Blackberry And Raspberry Dessert Recipes

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, tapioca and cornstarch. Add berries and toss gently until coated. Let stand for 15-30 minutes or until the fruit is partially thawed but still icy.
• Transfer berry mixture to pastry-lined pie plate. Dot filling with butter. Place remaining pastry on filling. Trim pastry and crimp as desired.
• To prevent the crust from overbrowning, cover edge of pie with foil. Bake at 375º for 50 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 20-25 more minutes or until pastry is golden and filling is bubbly.
• Remove from oven and cook on a wire rack.
• There will be lots of juice in this pie.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter 3 (9") parchment or wax paper-lined round cake pans.
• Beat first 5 ingredients at medium speed with and electric mixer for 2 minutes or until blended.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until wooden pick is inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes.
• Remove from pans and remove paper.
• Cool completely on wire racks.
• Combine chocolate morsels and whipping cream in medium saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly, 10 minutes or until mixture is smooth.
• Pour into a mixing bowl; cover and chill 1-1/2 hours or until mixture begins to thicken.
• Cook jams and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat; stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until jam melts.
• Brush tops of cake layers with jam mixture.
• Beat chocolate mixture at medium speed with an electric mixer about 20 seconds or until stiff peaks form.
• DO NOT OVERBEAT!
• Place 1 layer, glazed side up, on cake platter.
• Spread with half of the chocolate mixture.
• Top with another cake layer, glazed side down; spread with remaining chocolate mixture.
• Top with remaining cake layer, glazed side down.
• Secure layers by inserting wooden skewers from the top layer down through the other two layers.
• Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Add whipped topping and vanilla, beating until smooth.
• Working quickly, frost top and sides of cake with cream cheese mixture.
• Press pecans around sides of cake.
• Garnish, if desired.
• NOTE: For testing purposes only, they used Betty Crocker SuperMoist Devil's Food Cake Mix and Jelly Belly Confections Blackberries and Raspberries for candy. Candies may be found at Cracker Barrel, in the bulk candy aisle of supermarkets or in specialty stores.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Graham Cracker Crust In small bowl combine crumbs and sugar.
• Add melted butter and blend well.
• Press crumbs evenly onto bottom of a greased 9" springform pan.
• Set aside.
• Cheesecake Filling In large bowl combine cream cheese, sugar and cornstarch.
• Beat with mixer till smooth.
• Add eggs and yolk, one at a time until well blended.
• Stir in whipping cream, vanilla extract and lemon peel.
• Fold in blueberries gently.
• Pour the cream cheese mixture over the graham cracker crust.
• Drop the raspberries and blackberries randomly over top of cheesecake a few at a time.
• They will slowly sink into the cake.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Lower temperature to 225 degrees and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• (Cook until the center no longer looks wet or shiny) Run a knife around the inside edge of the cheesecake pan.
• Chill, uncovered, overnight.
• You could also add strawberries to the berry mixture-- make sure not to exceed 2 cups of fruit in all. I have also made this cake with just one of the above listed berries.

Steps:

• Cut cantaloupe in half and scoop out seeds. Slice into 4 wedges. Place wedges onto dessert plates. Add a small scoop of vanilla ice cream to the center of each cantaloupe wedge.
• Spoon approximately 1/4 cup of black raspberries on top of the ice cream, allowing the juice to drizzle onto the cantaloupe.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan bring sugar and water to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and in a blender pulse together with berries and lemon juice until berries are chopped.
• Cool sauce.
• Sauce may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered.
• Makes 2 cups.

Steps:

• Roll half of the pie crust very thin and line a 8x8ish inch baking pan.
• Roll other half of pie crust very thin and cut into 2 inch strips.
• Bake half of the 2 inch strips at 350-375F on a cookie sheet.
• In a saucepan, cook blackberries and raspberries, 1 cup of sugar and water until it boils.
• Mix together flour and remaining sugar; add to berry mixture.
• Stir constantly for 3 minutes, until thick.
• Spoon into pastry lined pan and push the cooked crust strips to the middle.
• Dot with butter.
• Cover with remaining strips.
• Bake at 425F for 25-30 minutes.