A Berry Good Cake Recipe

Looking for an easy recipe to use up the berries in your fridge? Here is a great one for you to try.

"Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup." ~Wendell Berry There are so many ways to enjoy sweet summer berries. Pancakes, muffins, cakes, desserts and of course the old standby, just popping them in your mouth. One of the true joys of summer is a bowl of freshly picked blueberries and strawberries. I picked up a few too many berries last week (I couldn't help myself) and was searching for a cake recipe to use up the rest of what I had in the fridge. There are a lot of great recipes out there but the one I settled on definitely turned out to be a keeper. It had the consistency of a pound cake, which I love. The combination of buttery cake and sweet berries with just a hint of lemon made for a nice …

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Strawberry Lemon Icebox (But You Still Have To Bake It) Pie

You would think a recipe called "Strawberry Lemon Icebox Pie" would require no baking. But...alas, it does. Which is why I changed the name. This dessert takes some time but it's worth it.

“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” ~David Mamet   For this week's column I wanted to make something with strawberries. Strawberries are so bright, juicy and sweet this time of year that they just scream "Summertime!" After poring over my cookbooks and magazines I found a recipe that combined the tartness of lemon with the sweetness of strawberries, together in one of my husband's very favorite things in the world: pie. Since it's Father's Day, I thought a pie was definitely in order. Especially an "icebox pie" that I wouldn't have to bake. (A talent for baking I do not posess, as I have spoken of in columns past-but this was less about baking and more about me being short on time.) So I gathered my …

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Spring Strawberries and Cream on Biscuits

Pair fresh strawberries with sugar, cream and buttermilk biscuits for a delicious Spring dessert.

"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I noticed the other day that our strawberry plants are beginning to grow and I already can't wait to pick them fresh from the garden. They are much smaller than the berries you get at the supermarket but they are sweeter and tastier. I immediately began to crave strawberry shortcake. I stopped at the market and found some nice red ripe strawberries but there were no packages of shortcakes in sight. I thought about making my own (nah, too lazy). I looked at the angel food cake (nah, not one of my favorites). Then I wandered over to get the cream and there was my answer...buttermilk biscuits. Just pop open the can, throw 'em in the oven and …

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