The black plums having all gone into jam, I can now attend to the red plums which have been ripening on the counter.
I made one of those Melissa Clark Figgy Demerera Snacking Cake deals. No figs, no Demerera sugar, but that's fine.
It occurs to me that my Inner Me needs four workspaces to make a simple cake.
But I do get plenty of steps in, whipping back and forth.
And I get a cake organized with red plums.
And sampled, with a cup of tea.
I have ordered another supply of tea, this time Scottish Breakfast, in honor of Glaswegian Handsome Partner whose 89th birthday is tomorrow. He stopped ten years short but who's counting.
And I have this year's raspberries, so expensive but I'm worth it, in the freezer for some purpose TBA. Three pints. Picked by the farm yesterday a few hours before I froze them.
It's a short season, just a few days now, more in September when they bear again.
If you have ideas other than jam, please let me know.
Now that looks tremendous!
ReplyDeleteRaspberries- well, we rarely get them because they do not grow here. I love them with chocolate. You could make a little bit of raspberry jam and layer that between chocolate frosting for a cake and then fresh raspberries on top.
Or not.
Happy birthday to your Glaswegian Handsome Partner. It will still be his birthday whether he is here or not. And always will be.
I like to remember him on his birthday rather than the day he died. He was all about life.
DeleteChocolate and raspberries are a great combo, yes.
Thanks to you, I now have a craving to make and eat a plum crisp. I'm not sure if plums are ready yet here in Canada, but I'll take a look when I go grocery shopping on Monday morning.
ReplyDeleteI used to love damson plums in August but they haven't been available for years for some reason. But these red plums are yart enough to be very good for baking.
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DeleteBeautiful snacking cake. Picking berries this year, I notice there aren't many advertisements around here. Thank you for the reminder
ReplyDeleteI wonder if your season is a little later than ours for local berries? Our strawberries are done, raspberries now peak, blueberries seem to go on and on.
DeleteThe plum cake looks yummy, as usual!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice looking, yes. And it makes a ton of cake.
DeleteMy dad always said our raspberries would begin ripening the 4th of July. And they did. Mom always made jelly. I've put them in a crostata on occasion.
ReplyDeleteOh, a crostata, now there's a wonderful thought..
DeleteJelly is jam for people who don't like seeds.
The cake looks very good! I've had English Breakfast Tea but never the Scottish Breakfast blend. How do the two compare? I'm a coffee drinker in the mornings but I do like my tea in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI've never had Scottish breakfast tea. I'll let you know when it arrives and I try it.
DeleteRaspberry brownies are a treat. We toss about a cup of raspberries into a standard brownie recipe, with no other adjustments.
ReplyDeleteRaspberries and yogurt?
Raspberry smoothies if your summer ever heats up: 1/2 c raspberries, 1/2 frozen banana, 1/2 c orange juice is the simplest recipe I know.
Plum cake looks scrumptious!
Chris from Boise
Great ideas, thank you.
DeleteI see Joanne chimed in with her crostata which would have been my suggestion.
ReplyDeleteA great one, noted.
DeleteI love real raspberry jelly. The berries we get here are expensive, from far-away places, and usually not very good.
ReplyDeleteRaspberries don't travel well, too fragile. You need to grow them or buy locally. We rarely see them in the supermarket, even though they grow here.
DeleteThat plum cake looks very tasty! I dearly love raspberries (they were my birthday present pretty much every year when I was a kid) but Resident Chef absolutely hates them (he grew up feeling as though he was 'child labour' in the patch his mother had....she grew them for sale and the kids were pressed into picking service) so I rarely get them.
ReplyDeleteThe heatwave put a crimp in my fancy raspberry cooking ideas, but I've been happily having a little dish of them still frozen, with a sprinkle of sugar. Frozen dessert, very welcome right now.
DeleteSorry you don't get to eat them now and then.