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All the right ingredients for some sweet inspiration, just in time to add some serious cheer to your holidays
Written by Nicole Davis | Recipes by Shelia Kohen
Peppermint. Gingerbread. Sugar cookies. Wafts of these delicious smells probably bring you right to the holidays, scenes of Christmases past dancing in your memory. Desserts have an exclusive place on our tables when we commemorate special occasions,
Recipe by Phil CropperPhoto by Grant L. Gursky
INGREDIENTS:
1 tsp vanilla extract
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ cup buttermilk
1 stick unsalted butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
FOR FILLING:
¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
1½ tsp grated lime zest
1 pkg (6 oz or 11/3 cups) blackberries
1 pkg (6 oz or 11/3 cups each) raspberries
1 pkg (6 oz or 1¼ cups) blueberries
3 fresh,
Recipe by Brittany Lindsey
BERRY MIXTURE INGREDIENTS:• 3–4 ripe yellow peaches, rinsed gently and sliced (we chose Bennett Orchards)
• 1 quart ripe strawberries, rinsed, dried, hulled and halved
• 2 pints ripe blueberries, rinsed and dried
• 1 pint local ice cream (we chose vanilla from Island Creamery)
• 1 Tbsp butter
• ¼ cup white sugar
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of salt
• 1.5 lemons (zest &
Forest of Chocolate
DESSERTS BY RITA SPREADS HOLIDAY CHEER WITH ITS TRADITIONAL FRENCH CHRISTMAS CAKE RESEMBLING A WOODEN LOG
CAKE INGREDIENTS:
4 eggs
¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup cocoa
1 tsp vanilla extract
FILLING INGREDIENTS:
3 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar
CHOCOLATE FROSTING INGREDIENTS:
½ cup unsalted butter
2/3 cup cocoa
2 2/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup (plus) heavy whipping cream
1 tsp salt
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 400°.