| CRUMBLE | Mixture of plain flour, butter and sugar as a topping for baked seasonal fruits (7) |
| CARAMEL | Boiled, browned or burnt sugar as a topping for creme brulee etc; an individually wrapped toffee-like sweet; a similar softer confection for millionaire's shortbread; or, the butterscotch-like colour |
| SOURCREAM | Topping for baked potatoes |
| AVOCADO | Pear-shaped fruit or berry with green flesh used for guacamole or as a topping for toast (7) |
| COMPOTE | From the French for "mixture", word for a comfiture of syrup-stewed seasonal fruit; the stemmed dish in which said hot/cold pudding or breakfast medley is traditionally served; or, a savoury ragout of |
| GALETTE | Either a French buckwheat crepe with a savoury filling; or, a puff pastry crust baked with seasonal fruit (7) |
| CRUMBLES | Baked puddings of fruit topped with a mixture of flour, butter and sugar (8) |
| STREUSEL | Set rules for making a crumbly topping of flour, butter and sugar (8) |
| SUZETTE | French dessert made with caramelised butter and sugar sauce (5,7) |
| MERINGUE | Mixture of beaten egg whites and sugar baked until crisp, often used as a topping for pies, cakes etc. (8) |
| LACTOSE | Milk sugar as Pobble did, they say (7) |
| SUCROSE | Sugar, as such, largely increased in price (7) |
| RHUBARB | Vegetable in the Rheum genus, often served stewed with sugar as have the same length (6) |
| SHORTBREAD | A brittle crumbling biscuit of flour, butter and sugar (10) |
| CREAMED | Mixed butter and sugar |
| PASTIES | Old man's developed site for baked food items (7) |
| TOMATO | Fruit used for passata or as a topping for bruschetta (6) |
| CAKETIN | Container for baked goods (4,3) |
| CHARLOTTE | A classic pudding of stewed apples or other seasonal fruit baked in a bread-and-butter or sponge cake casing; or, the forename of the Bronte sister who penned Jane Eyre (9) |
| RAPSCALLION | Mischievous person formed by a music genre (3 letters) + a long green-and-white onion (7 letters) (Theme answer: The second part is a food that can be used as a topping) |
