The question doesn't specify which dessert. At the moment, I'm working on a nice
gelled fruit mold with some sprinkles. It's the latest of countless desserts that I've
prepared over the years, and at least in my own experience, I've never encountered
anyone in there, of whatever faith, nor have I ever worked from a recipe that called
for anyone.
If you're referring to the so-called "wilderness", specifically the desert of Sinai, that
the Children of Israel traversed following the Exodus from Egypt, then according to
the entire text of the Biblical books from Exodus to Deuteronomy inclusive, and on
into Joshua, the period from the Exodus until the first entry into the borders of the
promised land comprised a period of forty (40) years.
Jews used tents and other forms of portable housing (like the succah) while traveling in the Wilderness.
God provided the jews with manna in the wilderness.
40 years, though technically they weren't called Jews yet. They were Israelites.
The Jews spent 40 years in the wilderness.
A number of answers are possible. These include the exile from Judea, when the Jews were kicked out of their land by the Babylonians. Another possible answer is the transports by which the Nazis sent millions of Jews to their death. If the answer you're looking for is "The forty years of wandering in the wilderness in the time of Moses," it's a mistaken answer. The Israelites in the wilderness were guided and protected by God.
They had to wander in the wilderness for forty years (Numbers ch.13-14).
He freed the Jews from slavery, he lead them in the wilderness for 40 years. he got them the ten commandments.
Moses lead the people for 40 years in the wilderness.
John the Baptist was in the wilderness for an estimated period of around 20-30 years.
According to biblical accounts, Jesus was in the wilderness for 40 days.
It symbolizes the manna (a bread) that fell from the sky (Exodus ch.16) when the Jews had left Egypt and were traveling in the wilderness to Caanan, now known as Israel.
The Battle of the Wilderness occured on May 5-7, 1864. Therefore it lasted 2 days.