With the mercury rising, Summer desserts one of the best options to keep you cool. We can make a variety of desserts with the fantastic ingredients available in summer. Moreover, it is the perfect time to experiment with different recipes.
The idea of baking in the afternoon is not appealing when the mercury is rising outside. But, summer is one of the best seasons because we get plenty of colorful fruits and vegetables. Actually, it is one of the best time to reach for the mixing bowl and this is the time when you can consume plenty of fruits and stay hydrated.
Here presenting our 4 best summer dessert recipes to keep your spirits high and keep you cool.
PICNIC PIES
Do not think that the picnic is only for the winter season, you can enjoy your picnics in summer with these picnic pies.
Apricot, pistachios and port pies
Ingredients
- 500g pack puff pastry
- plain flour, for dusting
- 200g pork mince
- 50g dried apricot, roughly chopped
- 25g pistachio, roughly chopped
- ¼ tsp fennel seeds
- Nutmeg
- Chopped parsley
- 1 egg
Recipe
Heat the oven to 180 degree Celsius, put baking strips on your muffins tray this will help you to take out your pies easily when baked. Cut out the pastry into small circles, put some flour on it, and put in your muffin tin holes.
Put the pork in a bowl and add nutmeg, apricot, pistachio, fennel seeds, and parsley mix it well and pack into the cases properly.
Cover it with pastry roll and brush the pies with egg and bake it for 45 minutes, once the pie cools down, eat it with pickle.
CHERRY BROWNIE BABYCAKES
Brownie with summer fruits is really an amazing combination, you can go for strawberries with white chocolate, raspberries in milk chocolate or cherries with dark chocolate.
Ingredients
- 175 grams of butter
- 250 grams light brown sugar
- 200 grams chopped the dark chocolate
- 85 grams plain flour
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 50 grams of cocoa powder
- 3 eggs
- ¼ tbsp. baking powder
- Cream
- 200 grams of cherries
Recipe
Heat the oven to 180 degree Celsius, put baking strips on your muffins tray this will help you to take out your pies easily when baked. Put the butter, 150g chocolate, vanilla, and sugar in a heatproof bowl, heat gently and stir regularly till chocolate melted, then remove from the heat and leave it for some time till the mixture cools down. On the other hand, in a bowl add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and a pinch of salt.
Add melted chocolate mixture, eggs, cherries and remaining chocolate in a bowl and mix it well. Put this mixture in the muffin tray. Bake it for 18-20 minutes. Leave it for another 30 minutes to cool down, add cream, some cherries, and cocoa powder on the top.
WEDDING CAKES
People love to eat cakes at weddings. There are different cakes that people love to eat. Here we going to share the recipe of delicious Fruit cake.
Ingredients
- ½ kg Refined flour
- 4 tbsp. Baking powder
- 4 tbsp. Vanilla essence
- ½ kg Butter
- 1 Egg
- Cherries 175 Grams
- Chopped dates 250 grams
- Chopped cashew nuts 175 grams
- Grapes with seeds 200 grams
- Powdered sugar 1 kg
- Brandy (Optional)
Recipe
Cut small pieces of dates, grapes, and cherries and put them in a bowl add some brandy in it and keep them for one week.
Take a pan to add sugar and water in it, keep it stirring on low flame. When the sugar turns brown take off the pan from heat.
Take a bowl to add flour and baking powder, add the fruit dipped in brandy and add cashew nut and mix it well.
Take a bowl to add sugar and butter, mix it well and keep it aside.
Now take the egg and add sugar and butter mixture in it also add vanilla essence and mix properly.
Put baking paper in your cake baking vessel this will help you to take out your cake easily when baked.
Pour egg mixture and then fruit mixture evenly, repeat it alternately.
Put the vessel in preheated oven and bake it for 40 minutes at 350 degree Celsius and then take it out once the color of the cake turns light brown.
Keep it to cool and you can serve the fruit cake.
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM CAKE
We all scream for ice-cream…..cakes. Whatever you choose, they appeal to kids and adults too. Her we are going to share the recipe of Chocolate Ice Cream Cake with Hazelnuts and Marshmallow Swirl.
Ingredients
For cake
- Unsalted Butter
- 2/3 Cups of all Purpose Flour
- 2/3 Cups of sugar
- 1 tbsp. Baking Powder
- ½ tbsp. salt
- 1/3 cup warm water
- 3 eggs
- 1 tbsp. Baking Soda
- ½ cup of refined oil
- 1 tbsp. vanilla essence
For Marshmallow Swirl
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup Sugar
- ¼ Cream Of Tartar
- 1 tbsp. Vanilla Essence
Assembly
- 6 Cups of Chocolate Ice cream
- 1 Cup chopped Hazelnuts
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put baking paper in your cake baking vessel this will help you to take out your cake easily when baked.
In a Bowl add cocoa powder, baking powder, flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Mix water, vanilla essence, and oil in another bowl.
Mix egg yolks till the egg become pale yellow and thick. Gradually add oil while beating eggs. Add flour mixture until combined.
Beat egg white in another bowl until the mixture becomes foamy, gradually add sugar and egg yolk mixture in it and mix properly.
Put the batter into the cake baking tray. Divide the mixture into two trays. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
Marshmallow Swirl
Place egg white, sugar, and cream of tartar in a bowl over the pan of simmering water. Mix properly until the sugar dissolve and mixture is warm. Remove from the heat and beat with a mixer, until the mixture becomes stiff and glossy peaks form. Add vanilla into it.
Assembly
Add ice cream and hazelnut in a bowl and stir. Fold it in the three-fourths of the marshmallow swirl and spread over the cake in a pan. Freeze it for at least 6 hours. Cut into wedges and serve.
