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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m American and if I eat most American cakes, cookies, or pies, I feel like my teeth are going to rot out of my mouth.  I can’t eat more than one or two bites.

I might have to try British sweets.  They sound much better to me.[/quote]

Try a Korean bakery, like Shilla.  Much less sweet![/quote]
Np. I’ve been baking recipes from [i]The New Sugar & Spice[/i], a Sri Lankan-inspired cookbook. The desserts are naturally less sweet, and my family really enjoys them. [/quote]

I see you’ve never been to Sri Lanka or India. They probably have the most sugary sweet desserts in the world. [/quote]

India has so much variety due to all the different regional state cuisines, the influence of China (on Northeastern desserts), British, French (on Pondicherry), Portuguese (on Goa), the various immigrant communities from Parsis to Burmese, Nepalese to  Afghani, that I doubt many people even in India have any idea of what the different types of sweets are.   Most people are only exposed to the same ol, same ol - rasgullas, rasmalai, halwa, kulfi, chum-chum etc.  
However, being now exposed to the sweets in the US and the  British desserts (custards, puddings, tarts, cakes and pasteries) in India and in England, I would say that the brit sweets win over the us sweets in flavor and complexity. As far as candy is concerned both US and UK, the candy is super sweet and plentiful. [/quote]

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