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Raspberry recipes to celebrate!

The magic raspberry cake

Perfect for your little one's birthday party, Raspberry Magic Cake is easy to make, beautiful to look at, and great to eat. Mix 4 egg yolks with 150 g of sugar, then add 125 g of melted butter and the seeds of a vanilla pod. Gradually add 115 g of sifted flour, then 50 cl of lukewarm milk and 1 tablespoon of water. Whisk 4 egg whites and add them to the mixture:the batter should be liquid like pancake batter. In a buttered and floured dish, place 250 raspberries, which you cover with dough. Bake at 160° for 1 hour:the cake should be golden and slightly trembling when it comes out of the oven. Keep refrigerated for at least 4 hours. Just before serving, dust with icing sugar and decorate with raspberries.

A fruit paste for the end of year celebrations

The end of year celebrations are approaching? Delight your guests with homemade fruit jellies! To make 48 mini half-spheres, add 5 g of yellow pectin to 30 g of sugar. Heat 250 g of raspberry purée, then add the sugar-pectin mixture before bringing to the boil, while stirring. Add 250 g of sugar and 50 g of glucose and cook at 105°. Remove the pan from the heat, add the juice of half a lemon and mix quickly. Fill your silicone molds and let set overnight at room temperature. Finish by rolling each fruit paste in a little crystal sugar. There you go!

The raspberry mojito recipe

More original than a classic cocktail, this recipe will quickly become a staple of your evenings with friends. To prepare a glass of raspberry mojito, squeeze half a lime and add 2 teaspoons of cane sugar. Place a few fresh mint leaves at the bottom of the glass, as well as 5 or 6 fresh raspberries. Crush everything with a pestle. Pour 6 cl of rum, without forgetting to add crushed ice. Top up with sparkling water or lemonade, and stir vigorously.