Category: Raspberry/Blackberry (25)

  • My funky pretty in pink continues with more pink recipes honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Today is raspberry macarons. I’ve been macaron obsessed for a while now. I have made them several times and they are very persnickity. You cannot make macarons when the weather is foggy or humid. Well, you can but it is very difficult…

  • A Tale of Two Tarts…     I love, love, love Raspberry season! One of my favorite summer desserts is a simple raspberry tart.  You can be creative and make all kinds of fillings. Standard pastry cream, mascarpone cream,  50/50 mixture of pastry cream and lemon curd, or one of my favorites white chocolate pastry cream. This time…

  •     Candy was simple and fun in the 60’s. Candy buttons, necco wafers, pixi sticks…ah the list goes on…. For some reason I’m having a 60’s flashback kind of day…I’m talkin’ Leave it to Beaver, Lost in Space, Twilight Zone and chuckles. All good memories from the 60’s. You know…. chuckles the fruit jellied candies that…

  • “Happy Anniversary” White Chocolate Raspberry Cake I made this cake for my friend Jill’s parent’s 40th Wedding Anniversary. The cake is a tender white cake flavored with almond and vanilla, paired with homemade raspberry filling and white chocolate buttercream frosting. I love the combination of white chocolate and raspberry. Raspberries are in season right now so I always love…