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Raspberry Fool Sheet Cake

Raspberry Fool Sheet Cake

It’s AUGUST 1ST, which means I’m frantically scrambling to do ALL THE THINGS I’VE HAD A FULL, BEAUTIFUL MONTH TO DO but didn’t do because I was drinking fancy tea and eating pastries shaped like fish and enjoying frosé. YOU KNOW. IMPORTANT STUFF.

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August 1, 2017 by Julie Ruble | 3 Comments

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Easy Raspberry Cheesecake Double-Date Parfaits

This post is sponsored by Philadelphia Cream Cheese.

Easy Raspberry Cheesecake Double-Date Parfaits

Mike and I are always trying to be better about making friends. We’re two devoted introverts: I have an impressive dose of social anxiety and he just doesn’t especially put himself out there. But we both do well in smallish, casual get-togethers. Low-stress environment, simple food, no crazy cleaning frenzies beforehand. My latest idea for one of these is a homemade double-date night: one couple brings drinks and apps, the other provides dinner and dessert, and both play board games while ignoring the pile of laundry in the corner because WE’RE BEING CASUAL, Y’ALL. Or that’s the plan anyway.

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April 7, 2016 by Julie Ruble | 11 Comments

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Hot Raspberry Cake and Ice Cream

Hot Raspberry Cake and Ice Cream

From Barcelona journals:

I want to stop this thin woman with air-dried hair in a soft blue sweater holding a baguette and walking through the park. I want to understand her life.

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May 31, 2015 by Julie Ruble | 7 Comments

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Raspberry Sorbet Mimosa Float

Thanks, Le Grand Courtâge, for sponsoring the development of this Raspberry Sorbet Mimosa Float recipe!

I had a crappy morning. There weren’t any major disasters, but there was a lot of minor crappiness. I had to wake up early to take Byrd to the groomer before work. Mike didn’t get a chance to take her out before we had to leave, which meant she would have to potty in the dewy grass on our way out and would probably get water, mud, and puppy pee all over my cute skirt in the car.

When we got to the groomer, no one was there. Turns out the groomer was stuck in traffic. I paced for 10 minutes with a very nervous Byrd, worrying that I’d be late for work. The groomer had clearly had a similarly harried morning, so I wasn’t angry with her; we were in the same boat. I finally left Byrd around 7:40 and raced toward work, hoping I still had time to get a coffee on the way.

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September 11, 2014 by Julie Ruble | 5 Comments

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14 Summer Desserts from Willow Bird Baking (plus some from other blogs!)

Thanks, Foodie, for sponsoring this post.

Thank you so much for filling out my reader survey! If you haven’t yet, you can still do so here. I’m not surprised at all by how kind and thoughtful your comments were, but I do feel humbled by it. I seriously have the best readers in the world. One of the things I appreciated most was how many of you have made LOTS of recipes from the blog and how many of you love my stories. I can’t adequately put into words how much that means to me, since it’s been my dream since I was little to be a writer. I feel really blessed to share with you here.

Because I’m in total denial about school starting soon (I’m still going to sleep at 3 a.m. every night, so that should be fun to correct), here are some of my very favorite summer desserts from other bloggers (above) and 14 summer desserts from Willow Bird Baking (below). I only picked the absolute BEST EVER summer desserts, so make them ALL. And make them quickly to savor every second of the fading summer (Wahhhh.)

1. STRAWBERRY COBBLER WITH LEMON CREAM.

cooking difficulty: easy