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Fruit Salad Ice Cream Cone

Fruit Salad Ice Cream Cone ~ Dressing up fruit salad, a picnic side dish standard, with some crafty fun in an ice cream cone.

Before you tell me I’m mad in the head, which by the way you would be right, I will say it before you can,“This is not a recipe, but merely a presentation idea”.

That being said, I set out to get crafty and re-fashion a picnic standard, the fruit salad, into something fun and stylie (real word if you play scrabble with me). Determined to dump the de rigueur watermelon bowl, I needed something simple and picnic friendly.

Enter the ice cream cone. I love this idea. It’s easy, convenient and best of all who doesn’t get a little childhood nostalgia when you see an ice cream cone. Continue reading Fruit Salad Ice Cream Cone

Caramel Mini Bundt Cakes

Caramel Mini Bundt Cakes ~ Don’t be fooled by its simple and humble appearance. These caramel cakes have been miniaturized into some mini bundts for shape and swaddled in caramel syrup and caramel liqueur for depth.

Let me start by saying, I never even knew there was such a thing as caramel liqueur. I’m an occasional drinker and my drink of choice is pretty traditional with a Gin Tonic as the standard; for something sweet, a Sidecar; if it’s a beer, give me a Guinness; so you see the caramel liqueur would have to be pointed out to me.

Luckily my friend, who I made the Chambord cupcakes for, is a proud indulger and is always quick to point me to liqueurs that may be of baking interest. This caramel and crème liqueur being the latest one.

As always you can skip the alcohol. If not, then get ready for some lov’n! Continue reading Caramel Mini Bundt Cakes

Honey and Ginger Nectarine Tart

Ginger and Honey Nectarine Tarts ~ Slice up some of summer’s finest stone fruit for a refreshing nectarine tart.

White nectarines are one of the many fruits that I look forward to when the sun starts to feel too close and the evenings get a little too wonky because I can’t cool off.

Somehow having cold fruit always provides a momentary respite from the humidity, the heat and my clothes sticking to me like some Rhino Lining.

Sweet and soft in flesh, you best have a paper towel nearby or you may just end up looking like those Carls Jr. commercials, with the drippy food all over you face.

Which by the way, might not annoy me so much, if I could look as sexed up as that brunette while eating a cow patty. But before I veer off into a diatribe about contrivances, I’ll re-focus . . . back to the dessert. Continue reading Honey and Ginger Nectarine Tart