Pumpkin and Spice tagged 'citrus'

Key Lime Pie Roundup!

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Florida Keys are well known for a lot of things- Jimmy Buffet, Ernest Hemingway, drinking, gorgeous weather, drinking, fabulous fresh seafood and of course... Key Lime Pie! Being a sugar-fiend, I was determined to try as much Key Lime Pie as I could!

Just about every restaurant and bakery in the Keys serves Key Lime Pie, and they all claim to have "the best pie in the Keys!" It would be an impossible task to try every pie in the Keys- I m [...]

Iron Cupcake: Basil

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It's that time again! This month's Iron Cupcake challenge was basil. It was a little tricky, I'll be honest. I don't usually think of basil as a cake ingredient. I like it in desserts, but I usually use it in a sorbet or sauce. (Blueberry basil sauce is [...]

A Florida Classic

pumpkin@pumpkinandspice.net — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I love citrusy desserts, especially when they retain a bit of that tart citrus bite. Lemon meringue pie, lemon curd, lemon-poppyseed muffins, and of course, Key lime pie. Key lime pie is everywhere here in Florida, and (as of 2006) is actually our official state pie. (I g [...]