This time of year is just so good for kitchen spoils. So far this summer, we've picked strawberries from the garden, raspberries from the farm, and been given cherries from a friend's tree.The cherries are sour which makes them a non-starter for eating then and there, juices dripping down our chins. Instead, we hatched plans. Last year, egged on by the kids, I made a cherry pie, all giddy at the prospect of something so authentically American, so culturally laden. They hated it. So the rest went into a Kilner jar of brandy and sugar, enjoyed when the months drew in and cold, dark evenings needed some pip-free pep.This year, I had a hankering for a Bakewell. A quick internet scour found a few recipes, one of which made several individual-sized Bakewells that weighed in at a mighty 933 calories each. Nearly a thousand calories on a pie? I couldn't do it.Instead, I adapted an old Italian recipe that uses half ground almonds, half flour, fruit and juice scattered on top, for a densely, fruity cake that's just the right side of sweet.And such a feminine cake calls for pastel-coloured team mates. This summer tea party came together with a few classics – macarons, strawberries, Assam tea – as well as my favourite sweet sandwich, the strawberry and rose petal sarnie - recipe here (https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/2357100-rose-petal-and-strawberry-sandwiches)!

I like to eat easy and gluten free cakes. It is the best start of the day with a nice coffee. Try it and say your opinion.

This is the easiest almond cake with just 4 main ingredients. This cake has a soft, moist crumb and is lightly sweet with a pop of lemon flavor. Recipe adopted from natashaskitchen.com

One of the oldest cakes in Spain an still as delicious!

This is great for those who love sweets of course, but it's a rich chocolate cake with fresh blueberries for a bittersweet taste so it's great for someone who dislikes sweets as well.Please adjust the baking time to your oven. Recipe by caramel-cookie

I harvested the apricots from our garden. I thought about making tarts, but I left out the crust and increased the amount of almond cream powder to make a cake. It was moist and delicious.If you don't have fresh apricots of course you can used canned apricots. Be sure to thoroughly drain them.Just mix everything together. For apricots and peaches if you insert the knife along the depression and cut it's easy to remove the seed. Recipe by Pitarou

Baked this for our Christmas dinner. The process is worth the effort.The recipe is originally lifted from homecookingadventure.com with a few revision on the order of how things are prepared.

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I had a lot of strawberries I'd bought cheaply, so this is a recipe I made to have as a snack. I like the moist and fluffy sponge that you can that you can just easily mix in one bowl.Make sure the bain marie (hot water bath) doesn't get too hot. If you beat the batter for about 3 minutes over a 60°C hot water bath, it will just about warm up to body temperature. If you don't have a thermometer, the batter should be just hot enough that if you stick the tip of a finger in it feels a bit hot. Make sure not to burn yourself! Recipe by Uniikura