This year I was looking for something a bit different to round out the Thanksgiving dessert table – and here it is. A two layer pumpkin pie, On the bottom, a rich caramel custard, and on the top a cinnamony pumpkin mousse. And it’s all topped off with an extravagant layer of toasted meringue.
Caramel Cream Pumpkin Pie
I seem to be on a bit of a lemon kick, lately. To be more specific, a frozen lemon dessert kick. I recently posted a down-home family fave, a Frozen Lemonade Pie, and now I’m posting this more sophisticated Frozen Lemon Meringue Cake.
Frozen Lemon Meringue Cake
The world of food has changed since the internet! I’m not sure if younger generations realize how prized recipes used to be and what a gift the sharing of a recipe like this Old Fashioned Sour Cream Raisin Pie was.
Old Fashioned Sour Cream Raisin Pie
I try to make this cake. Buche de Noel Yule Log, from Martha Stewart’s 2003 Christmas Book, every Christmas Season. She calls it Birch de Noel, and I always thought it was fitting because up “Nord” here in Minnesota, all the logs are blanketed in snow through the winter season. You betcha! I guess it appeals to the realist in me, though this dessert is pure fantasy!
Buche de Noel
A while back, I made some lovely Meringue Nests and had some leftover meringues. I stashed them in an airtight container on top of the fridge. Now, in my defense, I can’t see up there, and forgot about them…long story short, when I finally came across those few lonely meringue nests, weeks later, they were still fine. I had some berries in the fridge, so Eton Mess made sense!
Classic Eton Mess