### Clue: Discovered spotted dick originally eaten for dessert (5,3)
### Answer: APPLE PIE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: dessert
 "dappled"(marked with spots or round patches) **minus ****its 1st and last letters**(Discovered /dis-covered/having the cover removed, like in the construction of "disconnected") + PI(abbrev. for "private investigator"/dick, in slang) + **1st letter of**(originally) "eaten".