chilled – Simply Delicious: The Cookbook Project

16-36: Fresh Cherry Pie

Jamie Martin Group 16: Pies & Cakes, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods May 23, 2025May 22, 2025all-purpose flour, almond paste, butter, cherries, chilled, cornstarch, creamed, dessert, dough, egg whites, egg yolks, eggs, fairly easy, fairly expensive, filling, French, granulated sugar, grated, meringue, pie crust, pie weights, pies, snacks, soft peaks, spring, summer, untested, vanilla extract, vegetarian, whipped, whipping cream

Late spring/early summer means the start of cherry time around here, so it’s finally time to make 16-36: Fresh Cherry Pie.

We watched Twin Peaks (all three seasons and the movie) a few months ago, and ever since, I’ve been craving a slice of damn fine cherry pie. Talk about synergy.

However, this is not quite Norma’s cherry pie…this is Simply Delicious’ cherry pie, so it of course has to include almond paste in some way. If you’re looking for Norma’s cherry pie (which is much closer to typical “cherry pie”), go here. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and watch some Twin Peaks while you’re at it–it’s awesome.

Funnily enough, Twin Peaks and Simply Delicious both exist as excellent representations of the late 1980s-early 1990s. There’s that synergy thing again.

15-6: Royal Court Dessert

Jamie Martin Group 15: Cold Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods May 20, 2025May 20, 2025bananas, boiled, chilled, chocolate, chocolate sauce, cocoa powder, cold desserts, cookies, dessert, drizzled, easy, fairly inexpensive, garnish, gluten-free, granulated sugar, layers, mandarin oranges, meringue, party food, sliced, sprinkles, untested, vanilla extract, vegetarian, whipped, whipping cream

This one has intrigued me for years…when you’re a kid, it looks absolutely magical. Almost like Ice Cream Mountain, if you know that reference.

As an adult, 15-6: Royal Court Dessert just looks like a sugary headache. Turns out, it’s a little bit of both.

They’re right that this is a pretty quick and easy dessert to make. The hardest part (for me) was actually finding the meringues themselves. I guess I could have made them myself, but that is neither quick nor easy.

15-22: Cappuccino Ice Cream

Jamie Martin Group 15: Cold Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods May 10, 2025May 10, 2025cappuccino, chilled, chopped, cocoa powder, coffee, cold desserts, dessert, dollop, dusted, easy, fairly inexpensive, garnish, gluten-free, ice cream, nuts, pistachios, powdered sugar, soft peaks, sundaes, untested, vanilla bean, vegetarian, whipped, whipping cream

On the heels of 19-8: Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate I, I happened to recently make a somewhat-related recipe, 15-22: Cappuccino Ice Cream. I love coffee ice cream, and so does my mom. However, this recipe is NOT what you (or I, or she) would have expected by that title.

I bring my mom up also since it’s just about Mother’s Day (or might already be by the time you read this)–maybe don’t make this one for your mom though, unless she likes coffee slushies. Again, even that sounds better than this actually is.

19-8: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate I

Jamie Martin Group 19: Basic Ingredients, Section 4: Cooking School April 29, 2025May 27, 2025almond milk, brown sugar, café au lait, cappuccino, chilled, chocolate, cinnamon, coffee, cooking school, espresso, flavorings, French, ingredients, instant coffee, Irish, milk, oat milk, roasted, steamed, tea, West African, West Indian, whipped, whipping cream, whiskey

Finally finishing up Group 19 with the last two cards I have for it–this one, 19-8: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate I and its partner, 19-9: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate II.

Even though it claims to be about coffee, tea, and chocolate, this card is actually only about coffee. You’ll have to refer to Part II for the rest of it.

14-1: Chocolate Fondue

Jamie Martin Group 14: Hot Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods March 27, 2025March 27, 20251970s, apples, bananas, black cherries, blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, cherries, cherry liqueur, chilled, chocolate, chopped, cognac, dark chocolate, dessert, easy, egg-free, fairly inexpensive, favorites, fondue, fruit, gluten-free, Grand Marnier, hot desserts, kiwis, liqueur, mangoes, melted, nectarines, orange liqueur, papaya, party food, peaches, pears, peeled, pineapple, plantains, raspberries, raspberry liqueur, semisweet, sliced, strawberries, untested, vegetarian, whipping cream

As promised, I did keep up at least for another week–here’s this week’s dessert, 14-1: Chocolate Fondue.

Alas, there was no party to serve it at–it was a random Thursday (tonight actually) and just the two of us. But with a mini electric fondue pot and a pre-prepared fruit bowl from the market, any day can be fondue day. This, my friends, is the future.

15-46: Mousse Casablanca

Jamie Martin Group 15: Cold Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods March 24, 2025March 26, 2025biscotti, chilled, chocolate, chocolate curls, chopped, cold desserts, creamed, crème anglaise, crushed, custard, dessert, egg whites, egg yolks, eggs, expensive, fairly easy, garnish, gelatin, granulated sugar, half-and-half, maraschino cherries, meringue, mousse, nuts, party food, semisweet, soaked, stiff peaks, untested, walnuts, whipped, whipping cream

We’re closing in on the 11th anniversary of this project, and if I ever have hopes of finishing it (which I still do), I need to figure out a strategy. I’ve spent enough time in my real life learning how to “professionally” manage projects, so I’ll apply some of that here and aim to knock out at least one recipe a week until I finish everything non-meat-related. Then I might just dump the rest online and call it a day.

