This healthier Chocolate Cake with Raspberries and Cream Cheese Frosting is a scaled-down version (baked in 6-inch cake pans) for a child’s birthday party (it’s also lower in sugar). February is birthday month for my kids. Their birthdays are a week apart. So I decided it would be best to combine their parties into one….
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Raspberry Clafoutis
Note: this post contains affiliate links. All opinions are my own. I have seen clafoutis recipes floating around the internet and in cookbooks for years. But I never made one. Probably partly because I had no idea what one was, and partly because I had no clue how to pronounce it. The other day I…
Mixed Summer Fruit Cobbler
A couple of weeks ago, Reuben’s family went on vacation and asked if we’d be willing to look after their chickens and harvest their ripe produce. Well, of course we agreed. There’s nothing quite like freshly laid eggs and raspberries eaten right off the bush. Helen and I walked the half mile (or so –…
Elsewhere: Raspberry Curd
Boy do I love me some curd: the perfect blend of rich, creamy, sweet and sour. This pretty curd is so easy to make: through all the ingredients into a pot, cook until thickened, and strain. It’s so so good spread on buttery English muffins. Or eaten with a spoon, like Reuben likes to do….