What Is the Fundamental Counting Principle?

You are in a dessert shop, and you must build your dessert. You need to pick a flavor of ice cream, a fruit, and a topping.

• The ice cream flavors are vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.

• The fruits are cherries, grapefruits, bananas, kiwis, apricots, pineapples, and durians.

• The toppings are sprinkles, caramel, mochi, lychee jelly, and whipped cream.

How many distinct desserts can you make?