CELEBRATE // anna

Let's talk about dessert today.  It's been far too long since we've had a good chat about dessert, and given it's the middle of June (WHAT?!) there are surely countless barbeques, birthdays, picnics, potlucks, and other celebrations on your calendar that may require a special sweet treat.

Personally, I've got dessert on the brain because next week is a big celebration week in our family.  We have two birthdays and a wedding anniversary squeezed into a four-day span, so the last week of June always features at least one chocolate cake (for my dad) and a batch of strawberry shortcake (my favorite).

If you are looking for some dessert inspiration, here are some of my favorites from the archives.

For the chocolate lovers:

Katherine Hepburn's brownies | Heirloom chocolate cake | Red velvet cupcakes 

Winning Hearts and Minds cake

For the fruit lovers:

Lemon-blueberry pudding | Blueberry-peach cobbler | Hami's rhubarb pie

Red white and blue shortcake  | Peach tartlets with blackberry jam 

 For cake lovers:

Super-moist carrot cake | Rhubarb upside-down cake | Applesauce wedding cake 

Brown sugar spice cake

(Psssst: top it off with some maple ice cream) 

Happy celebrating, happy eating!