🍒 EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY! 🍒
September 24 is Cherries Jubilee Day!

Today’s holiday answers an important question:

What if dessert…was ON FIRE? 🔥😂

It’s Cherries Jubilee Day!

🍒 SO WHAT IS CHERRIES JUBILEE?

It’s a classic dessert made with cherries in a sweet sauce, traditionally served warm over vanilla ice cream.

But the famous version has one extra step:

🔥 FLAMBÉ!

Traditionally, alcohol such as brandy is added and briefly ignited before the cherries are spooned over ice cream.

Because apparently someone looked at cherries and ice cream and thought:

“This is good, but it needs more FIRE.” 😂

👑 AND THERE’S SOME ROYAL HISTORY!

Cherries Jubilee is commonly associated with famous French chef Auguste Escoffier and celebrations honoring Queen Victoria’s jubilee in the late 1800s.

Exactly which jubilee inspired the original dish isn’t completely clear, but the dessert became a classic.

Fortunately…

You don’t need a royal banquet OR an open flame to celebrate today. 😂

🍒 FAMILY-FRIENDLY CHERRIES JUBILEE

Grab:

🍒 About 2 cups cherries — fresh, frozen or canned
🤎 2 tablespoons brown sugar
🥄 1 tablespoon cornstarch
💧 About ¼ cup water or cherry juice
🍋 A little squeeze of lemon juice
🥄 Splash of vanilla
🍨 Vanilla ice cream

Add the cherries, brown sugar and lemon juice to a saucepan.

Mix the cornstarch with the water or cherry juice, then stir it into the cherries.

Cook gently until everything is warm, bubbly and thickened.

Remove from the heat, add a little vanilla…

Then spoon those warm cherries over vanilla ice cream.

🍒 + 🍨 = DONE.

No flames required.

The fire department appreciates your cooperation. 😂

👧 LET THE KIDS BUILD THEIR OWN!

Set out some extras:

🍫 Chocolate chips
🥜 Chopped nuts
☁️ Whipped cream
🍪 Crushed cookies
🍫 Brownie pieces
🍒 Extra cherries

Then let everyone create their own Cherries Jubilee sundae.

And YES…

Canned cherry pie filling + vanilla ice cream absolutely works if today is a:

“We’re celebrating the holiday, but Mom has other things to do” kind of day. 😂

👇 NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT QUESTION:

Warm fruit + ice cream…

YES or NO?

🍒 Cherries
🍎 Apple pie
🍑 Peach cobbler
🫐 Blueberry crisp
🍓 Strawberry sauce

Or are you firmly:

🍨 “Please leave my ice cream alone.”

And since we’re talking cherries…

👇 What’s your favorite way to eat them?

Fresh?
Cherry pie?
Jam?
Chocolate-covered?
Ice cream topping?
Straight from the bag until you suddenly realize you’ve eaten half of it? 😂

🍒 Happy Cherries Jubilee Day!

Some holidays require a big celebration.

Today’s requires cherries and ice cream.

We can handle this one. 😂❤️