On The Food).
[8] Sacher torte, with a filling of apricot marmalade. Here’s a recipe (photo © Jerne J Kitchen).
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October 14th was National Dessert Day, and we celebrated with a Top 10 dessert party. We also began a list of all the dessert holidays.
Part 1 listed the holidays from January through July.
August through December dessert holidays follow.
Forks ready! Spoons ready! Go!
DESSERT HOLIDAYS – PART 2
How many dessert holidays are there? In American cuisine alone, almost 200 (112 on this page alone, January through July), not counting baklava, cannoli, and other international favorites.
The list of holidays is so long that we’ve divided it. The other half, August through December will appear tomorrow.
Note that some of these holidays may not seem like “dessert.” Our thought was, for example:
If it’s a jelly bean holiday, use them to garnish a cake or cupcakes.
If it’s a waffle holiday, serve them a la mode with dessert sauce.
Et cetera.
> The history of dessert.
> Dessert holidays Part 1: January through August.
August Dessert Holidays
August 1st: National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
August 2nd: Braham Pie Day [U.K.]1
August 2nd: National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
August 4th: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
August 6th: National Root Beer Float Day
August 8th: National Frozen Custard Day
August 9th: National Rice Pudding Day
August 10th: National S’mores Day
August 11th: National Bakewell Tart Day [U.K.]2
August 11th: National Raspberry Bombe Day
August 12th: National Gooey Butter Cake Day
August 15th: National Lemon Meringue Pie Day
August 18th: National Ice Cream Pie Day
August 19th: National Soft Ice Cream Day
August 20th: National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
August 21st: National Spumoni Day
August 22nd: National Pecan Torte Day
August 23rd: National Sponge Cake Day
August 24th: National Peach Pie Day
August 24th: National Waffle Day
August 27th: National Pots De Crème Day
August 28th: National Cherry Turnover Day
August 30th: National Toasted Marshmallow Day
Beyond dessert: all the August food holidays.
September Dessert Holidays
September 1st: National Cherry Popover Day
September 2nd: National Blueberry Popsicle Day
September 4th: Eat an Extra Dessert Day
September 6th: National Coffee Ice Cream Day
September 13th: International Chocolate Day
September 15th: Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie Day
September 19th: National Butterscotch Pudding Day
September 24th: National Cherries Jubilee Day
September 26th: National Key Lime Pie Day
September 28th: National Strawberry Cream Pie
Beyond dessert: all the September food holidays.
October Dessert Holidays
October: National Caramel Month
October: National Dessert Month
October: National Baking Week [U.K.]
October 1st: National Homemade Cookies Day
October 1st: National Pumpkin Spice Day
October 10th: National Angel Food Cake Day
October 10th: National Cake Decorating Day
October 13th: National M&M Day
October 14th: National Dessert Day
October 15th: National Lemon Bar Day
October 20th: National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21st: National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
Beyond dessert: all the October food holidays.
November Dessert Holidays
November: Banana Pudding Lovers Month
November, last Sunday: Stir-Up Sunday3
November 8th: National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: British Pudding Day4
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 13th: National Bread Pudding Day
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 15th: National Bundt Day
November 17th: National Baklava Day
November 25th: National Parfait Day
November 27th: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
November 30th: National Mousse Day
Beyond dessert: all the November food holidays.
December Dessert Holidays
December: National Fruit Cake Month
December 1st: National Peppermint Bark Day
December 1st: National Pie Day
December 3rd: National Apple Pie Day
December 4th: National Cookie Day
December 5th: Sacher Torte Day
December 8th: National Chocolate Brownie Day
December 9th: National Pastry Day
December 12th: National Ambrosia Day
December 12th: National Gingerbread Day
December 13th: National Cream Cheese Frosting Day
December 13th: National Ice Cream & Violins Day
December 15th: National Cupcake Day
December 15th: National Gingerbread Latte Day
December 16th: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17th: National Maple Syrup Day
December 22nd: National Date Nut Bread Day
December 23rd: National Pfeffernüsse Day
December 24th: National Egg Nog Day
December 25th: National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day
December 27th: National Fruit Cake Day
December 28th: National Chocolate Candy Day
Beyond dessert: all the December food holidays. |
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1Braham, Minnesota has an annual Pie Day, held on the first Friday in August. The city’s fame for pie began in the 1930s when people from the Twin Cities would drive to their lake homes, taking the “shortcut to Duluth through Braham.” They would stop at the Park Café for pie and coffee. Braham began a celebratory pie and ice cream social in 1990, the same year that the city was named the “Homemade Pie Capital of Minnesota” by Governor Rudy Perpich [source].
2Bakewell tarts are a 20th-century variant of Bakewell pudding, which originated in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England in the 1800s. It was created following a mishap by the cook at a local inn, who misunderstood the recipe for a strawberry tart and ended up topping her creation with a soft-set almond custard. The tart’s base is made from sweet shortcrust pastry, which is then layered with seedless strawberry jam and finished with a pale, fluffy frangipane sponge filling of eggs, almonds, and sugar. The Bakewell Tart is traditionally finished with a layer of white fondant icing and half a glace cherry, but other varieties are also produced. Here’s more about it.
3Stir-up Sunday is the last Sunday before Advent, the day when families traditionally gather to prepare the Christmas pudding. The tradition dates back to Victorian times when the family would gather five weeks before Christmas to stir the Christmas pudding. There is a myriad of recipes for Christmas pudding, but the traditional version would contain 13 ingredients to represent Jesus and his disciples.
4In the U.K. today, “pudding” is the name for what Americans call steamed cakes and other desserts. Pudding originally referred to encased meats similar to sausages that were steamed or boiled. By the latter half of the 18th century, traditional English puddings no longer included meat. They were still boiled, but the finished product was cake-like (like plum pudding). Our creamy, modern puddings descend from this tradition of steaming sweet ingredients. Here’s more about it.
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