Decadent fruit desserts : fresh and inspiring treats to excite your senses

Naturally Delicious Fruits in Luxuriously Sweet Treats Fruit desserts are more than tarts and pies—they’re cakes, mousses, cookies and so much more. It doesn’t matter if you grow and pick from the garden, or browse and buy from the farmers' market or grocery store, Jackie Bruchez has the perfect dessert for your bounty. This comprehensive cookbook helps you pack more sweetness into your day in the most extravagant fashion possible. The variety of flavors makes it easy to spice up simple cookies with berries in Blueberry–White Chocolate Oatmeal cookies, swap out brownies for Apple-Maple Blondies and make the most of summer with a Rhubarb-Striped Mango Cake. Every confection includes fantastic fruits that elevate each dessert to something more complex than the average sweet. Cover Copyright Notice Dedication Introduction SIMPLY DRESSED Cider-Baked Apples Merlot-Poached Pears Puff Pastry–Baked Pears Sugared Cranberries Candied Kumquats Blood-Orange Crème Brûlée Strawberry-Rhubarb Eton Mess Strawberry-Apricot Brown Butter Crumble Summer Berry Champagne Terrine Honey Cinnamon–Grilled Peaches Stone Fruit Cobbler Plum Clafoutis Honey-Roasted Figs FRUITS THAT TAKE THE CAKE Bananas Foster Cake Blood-Orange Bundt Cake Tropical Fruit Trifle Rhubarb-Striped Mango Cake Fresh Raspberry-Lime Cake Meyer Lemon Chiffon Cake Quick Rhubarb Cake with Crème Anglaise No-Bake Mini Cheesecakes Blueberry-Thyme Pound Cake The Best Real Strawberry Cake Plum Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake Fresh Fig Banana Bread Surprise Pear Gingerbread Apple Cake with Apple Butter Filling and Dulce de Leche Frosting Tiger Fig Pistachio Roulade Cranberry-Orange Bundt Cake UPPING THE PIE GAME Roasted Grape Tart Chocolate-Pomegranate Tart Fall’s Best Apple-Pear Pie Banana Crème Brûlée Tart with Hazelnut Crust Raspberry-Ricotta Cheesecake Peach Bakewell Tart Nectarine Galette Berry Fried Hand Pies Classic French Fruit Tart Mile-High Lemon Meringue Pie Paloma Tart FORKS NOT REQUIRED Blackberry Custard Bars Lemon Cheesecake Bars Bourbon-Cherry Brown Butter Bars Apricot-Oatmeal Bars Apple-Maple Blondies Raspberry Frangipane Scones Cherry Pie Turnovers Blueberry–White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Raspberry Meringues Cherry Double-Chocolate Cookies FROZEN SWEET CONCOCTIONS Cantaloupe Rosé Sorbet Balsamic-Strawberry Ice Cream Watermelon-Mint Granita Island Sherbet Raspberry-Apricot Mascarpone Ice Cream Pomegranate-Almond Champagne Sorbet Tropical Mango Popsicles Blackberry Vacherin Cranberry-Pear Ice Cream RETRO-MODERN DELIGHTS Fruit Curd Base Blueberry Mousse Pomegranate Panna Cotta Caramel–Passion Fruit Pot de Crème Banana-Chocolate Pot de Crème with Cognac Sauce Passion Fruit Pastry Cream Acknowledgments Index About the Author Copyright

Naturally Delicious Fruits in Luxuriously Sweet Treats

Fruit desserts are more than tarts and pies—they’re cakes, mousses, cookies and so much more. It doesn’t matter if you grow and pick from the garden, or browse and buy from the farmers' market or grocery store, Jackie Bruchez has the perfect dessert for your bounty.

This comprehensive cookbook helps you pack more sweetness into your day in the most extravagant fashion possible. The variety of flavors makes it easy to spice up simple cookies with berries in Blueberry–White Chocolate Oatmeal cookies, swap out brownies for Apple-Maple Blondies and make the most of summer with a Rhubarb-Striped Mango Cake. Every confection includes fantastic fruits that elevate each dessert to something more complex than the average sweet.