We
don't really do birthday cake in our house – I mentioned in the
Dorset Apple Cake aka Comfort Cake
series that we don't like light and fluffy.
It
was H's birthday and he gets to decide his menu. Strangely he asked
for salad … albeit my version of salad but that's another story.
When I asked him about dessert he said I'd like one
of yours please.
“One
of mine” means an invention, which sounds too grand. Fruit is a
particular favourite, especially soft fruit like raspberries and he
also likes cake, biscuits and ice cream, obviously not all at the
same time … or so I thought.
It's
time for a treasure hunt!
H's
birthday dessert came from my pantry and my freezer so I've decided
to share it with you - I think you might find it useful.
My
treasure hunt worked, it's amazing what you find when you look.
In
my freezer I had the last box of home-made strawberry ice cream. Not
a bad place to begin. I had frozen raspberries too – frozen
raspberries vary considerably so you may need to shop around but if
you can get decent quality with whole fruit, perfect. At the moment
you can just about get the tail end of the season.
Now
for the pantry.
Another
of my pantry secrets … I have a bag of financiers – a must have
standby. These individually wrapped treasures are sweet almond
cakes, very handy to have around.
My
other “go-to” stand-by stash is a bag of Amaretti biscuits.
Now
I have an idea – this is like “Lego”
only building with food!
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