I love to host dinners, cozy girls’ nights, themed parties, you name it—and I always go all out on the spread, even when I say I’m going to be casual. But the one thing I’m just never in the mood to spend my time or effort on? Dessert. If I’m making other dishes, you’ll rarely catch me making any elaborate desserts. It’s the first thing I’ll gleefully hand off to a guest who asks “What can I bring?” I’ve even been known to skip the baked goods entirely and put out cut fruit and a mix of my favorite candies.
If I do make dessert, it’s usually something simple like pastry cream with macerated fruit or make-ahead-friendly things like banana pudding (can you tell I’m a big fan of custardy things?). Fool, a British fruit dessert, falls into that easy/delicious dessert category I rely on. Typically it involves a puréed fruit compote simply folded into whipped cream. But then I saw A Pretty Life In the Suburbs recipe called Cupid’s Cloud. It’s essentially a raspberry fool, but with blended frozen fruit, which I thought sounded like a delicious, genius twist with an adorable name! I decided to try my own version with some frozen strawberries and almond extract.