You don’t care about any of this–you’re here to read about 15-46: Mousse Casablanca, right? Everyone wants to “jump to the recipe” already.

Blah blah something about how this is fancy and 80s.

Here’s the thing with this recipe–it seems too “kiddy” to be an adult dessert recipe, but is also something you most likely wouldn’t serve to kids (unless you grew up as a quasi-adult like I did). I’m not sure who this is supposed to be for?

16-20: Chocolate Mousse Cake

Jamie Martin Group 16: Pies & Cakes, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods July 13, 2024July 13, 2024almond paste, almonds, cake pan, cakes, chilled, china caps, chocolate, Christmas, Cointreau, cold desserts, dessert, double boiler, egg yolks, eggs, fairly easy, fairly expensive, food processor, frozen, fruit sauce, gluten-free, Grand Marnier, granulated sugar, grated, grind, liqueur, mousse, orange liqueur, orange peel, powdered sugar, raspberries, raspberry liqueur, raspberry sauce, semisweet, stiff peaks, vegetarian, wax paper, whipped, whipping cream, XMAS 23, zested

I had high hopes of catching up on this thing in a timely fashion, but let’s face it–we’re all surprised I’m even still updating it all at this point. The 10-year anniversary came and went a few months ago without much (or any) fanfare, but I AM still here–just not as attentive as I used to be. Let’s face it–a LOT has changed over the last 10 years. No plans to completely let it die yet, but I would be lying if I said I hadn’t considered it.

Anyway, here’s 16-20: Chocolate Mousse Cake, which was one of two desserts I served for Christmas 2023 (XMAS 23).

Seemed Christmas-appropriate, plus it’s gluten-free! That doesn’t matter to anyone that’s in this house, but someone out there might care about something like that.

16-32: Glazed Fresh Fruit Cake

Jamie Martin Group 16: Pies & Cakes, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods February 21, 2024February 19, 2024almond paste, almonds, blackberries, blueberries, cakes, chilled, dairy-free, dessert, eggs, fairly hard, fairly inexpensive, flavorings, fruit, fruit salad, garnish, gelatin, gift ideas, glazed, gluten-free, granulated sugar, grapes, grated, mandarin oranges, nuts, party food, springform pan, strawberries, summer, untested

I grew up in Southern California, and lived there up until about 10 years ago. At one of my last jobs before I left, I was often gifted with a Porto’s Bakery fruit tart, which was (and I’m sure still is) delectable. 16-32: Glazed Fresh Fruit Cake reminds me of those fruit tarts, and makes me excited for warmer weather days ahead (check with me again about that when we’re in the middle of summer).

Glazed fruit tarts aren’t unique to just Porto’s or Simply Delicious, and there’s even different options for glazing your fruit tarts, depending on what you’re going for.

15-15: Tiramisu

Jamie Martin Group 15: Cold Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods February 19, 2024February 18, 2024biscotti, biscuits, brandy, chilled, coffee, cognac, cold desserts, cream cheese, creamed, dessert, easy, egg whites, egg yolks, eggs, espresso, fairly expensive, folded, instant coffee, Italian, layers, liqueur, mascarpone, meringue, party food, powdered sugar, soaked, stiff peaks, untested, vegetarian

If you’re still in the “indulgent” spirit, 15-15: Tiramisu comes highly recommended. I remember when tiramisu had its big moment around the time this book was published, so it’s not surprising that it was included in this book.

This is a great one to make in advance of a party or dinner…just don’t sneak too many bites before you serve it!

15-34: White Chocolate Strawberry Soufflé

Jamie Martin Group 15: Cold Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods December 31, 2021December 31, 2021boiled, chilled, cold desserts, dessert, egg whites, egg yolks, eggs, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, folded, food processor, fruit, garnish, gelatin, gluten-free, granulated sugar, individual, meringue, mint, party food, purée, sliced, soufflés, stand mixer, stiff peaks, strawberries, temper, untested, vanilla chips, vanilla extract, wax paper, whipped, whipping cream, white chocolate

Happy New Years’ Eve! 2021 has not been my favorite year (probably not yours either), and so I’m not sad to see it go–in fact, we’re going to celebrate its departure with a holiday-ish dessert today: 15-34: White Chocolate Strawberry Soufflé. This soufflé is not baked, but does include meringue being folded in. I’m not sure if that makes it “not a soufflé,” but at this point, does it matter?

“Dramatic” is definitely a good way to describe this past year, so perhaps this is the perfect dessert/recipe for today. However your 2021 has been, I hope that 2022 is a safe and prosperous year for you and yours.🎇

Now–let’s get off the heavy stuff and into something much lighter–discussion of this “soufflé”.

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