Menu du jour summer desserts : 148 Recipes


  • Recipe Cool Summer desserts
    Cool Summer desserts
    Summertime is here and it is a great time to receive guests. That  means preparing meals and you need a dessert.  S ummer is not the best time to have your oven going to make cakes, cookies and pies.  If you had the time and did[...]
  • Recipe Summer crumble
    Summer crumble
    I am a great fan of Nigella, so when I decided to make an apricot crumble today, I looked in her 'Forever Summer' book and found this one. It's a bit different from the norm, as she adds grounds almonds and flaked almonds to the crumble. I[...]
  • Recipe Summer Crumble
    Summer Crumble
    One of my favourite and about the only dessert I really love is a fruit crumble or tart with ice cream. I remember when I was a young fella our neighbour, Mrs’s O’Regan, would make the best apple tart. I could smell it[...]
  • Recipe Summer Power Pops
    Summer Power Pops
    As summer is now into full swing many of our lives are quickly heating up quicker than we can cool down.  School is out, summer vacations are in and the need for healthy, cooling and refreshing treats is real. Enter popsicles. These tasty[...]
  • Recipe Summer Berry Crisp
    Summer Berry Crisp
    This recipe is not an original; I adapted it from a recipe I found on All Recipes a while back and have meant to make it ever since. But, until last weekend, when I was presented with a stellar combination of summer fruits–the last[...]
  • Recipe Summer Fruit Salad
    Summer Fruit Salad
    Oh how I love, LOVE summer!! The warm sunny days . . . the smell of newly mown grass . . . flowers blooming . . . bees buzzing . . . barbeques . . . Is there no end to it's loveliness??? I think not!! Just look at all the fresh fruit that[...]
  • Recipe Summer Fruit Crisp
    Summer Fruit Crisp
    Unlike those strawberries and these apricots, the blueberries and nectarines used for this Summer Fruit Crisp were near perfect in their pure, unadulterated state. I typically have no problem tearing through a pint of berries or a bagful[...]
  • Recipe Summer Fruit Crostata
    Summer Fruit Crostata
    ***The fresh fruits of summer have to be one of the best things about the season...That is, if you love to cook and eat them, of course!  This crostata from Ina Garten was a fabulous way for me to use up some of the fruit from our[...]
  • Recipe Summer Custard Slices
    Summer Custard Slices
    Custard slices...show me a kid who does not like them! I certainly cannot resist them, I find myself standing at the bakery section in the supermarket, totally mesmerized by the rows and rows of confectionery, but mostly the custard slices.After[...]
  • Recipe Summer Peach Cupcakes
    Summer Peach Cupcakes
      I had such high hopes for these... I first saw these cupcakes posted on Smitten Kitchen a couple weeks back, and thought daily about them ever since.  Even though I know keeping two dozen cupcakes around the house is[...]