The Cookbook

We have a blackberry bush at the bottom of our garden. That is awesome. But it never produces more than a cup or two of berries at a time (so no jam or pie) and we have to pick them just before they're sweet or the bugs, birds, and beasties get them. Figuring out how to use them is always a dilemma.

Last week it occurred to me I could use them to flavour other things, so I made a very simple blackberry syrup--and today I used it in a buttercream frosting for cupcakes.

( mmmmm )