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Blackberry and Cream Cheese Toast with Pistachios

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Liven up your start to the day and go for this blackberry and cream cheese toast with pistachios. It’s hard to believe something so simple can be this good!!

 

Blackberry and Cream Cheese Toast with Pistachios

 

I like to think that my recipes are easy. Like so easy I don’t have to pay attention to the so-called recipe. But there’s also something that’s even more important than easy and that’s tasty yet healthy. I love good tasting nutritional recipes. And when I say nutritional I mean nutrient dense. Not a few pieces of sad lettuce tossed in a bowl with some drab dressing. Nah, that’s not at all what I mean.

This toast has substance, it has flavor, and I absolutely LOVE it!!  What’s not to love when it’s ready in 3…2…1.

 

Blackberry and Cream Cheese Toast with Pistachios

 

This post may seem a bit silly because it’s hardly a recipe but after the last few days I am begging for simple and quick and tasty yet still healthy. So, this blackberry and cream cheese toast has earned a spot here on 3 Scoops of Sugar. And I’m not sorry about it.

Eating well doesn’t have to cost a fortune nor should it require 30 ingredients to get the job done even though sometimes it feels that way to me.

You know what seems to add up at the grocery store? All of those boxes of crackers that cost nearly 5 dollars a piece. Seriously?! I was set on buying this one flavor and I bought it over and over week after week until I recently decided I’m done. My kids were always asking for them at lunch, for snacks and some weeks it seemed we could get through more than 2 boxes. Well I haven’t bought them for at least two weeks and guess what my kids don’t ask for them when they don’t see them in the pantry. We train ourselves to eat the way we do. Change is possible and sometimes it isn’t as hard as we think if we simply stop buying the box of crackers or whatever it may be.

 

Blackberry and Cream Cheese Toast with Pistachios

 

This delicious blackberry and cream cheese toast looks like a great breakfast because it is!

But it’s also a great snack.

Or add the blackberries and crushed pistachios on top of some greek yogurt and it becomes a quick and delicious dessert.

So grab some of those fresh blackberries at the store right now and give this yummy toast a try!!

 

 

Blackberry and Cream Cheese Toast with Pistachios

 

Blackberry and Cream Cheese Toast with Pistachios

Blackberry and Cream Cheese Toast with Pistachios

Megan
Liven up your start to the day and go for this blackberry and cream cheese toast with pistachios. It's hard to believe something so simple can be this good!!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Total Time 13 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Servings 4 -6

Ingredients
  

  • Good quality bakery style bread sliced
  • 1/2 cup Light cream cheese in tub
  • 6 oz Fresh blackberries
  • Crushed pistachios for topping

Instructions
 

  • In a small food processor, pulse blackberries a few times until coarsely chopped. Set aside.
  • Add cream cheese to a small bowl and soften down with a spatula so it's spreadable.
  • Toast bread until golden brown.
  • Add 1-2 tablespoons cream cheese to each bread slice. Spoon smashed blackberries on top of cream cheese and sprinkle crushed pistachios on top. Serve immediately.

 

 

Blackberry and Cream Cheese Toast with Pistachios

 

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Red Velvet + Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

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Red velvet cake + cream cheese swirl make this bundt cake everything a cake should be! It is topped with a powdered sugar vanilla glaze that will make you swoon! A perfect cake for any special occasion.

red velvet + cream cheese bundt cake

I do not know what has gotten into me this week but I am all about the desserts. I also haven’t posted that many desserts so I thought it was time! It seems fitting with my favorite food holiday coming soon. Er, do you have a favorite food holiday?? A quick rundown ➡ Favorite holiday- Christmas ; Favorite Food Holiday- 4th of July.

Let me explain.

Christmas will always be my favorite holiday. I love the snow, past Christmas memories, decorations, Christmas Eve Mass, Christmas morning and seeing the looks on our kids’ faces! It all just fills me with those wonderful ‘feel good’ feelings inside.

red velvet + cream cheese bundt cake



I love the 4th of July because I have always loved the fireworks, swimming, and ALL of my most favorite foods packed into one extraordinary day! 🍉🍓🌽🍔🍦 I would much rather chow down on BBQ beef, burgers, fresh fruit, tasty green salads, and brownies OR this heavenly red velvet + cream cheese bundt cake!!

red velvet + cream cheese bundt cake

I love the casualness of summer and the kids running around outside laughing and playing. I love the sparklers, the flags, and the family gatherings that do not get cut short because of snow storms. But mostly I love the fireworks…and the food!!

 

red velvet + cream cheese bundt cake

I came across this recipe on Food Network. I was intrigued by the combination of red velvet cake and a cream cheese swirl so I made a few tweaks to the recipe and the end result…HEAVENLY RED VELVET + CREAM CHEESE BUNDT CAKE!! 🙌

I love the vanilla glaze on this cake instead of the cream cheese icing because this cake really didn’t need anything else at all but then I tasted the vanilla glaze on top and OMG! It is here to staaaay! So seriously, you gotta try this one!

I am gonna go out on a limb and tell you a secret..in my index of 80/20 foods (80% healthy/20%not so much) this is in my 5% of my not so much 20%. However, sometimes you just gotta have a slice of cake! 👊

red velvet + cream cheese bundt cake

red velvet + cream cheese bundt cake

Red Velvet + Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

Megan
Red velvet cake + cream cheese swirl make this bundt cake everything a cake should be! It is topped with a powdered sugar vanilla glaze that will make you swoon! A perfect cake for any special occasion.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

Cream Cheese

  • 2-8 ounce pkg cream cheese
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons sour cream
  • 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Red Velvet

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons red food coloring
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 1/4 cup water

Vanilla glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3-4 tablespoons milk or half n half

Instructions
 

Cream Cheese

  • In bowl of a large food processor, add cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, heavy cream, and vanilla. Pulse until smooth, scrape sides of bowl and pulse 1 to 2 more times. Set aside.

