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Strawberry Skillet Cobbler + Giveaway!

March 28, 2016

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Happy Monday after Easter everyone! Let’s celebrate this great occasion by talking about an amazing new cookbook by a fellow blogger that I’m obsessed with, both her and this beautiful book. Sweeter Off the Vine by Yossy Arefi is a must have for anyone and everyone who loves fruit desserts. It’s broken up by season and by fruit, making it easy for you to pick what to make at any given time of the year. And even if you’re not much of a baker, these recipes are easy enough to make you feel like a boss in the kitchen. The photos alone will make you want to eat and make everything inside of it. As soon as I got the book last week, I bookmarked practically every recipe that I was dying to try out. I took a trip to the grocery store this past weekend, and the strawberries were calling out to me. I’m fortunate enough to live in California where there are strawberries pretty much all year round, but in early spring like right now, they’re out of this world. So I grabbed a few boxes and came up with a game plan. The one recipe that kept sticking out to me from the book is the Blueberry Skillet Cobbler with Whole Wheat Biscuits, but since blueberries aren’t in season at the moment, and since Yossy suggests in the notes of the recipe that you can try it with strawberries as well, that’s what I did. I can’t wait to make the cobbler with blueberries once it’s the right time of year again. I’ve decided to give it a try each season, but with different fruit. Let’s see how that goes for me. 

Because I’m obsessed with this cobbler, this book and giving away free things, I’ve decided it’s about time for another giveaway on the blog. It’s been too long since the last one. Plus, it’ll make my mamma really happy to be able to read all of your responses and pick a winner once again. So here we are, I’m giving away a copy of the book so that you can have one all to yourself. You know the drill, and just in case this is your first time at the rodeo, I’ll refresh your memory. You enter the giveaway be leaving a comment below, answering a question. The question this time around is “What is your favorite fruit or fruit dessert?” I want to hear all about your favorite fruit. Give me all the details, memories or stories you have regarding your answer. The more detailed the better. Not because it’ll up your chances (because the winner will be picked at random) but because I love reading your answers. You have until the end of the week to participate, and keep in mind that it’s one entry per person. I like to keep things fair. I’ll let the winner know through email, and update this post at the bottom with the lucky chosen one. May the odds be in your favor and may you win. Good luck. I’m rooting for you! 

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Blueberry Hazelnut Cobbler Cake

June 29, 2015

I’m a firm believer that if you incorporate fresh fruit into any dessert, like cake for instance, then it instantly becomes healthy. It’s a great rule to live by, trust me. A good-for-you cake that you can eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Maybe not dinner because you should probably eat something a bit more substantial, but hey, after dinner the cake is all yours. I’m not one to say no to any cake, I’m not an animal, but during the summer months when it’s super hot outside, cakes with seasonal fruit just sound so much more appealing to me than regular cake. Maybe it’s the idea of having fresh fruit in a dessert, and feeling like I just made the best series of healthy decisions I could ever possibly make. I feel like I could run the world. All of this from just making and eating cake. Do you see the power than cake has? 

So what’s a cobbler cake you might be asking. It’s basically a combination of two great summer desserts. An upside down skillet cake and a fruit cobbler. In other words, a cobbler cake is your new favorite dessert. I already know. It’s just as easy to make as an upside down cake but it has much more fruit and you don’t have to worry about flipping a hot pan over and praying that the cake comes out. That’s a scary situation that lasts for about 10 seconds, but still, its scary. This cake though, you don’t have to worry about any of that. You can just cut and serve without any worries because a worry-free baking experience is what I’m all about. And you should be too. Speaking of blueberry cobbler things, we mustn’t forget about these Blueberry Cobbler Biscuits from last year. Once you’re done making and eating this cobbler cake, you can mosey on over back into the kitchen and whip up some blueberry cobbler biscuits because it just seems like the right thing to do, doesn’t it? How do you follow up a delicious cake? By making biscuits. Don’t fight it. 

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