Knickerbocker Glory A Great Dessert Name

Tablet ice cream sundae or crème brûlée with raspberries.

I love the name too, so when DGC were tiny one of our ‘ keep them entertained’ games in the car was to say ‘knickerbocker glory’ whenever we saw a green car. (There aren’t that many.). They loved saying the words too

Wonder where it comes from

Eton Mess is gorgeous.

The Knickerbockers were an extremely wealth family in 19th century America.
Think The Gilded Age.
It’s my guess it’s named after them, or even invented for one of them.
I will do some investigation!

Sorry, they were a group of families from Holland.

Lost my post.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knickerbocker_Club

selectsurnames.com/knickerbocker/

apparently the Knickerbocker glory was named after The Knickerbocker hotel in New York which was painted in various shades of pink and cream. When the hotel closed in 1920 an ice cream sundae consisting of layers of cream and fruit and sauce in those colours was named after it.

Thank you Georgesgran how interesting never thought to ask before. It's funny the words we use day in and out and never think to question, especially these quirky ones.

It was created in 1920 to honour the famous hotel following its closure.

First time I've ever heard of the Knickerbocker Club FannyCornforth. Yes, you do learn something new everyday. Many thanks.

I do enjoy a Knickerbocker glory as a rare treat.
Cumberland courting cakes were a favourite in my family.

Knickerbocker glories don't seem to be around that much anymore, I first heard of it as a child, my mother said going to Lyons Corner House for one was considered the ultimate treat when she was growing up.

The funniest desert name I ever came across, years ago in Spain, something described as "Gypsy's Arm Cake" I like to think of that as something that lost in translation, rather than an actual person losing an arm

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Peach Melba used to be a favourite in the sixties too.

Jane43

Peach Melba used to be a favourite in the sixties too.

Named after Dame Nelly Melba, the opera singer.
See also Pavlova (after Anna - is that right?)

Things (food) were always being named after folk in the recent past.
You don’t get that now, do you

Cranachan is the best desert, closely followed by Ecclefechan tart

My late husband's favourite treat as a child - as well as something with a banana, can't remember what that was called. Banana split?

Well,there’s always Spotted Dick……

Not a dessert more a cake/tea bread. but Fat Rascals popular round these parts,

I’ve just googled them Blossoming. Wow!

What’s that Greek dessert - like shredded wheat with honey and nuts?

Baklava I think!