Red Velvet

  • Position rack in lower third of your oven.
  • Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease and flour bundt pan. When flouring pan, add a good spoonful of flour to pan and turn pan so flour sticks to all sides of pan. Shake out excess flour.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk ingredients together until combined.
  • In a medium bowl, combine vegetable oil, sour cream, eggs, food coloring, vanilla, vinegar, and water. Whisk ingredients until well incorporated
  • Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir just until ingredients are combined.

Cream Cheese + Red Velvet Together

  • Add 2 1/2 cups of batter into bundt pan and spread evenly.
  • Pour in the cream cheese mixture.
  • Spoon the remaining batter over the cream cheese layer.
  • Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Transfer cake to a cooling rack and let cool 20-30 minutes.
  • Invert onto a plate or cake stand to let cake cool completely for a minimum of 2 hours.

Vanilla glaze

  • In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and 3 tablespoons of milk. Stir well. Add an additional tablespoon of milk if necessary for desired consistency.
  • Pour glaze over cake.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Food Network.

 

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Splendid Summer Fruit Sandwiches

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splendid summer fruit sandwiches

Splendid Summer Fruit Sandwiches filled with layers of strawberries, raspberries, and bananas in between slices of pound cake spread with strawberry cream cheese.

Summa is the best!
When else do you get to eat a fancy pound cake sandwich loaded with fresh strawberries, raspberries, bananas, and layers of strawberry cream cheese. Yes please!!!

Come One, Come All

Pound cake by itself is absolutely wonderful. Add all of this goodness to it and you have created something down right delicious! This pound cake sandwich brings me back to my childhood. Once in awhile, my family would eat brunch at The Garden Cafe during the summer. When I got lucky, they would serve these sandwiches with more cream cheese in them than anything else and I remember lots of strawberries but mostly I remember they were little pieces of heaven!

splendid summer fruit sandwiches



Sandwiches like this are perfect for kids and adults! Cuz let’s face it 👉 Pound Cake + 🍓🍌 + Cream Cheese disguised as a yummy sandwich…well, what’s not to like?!

It tastes like dessert!

splendid summer fruit sandwiches

Weekend Plans

Memorial weekend is approaching. The most likely weekend of the year that it will either rain or be cold here in South Central Nebraska. Nearly everyone plans (hopes) to spend the weekend outdoors whether that be at a lake, cabin, backyard. And then Mother Nature laughs in my face and it goes and rains all weekend long.

But, fear no more! With one of these in hand, it will not matter whether you are indoors or outdoors. Just chow down and pretend everything is as perfect as these splendid summer fruit sandwiches!

splendid summer fruit sandwiches

 

You can make these one of two ways. 1) Make your pound cake at home and pat yourself on the back for making something so simple yet tastes like you just spent hours in the kitchen! Pound cake is so tasty! 2) Buy pound cake at the store and save yourself some time to do other Memorial Weekend-y things like relaxing on your patio. Either way, you are a winner! 🥇

The prep is done in nearly 5 minutes:

  • Cut two slices of pound cake
  • Spread on some strawberry cream cheese
  • Slice about 3 strawberries, 1/2 banana
  • Place them on your pound cake slices along with a few raspberries and a sprinkle of sliced almonds if you feel like it!

Guess what? That’s it!
So Much Goodness in So Little Time!

Hope you love them as much as we did!! Hope you all have a safe and happy Memorial Weekend!
Cheers!

splendid summer fruit sandwiches

Splendid Summer Fruit Sandwiches

Splendid Summer Fruit Sandwiches

Megan
Splendid Summer Fruit Sandwiches filled with layers of strawberries, raspberries, and bananas in between slices of pound cake spread with strawberry cream cheese.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Sandwich

Ingredients
  

Pound Cake

  • 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Fruit Sandwich

  • 2 slices pound cake
  • 1-2 tablespoons strawberry cream cheese
  • 3-4 fresh strawberries sliced
  • 1/2 medium banana sliced
  • 3-4 fresh raspberries
  • sliced almonds optional

Instructions
 

Pound Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350℉. Spray an 8"x4" loaf pan with cooking spray and then flour it. Set aside for later.
  • Butter should be at room temperature. A quick way to do this is to place sticks of butter(still in wrapping) on a plate and microwave for 5 sec on high power, rotate and repeat 2 more times.
  • Add butter and sugar to a stand mixer and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Add vanilla extract and salt.
  • Turn mixer down to low and slowly add in flour. Beat just until batter is incorporated, be careful not to mix too long.
  • Bake for approximately 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let pound cake cool in pan for 10-15 minutes and then invert on to wire cooling rack and turn upright to cool completely.

Fruit Sandwich

  • Spread two slices of pound cake with strawberry cream cheese.
  • Layer both slices of pound cake with sliced strawberries.
  • One one slice layer banana slices over strawberries.
  • On the other slice layer raspberries and sliced almonds if using.
  • Arrange into a sandwich and enjoy with a glass of tea!

Notes

I updated the recipe to include the pound cake if you want to make it from scratch. The recipe for the pound cake was adapted from Martha Stewart's Vanilla Pound Cake recipe.

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