Whether to buy dessert forks!

[Abcd3]

Do you use dessert forks? I’m not talking about pastry forks, which might be used on their own, but dessert forks, which my grandparents used to use in combination with a spoon to eat dessert. I’m not sure whether to bother buying any; I don’t use them myself, but wonder whether some guests might prefer to use them. (My grandparents are no longer alive; if they were I would definitely buy the forks for their visits.)

I have inherited dessert forks and actually really like using them for lots of things including pastry and fruit desserts. For some reason their delicacy just makes it pleasurable !
Not sure I would ever have bought them for myself though.

I use dessert forks.

Realised I didn’t know difference between cake/pastry (which I also have - with one time flatter and thicker) and dessert. As left hander, cake forks have always defeated or seemed pointless for me (never seen left-handed one).

Tine not time

Thank you for your replies!

Yes I do, I prefer to eat a dessert like fruit tart or a cheesecake with a dessert fork, but something like apple crumble would need a dessert spoon and dessert fork.

I rarely eat dessert as I am the only one with a sweet tooth in my family but now I really feel like a dessert tonight .

I am about to make a dark confession!

When I was very much younger I stole some desert forks...

I was in a rented house, they weren't on the inventory and we were leaving because the landlord wanted to sell it. I was pretty sure they had been left by previous tenants and we just going to end up in a charity shop.

I REGRET NOTHING
they are basically my favourite utensils

I would absolutely be happy if I came round to yours for pastries and had a normal fork but if offered a dessert fork I would enjoy that very much!

Yes we use them - also v handy for dessert if you have lots of people rounds as all the other forks will be dirty already from the main course

Another dark confession - I like to eat pretty much all deserts possible with a fork including ice cream - don’t have any liking for custard or cream which helps. Crumble does need a spoon.
badnessinthefolds those forks had clearly been abandoned (theft impossible) and how lovely you gave them loving long-term home.

Bah desserts

Dessert forks are essential if you eat puddings at home. But do you actually eat puddings at home? I don’t.

Thanks @HenyonLanyon

They have an edge that suits cheesecake particularly well (I agree, no cream! But custard for me with the crumble)

Right, you’ve all convinced me to get some! :)

The cutlery set that I like doesn’t come with a dessert fork... I’m now wondering whether it would bother me forever if I bought dessert forks that don’t match the dessert spoons! Dessert-fork lovers, would the experience of a dessert fork be ruined for you if it didn’t match the spoon?!

This is the cutlery set I like, and the not-quite-matching dessert fork!

No, I've just worked out that these are the horrible forks in the staff room at work!
Cake forks have their place, for a crisp lemon tart for instance.
I really prefer the sort of dessert that can either be picked up and bitten into like a Victoria sponge, or a lovely crumble that can be scooped up from a bowl easily with a spoon.
I am obviously a peasant.

Agreed cheesecake needs a dessert fork. Bought a cheapy set from IKEA some years ago and not regretted it for a second, even though it did maybe seem like a muchness at the time. Cake of any kind again needs a fork... Fork and spoon together though?! A small spoon alone is what's needed for runny things eg for crumble and custard. I have never yet experienced a pudding that needs more than one piece of cutlery - it's part of the joy to only have one. Imagine sharing a pudding with four pieces of cutlery going to one small plate! Bet you lot who have spoon and fork would eat pizza with a knife and fork...

I don’t have desert forks, I just use normal forks. Am I terribly common or proper posh because I don’t have Mrs Bucket cutlery pretensions?

I bought a set but I have a full 12 place 3 course dinner service which never gets used

I have never used a spoon with a dessert fork ! This is an oddly fascinating thought provoking thread.

Just remembered Ive inherited 4 sets of cutlery recently (the cheapest - still ok - went to work where we had almost none). Sure some boxes will have dessert forks - I will investigate and some swapping may occur.

If we had classic 3" tine table forks I'd want dessert forks as well, but our normal forks are pretty neat and not overly large - Ikea Dragon series. They're fine for eating cake with, and means we don't have to have an overly complex cutlery drawer.

I do have both tea and coffee spoons, but that was by accident rather than intent.

I have them in our set and we do use them - good for starters, or desserts, or extras or children.

op they are interesting. As a firm dessert rather than pastry fork user I may be swayed. Fear my cutlery drawer will soon have a bizarre number and variety of forkage!