What a fruit..

I've missed two blogs in a row, i'm sorry. I've been on vacation in beautiful Maryland to spend the weekend with someone who is near and dear to me. So i'll be doing a blog today, tomorrow, and thursday! Prepare for the cake overload.. ^.^

The summer season is almost here, although here in Phoenix it just started (insert upsetting face here). With 90 degree temperatures just starting this past week, one nice way to cool down is with a delicious Tres Leche cake, or an awesome fruit tart. Make them yourself or buy them at a grocery store.. either way they are the most delicious light dessert. A tres leche may be a bit heavier than a tart, but if you'e never had the pleasure of trying one I would suggest that you go out and do so!

The cake pictured is a tres leche cake that I made last summer for one of my close friends. Tres Leche is translated to "Three Milk" for those of you who missed spanish class. This delicious tres leche cake is made with a white angel food cake, doused with a sweet cream, a layer of whip cream in the middle, whip cream on the outside, and a thin layer of another sweet cream on top. Drizzled on the sides with chocolate fudge and fruit layers to give it the amazing color that this seasonal cake deserves.

Fruit tarts are an entirely different story than the Tres Leche. They are built on a thin graham cracker crust with a custard filling topped with any type of fruit that you could imagine.

This picture is a perfect example of a fruit tart! Mmmm yum yum