When my brother and I were kids, my mom would make us this simple sponge cake topped with fresh strawberries and strawberry jello to set them onto the cake, in the summer. We loved it. Sometimes she’d make sweetened whipped cream to dress it up. I made a very fancy version which I posted here.
However, with the arrival of the cool fall weather, I was struck by nostalgia for the taste of summer which is one of the reasons why I gave this the title above.
Cake, jello, strawberries and whipping cream
Or just the jello and strawberries
Hot dogs aren’t just for summer barbecues. Transform regular or jumbo dogs cooked in the oven into chili dogs.
Your younger kids may be full with just the chili dog and a few fries, but throw in some raw broccoli and ranch dip for the teens and adults.
The jumbo dog above was served in the last regular hot dog bun I had but I used a bakery subway bun below.
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Beautiful and yummy flan you have here
Thank you. It’s not bad but I prefer the Spanish version of flan … the custard. 🙂
Do you have that recipe available?
Would you be interested to be a Guest poster with us, and share some of your awesome recipes on our blog?
Have a look at: https://cookandenjoyrecipes.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/fellow-bloggers-sharing-is-caring-recipe-exchange/ and leave me a note in the comments with a link to a recipe on your blog, if you’re interested. That will be just fantastic. Hope to hear from you soon 😊
Thank you for your offer but I prefer to post on my own blog. If you’re interested in the recipe for the sponge cake, there’s a link back to the post with the recipe in the first paragraph.
Thanks, I will check it out.
That chilli cheese dog looks amazing. I’ve just eaten a fillet of salmon, some asparagus and balsamic avocado. Now I want a hot dog.
BBQ’d hot dogs are my favourites but chili cheese dogs are GOOD!
I think I need to buy a salmon fillet soon. It’s been too long since I had salmon. Smoked salmon and cream cheese is amazing too. 🙂
Salmon is just a consistently good meat to eat, so easy and so tasty 😋
I love buying and portioning a whole fillet and then thinking of fun ways to use it up. I’ve even made crispy salmon skin … shards are really tasty in sushi hand rolls.
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Do you do anything special with the fatty salmon belly? I’m looking for ideas.
I have nothing special for the fatty bits but one of my favourite Australian bloggers, Lorraine Elliott recently posted about using salmon off cuts for salmon rillettes http://www.notquitenigella.com/2016/09/22/hot-salmon-rillettes-recipe/
Thank you for the link. I’m amazed at the price per kilo of salmon fillets. By buying a salmon side at a sale price of around $22/kilo and cutting it myself, I save money and can get portions just the size I prefer. 🙂
It’s definitely not a cheap protein. I hope it doesn’t get more expensive.
I hope so as well.
PS: Found the link to my crispy salmon skin. It was SO tasty.
I love crispy skin but because I’m a lazy cook I tend to bake my salmon now for consistent clean cooking. Less mess and less oil used.
After my dad passed away, my mom stayed with me for about a year and a half. She was very sedentary and had some health issues so I tried to minimized fat usage by baking the salmon skin side down and then I took the meat off the skin which I discarded. When she had to go into the nursing home, I experimented with less healthy cooking methods. Like making duck poutine.
Mmm… Duck poutine sounds glorious.
Summer seems eternal here in Florida and I could see myself having this meal throughout the year. 🙂
I wouldn’t mind having more summer sunshine (we’ve got rain in our forecast for 5-6 days in a row) but the heat and humidity I could do without.
I know what you mean about the humidity. I don’t know how long our sunshine will last as they are saying a tropical storm has a good possibility of coming our way next week. 😦
Sadly these might be the last strawberry days at the market here too…. My mum used to make sometimes a similar cake with bought sponge bottom, but I convinced her to forget the jelly and put more pastry cream (I don’t like sweet jelly). It reminds me childhood days…
Your hot dogs look fantastic! I wonder why I’ve never tried making hotdogs at home…. with delicious Swiss organic sausages!
With greenhouse and imported strawberries, they’re of course, available year round but local are the best. My dad’s sweet little strawberries were eagerly awaited each year.
I love the strawberry flan, Looks so delicious. So does the chili dog 🙂
Thank you.
We had those jello and fruit flans too, such a lovely memory. I’m surprised to still see decent strawberries in the stores and they are reasonable. Love the colour of your flan.
I know you can use all sorts of fruit to top them but strawberries will always be my favourites. The colour is quite vibrant, isn’t it? Probably cause of the jello. 🙂