Top 5 World Most Popular Desserts and Snacks

1.    Moon Cake (China)

2.    Crème Brûlée (France)

3.    Baklava (Arabic)

4.    Lokum / Turkish Delight (Turkey)

5.    Pavlova (Russia)

Top 5 World Most Popular Desserts and Snacks: Moon cakes

A mooncake is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival is about lunar appreciation and Moon watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival.

A mooncake consists of a pastry skin and some filling. First, make the pastry case with dough and syrup in equal proportions. Then choose your favorite ingredients to make the filling. Next, put the paste into a round mold so it starts to take shape. The mooncake can then go into the oven for baking. The most popular mooncakes in China are: Cantonese-style mooncakes, Hong-Kong-style mooncakes, Beijing-style mooncakes, Suzhou-style mooncakes, Yunnan-style mooncakes, and Chaoshan-style mooncakes.

How to store moon cakes in refrigerator or refrigerated display case

Top 5 World Most Popular Desserts and Snacks: crème brûlée

Crème brûlée, the creamy, soft and delicious French dessert has been pleasing palates for more than 300 years. It apparently originated at the table of the Philippe d’Orleans, brother of Louis XIV. His chef, Francois Massialot, when visiting Perpignan in the south of France tried a sweet dish made with Catalan cream and he made it when he got back to Paris. However, the hot dish he made got cold by the time his boss was ready to eat it so Massialot heated the top with an iron which caramelised the sugar topping and Crème brûlée was born. The chef wrote the recipe in a book dated 1691, a best seller called the “Royal and Bourgeois Cook”.

Classic Crème Brûlée Recipe

400ml double cream/heavy cream
100ml full-fat milk
1 vanilla pod
5 large egg yolks
50g golden caster sugar,
6 teaspoons of golden caster sugar for topping

During the preparation, the cooler chamber of a fridge can be used to cool down the custards before you make that crunchy top. They should be cool enough after about two hours in the refrigerator, but you can keep them in the fridge for up to three days, which makes them an excellent make-ahead dessert that'll surely impress your friends.

How to store crème brûlée in refrigerator or refrigerated display case

For commercial bakery shops and kitchens, glass countertop display fridges may help for the production, storage and showcasing the Crème Brûlée. Some of these type of countertop display fridges may refer to here: https://www.nenwell.com/pastry-and-bakery-cake-countertop-fridge ; Further, some jumbo display refrigerated cabinets with freestanding base are useful for crème brulee and other pastry and bakery foods. These type of freestanding glass sided display frdges may refer to here: https://www.nenwell.com/free-floor-standing-cake-cabinet-fridge

When kept in the fridge, crème brûlée will only stay fresh for 2 to 4 days. But when kept in the freezer, its shelf life is extended to 6 months or so. The key to maintaining the integrity of this dessert is the temperature. Crème brûlée should be kept at a steady 0 degrees Fahrenheit to extend its shelf life.

Top 5 World Most Popular Desserts and Snacks: Baklava

Baklava is very special occasion dessert that middle east people eat during the holidays, after breaking our fast for Ramadan or during big events with family. Baklava is a sweet dessert pastry made of layers of phyllo dough (filo dough) filled with chopped nuts and soaked in syrup, honey, or milk. Baklava is an ancient food that originated in Arabic countries, but many baklava types are now flourishing worldwide!

The crispy, tasty and sweet baklava we are loving comes in a variety of flavors in cities of the world. Some are made with different nuts like pistachios or walnuts, while others have unique recipes such as Sütlü Nuriye, which is done by mixing milk with syrup and added to the phyllo dough after it's baked. A nice Baklava is made with thin sheets of homemade phyllo dough. While using good quality butter and the right amount of sugar in the syrup is essential. Lemon juice is added into the syrup often to keep baklava from crystallizing.

Though Baklava has many types, they all share a few major ingredients: flaky phyllo dough, syrup, and roasted tree nuts. Groundnuts such as peanuts are not common in baklava making. When baklava is freshly done out of the oven, if it's not at a time to serve to the table, then it should kept in bakery display cabinets such as Nenwell models to keep the baklava crunchy while no melt syrup.

How to store Baklava in refrigerator or refrigerated display case

There are different type of bakery display cabinets we can choose from Nenwell series. First of they supply the countertop display case, such as NW-XCW120L, NW-CVF90 and NW-RTW125L. Then they also supply floor standing cake display cabinets, such as NW-ARC300L, NW-ARC271Z,  NW-ARC270Y and NW-ARC271Y.

Top 5 World Most Popular Desserts and Snacks: Lokum / Turkish Delight

Turkish Lokum, or Turkish delight, is a Turkish dessert that is based on a mixture of starch and sugar that is colored with food coloring. This dessert also is very popular in the Balkans countries such as Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, Greece, Romania, and middle east countries such as Syria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Lokum varieties include pistachios, chopped dates, hazelnuts or walnuts. The Turkish dessert can be flavored with rosewater, orange blossom water, or lemon.

Turkish delight is presented in small cubes that are dusted with cream of tartar (or confectioner’s sugar) to prevent them from sticking to each other.

In Turkey, it is customary to serve a lokum alongside Turkish coffee.

How to store lokum or Turkish delight in refrigerator or refrigerated display case

Clear front dry cabinets from Nenwell are suitable for showcasing and preserving lokums. Typical glass showcases from Nenwell are model NW-XCW120L/160L, model NW-CVF90/120/150/180/210, and model NW-RT78L-8.

Top 5 World Most Popular Desserts and Snacks: Pavlova

Pavlova, a dessert based on meringue, is originated from either Australia or New Zealand in the early 20th century, but it was named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. Its external appearance looks like a cake, but contains a circular block of baked meringue that’s crisp crust and soft, light inside. The confection is usually topped with fruit and whipped cream. Pavlova is believed to have been created in honor of the dancer either during or after one of her tours to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s.

The dessert is a popular dish and an important part of the national cuisine of both Australia and New Zealand. With its simple recipe, it is frequently served during celebratory and holiday meals. It is most identified with and consumed most frequently in the summer time, including at Christmas time.

How to store pavlova delight in refrigerator or refrigerated display case

Stock Pavlova just like a cake. Nenwell cake display cases are ideal to showcase pavlova. Here are some models from Nenwell brand:
Front Curved Glass Refrigerated Display showcase for Cake and Bakery, NW-XCW120L/160L

Professional Cake Display Refrigerator And Refrigerated Showcase For Bakery Shops, NW-CVF90/120/150/180/210

Commercial Bakery Countertop Refrigerated Pastry And Dessert Food Display Cases, NW-RTW118L/140L

Countertop Cake And Pastry Display Cooler Refrigerator For Bakery Shop, NW-RTW185L