Rhubarb Danish

Fruit | Pastry

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I'm loving all the rhubarb desserts that I've been seeing on blogs and around Pinterest lately. Rhubarb pies, rhubarb muffins, rhubarb cakes, rhubarb crumbles, rhubarb drinks, rhubarb everything!! Except… not many rhubarb danish (danishes?). Everyone knows that rhubarb goes great with flaky pastry, but it's usually a pie pastry. With a little help from King Arthur Flour, I stepped it up a notch and paired rhubarb with uber flaky croissant dough to make one kickass flaky-fruity-sour-sweet-crunchy-creamy pastry.

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Passion Fruit Mint Sorbet + Sorbet Float

Drinks | Fruit | Ice Cream

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It seems like spring took its sweet time getting here but summer is already chomping at the bit. Or maybe everyone is just so excited about the nice weather that we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. We're already looking forward to the next season, don't you think?

I'm still settled in with the spring flavours (rhubarb and strawberries - hello!) around here and I think I may have created one of the most refreshing darn things ever. Super bright and tangy passion fruit, herbaceous and refreshing mint, together in one smooth icy treat!

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Strawberry Lime Cupcakes

Cake | Fruit

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Is it strawberry season yet where you are? Here in Vancouver, we're still getting California strawberries, even though it's basically mid-May! I'm hoping to see local ones in the market sometime soon, but in the meantime, I can still get super awesome and fresh strawberry flavour without waiting!

Freeze-dried strawberry powder.

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Raspberry Rhubarb Pie with Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream

Fruit | Ice Cream | Pie

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The first pie of the year! And the first ice cream of the year! I couldn't help but include both in the same post because after all, what's pie without ice cream? And this pie and this ice cream were made for each other. Both are sweet with a punchy tangy note to remind you that HEY - the sun is out, the birds are singing, and it's light out until like 8pm, holy crap.

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