Berakhot 42A

דגורם ברכה לעצמו.

as it causes a blessing itself. It is so significant, that one recites a blessing over it together with other blessings like kiddush and havdala, even though he does not particularly want to drink it. During a meal too, a blessing is recited over the wine and it is not exempted by the blessing over the bread.

רב הונא אכל תליסר ריפתי בני תלתא תלתא בקבא ולא בריך. אמר ליה רב נחמן: עדי כפנא! אלא כל שאחרים קובעים עליו סעודה, צריך לברך.

As the Talmud mentioned bread that comes as dessert, it now relates that Rav Huna ate 13 substantially sized, sweetened loaves, 3 loaves per kav of flour, and he did not recite Grace after Meals because they were not genuine bread. Rav Naḥman said to him: That is hunger. One does not typically eat that much merely as dessert. Rather, over anything which is substantial enough to satiate and others base a meal upon it, one must recite Grace after Meals.

רב יהודה הוה עסיק ליה לבריה בי רב יהודה בר חביבא. אייתו לקמייהו פת הבאה בכסנין. כי אתא, שמעינהו דקא מברכי ״המוציא״. אמר להו: מאי ״ציצי״ דקא שמענא? דילמא ״המוציא לחם מן הארץ״ קא מברכיתו? אמרי ליה: אין. דתניא, רבי מונא אמר משום רבי יהודה: פת הבאה בכסנין מברכין עליה ״המוציא״, ואמר שמואל: הלכה כרבי מונא.

The Talmud also relates: Rav Yehuda was engaged in preparations for his son’s wedding at the house of Rav Yehuda bar Ḥaviva when they brought bread that comes as dessert before them. When it arrived, he heard them reciting: Who brings forth bread from the earth. He said to them: What is this tzitzi sound that I hear? Perhaps you are reciting: Who brings forth bread from the earth? They said to him: Yes, indeed, as it was taught in a baraita: R' Mona said in the name of R' Yehuda: Over bread that comes as dessert, one recites: Who brings forth bread from the earth. And Shmuel said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Mona.