| TRIFLE | Dessert made with sponge cake, fruit and custard (6) |
| TIRAMISU | Dessert made with sponge cake |
| CHARLOTTERUSSE | Molded dessert made with sponge cake or ladyfingers |
| PINEAPPLE | Upside-down cake fruit |
| STREUSEL | From the German for "sprinkle", a crumbly topping for apple cakes, fruit pies, muffins or rich pastries (8) |
| PINEAPPLES | Upside-down-cake fruits |
| ZUPPA | Italian dessert with sponge cake and custard - gauze nipples (anag) (5,7) |
| QUICHE | General French name for a cheese and onion tart, Lorraine-style flan or other open-faced pastry and custard bake that is savoury, yet etymologically rooted to "cake" (6) |
| BOOJUM | 22's menacing beast mopping up duck and orange juice with sponge (6) |
| LOOFAH | To the end, laugh at clown with sponge (6) |
| NUTMEG | Spice derived from the seeds of a tree indigenous to the Molucca Islands, used to flavour bechamel sauce, wilted spinach and custard tarts (6) |
| ACIDIC | Tart and custard isn't desirable in courses - just starters |
| LEMONY | Like some furniture polishes and custards |
| FOOL | English dessert of pureed fruit and custard (4) |
| TIPSYCAKES | Items made with sponge, almonds and wine (5,5) |
| JAFFACAKE | Sweet delicacy made with sponge, orange-flavoured jam and chocolate (5,4) |
| TIPSYCAKE | A characteristically boozy British pudding or alcoholic trifle involving fruit-and-custard-layered sherry-soaked sponge, which may induce a spirited sense of squiffiness (5,4) |
| BANANACREAM | Pie variety containing both fresh fruit and custard |
| TARTS | Baked pastries that often have fruit and custard |
| NAPOLEONS | Slices made with layers of puff pastry and custard or cream (9) |
