“ I TOLD YOU SO ! ” . . . but who listens to me ?

About 6 months ago, if you remember well, I told you all to freeze some berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, currants, etc.) because summer is still far away but spring is here with its share of holidays and preparations.

Okay, don’t worry, this recipe calls for 450 grams of defrosted frozen berries, which is also the average amount in a bag of frozen berries that you can get at the supermarket all year round. So that’s okay.

The first time I made this weird cake (which was about  6-7 months ago), I was just throwing together a whole bunch of ingredients I had handy for a last-minute cake for a birthday dinner party (I say last minute because the night before when I was defrosting the berries, I was planning to make something entirely different and changed my mind, yes, at the last minute or to be more precise, 3 hours before the actual birthday dinner party).

It’s “weird” because it combines elements or characteristics of other cakes. It has a crust like a cheesecake, the batter is not a sponge cake nor a clafoutis, nor a cheesecake, nor a flan, but something mixed-up and in-between, but quite dense & scrumptious.

It’s “pink” because I use the juices from the defrosted berries to flavor and color the batter (pinkish, lilac-colored) and the frosting too.

You can make smaller versions or larger versions because it holds its shape well, but use a springform tin for a large cake or silicon molds for smaller ones.

It’s always fun (and risky) to just throw ingredients together to make something ‘new-ish’ (and if you remember what you did the first time, because you actually jotted down a few notes, then you can make it again) and maybe even better and improved, right ?

INVENT something NEW soon TOO ! (why follow a stranger’s recipes in detail ?!)

Happy April holidays & festivities :

Easter / Passover / Rama Navami / Mahavir Jayanti / Vaisakhi / Festival of Ridván / Lailat al Miraj . . .

* did I forget any ?

;) !