This Upside Down Apricot-Carrot Cake is full of warm spices and sweet flavors. In this recipe, basic ingredients combine to make a show-stopping dessert!This post contains Amazon affiliate links for your convenience at no additional cost to you. If you need a stunning dessert to bring to a gathering, this … [Read more...]
Apricots with Spiced Creme Fraiche and Blackberry Port Sauce
Stone fruit and berries. They're quintessential summer treasures. Just look at them -- soft, sparking and vibrant. This is a lovely summer fruit dessert for a warm evening on the deck with friends. Or for a Sunday brunch with family. What I'm saying is, it's lovely any time, any day, with anyone! Anyone … [Read more...]
Spiced Apricot Carrot Bread Recipe
Sweet or savory? What do you fancy in the morning? My choice is sweet -- especially for an early breakfast. This is mostly because sweet goes so well with my perfect cup of coffee. I adore chunks of sweetly spiced granola swimming in milk, soft muffins and short breads lightly toasted with butter melting over … [Read more...]
Basil Apricot Preserves Recipe
Packed with chunks of sweet summer apricots and beautiful aromatic basil, this Basil Apricot Preserves recipe is one you'll make again and again. Having a childhood friend like my friend Aimée meant not only lots of great fun memories, but also many of my best food memories. Aimee's connection to some of my most … [Read more...]
Apricot Chocolate Almond Cookies Recipe
The other day, I was in line at Trader Joe's. I had finished my shopping. And then I saw them: a bag of bright, pretty, plump, soft, dried apricots. The bag was not in its usual spot, in the aisle with the nuts and other dried fruits. They were up front, right next to me in line. And they were totally … [Read more...]
Dessert Party: Fresh Fruit Tartlets
It doesn't get much prettier than Fresh Fruit Tartlets, and they are especially delicious for a summer treat when berries are at the peak of their season. Sitting on top of a creamy vanilla bean custard in a pastry shell, the fruit is the star of this dessert!A bite of fresh fruit with Vanilla Bean Custard is the … [Read more...]
