Grilled Peaches and RolyPoly Cake

Hopefully you've all had your share of grilled veggies and fruit this summer because grilled produce is awesome.  Some of my favorite grilled fruits are our Colorado colossal super fantastic Palisades peaches that I pick up EVERY weekend at the local farmers markets when peaches are in season.  They are phenomenal all by themselves but when you need a little variety because you've been eating peaches nonstop for weeks, throwing them on the grill is a great way to mix it up.  I've been using the Tyler Florence "recipe" I posted eons ago--a drizzle of oil and some fresh rosemary.  A few minutes per side on a medium high grill and voila, you are good to go. 

The same recipe can be turned into a nice clean summery dessert with a little help from greek yogurt. Of course, this recipe works without the rosemary--I just fell in love with the peach and rosemary combo so always throw them together if I'm grilling peaches.  I served these after the Tandoori chicken I made so thought it would be nice to incorporate a little eastern flavor into the dessert as well......mmmmm cardamom and honey.

For the yogurt you simply mix 1/4 tsp finely ground cardamom(or you could use cinnamon) and 1 tsp vanilla extract into 2 cups of greek yogurt.  I tend to like my food less sweet so I opted for no honey in the yogurt itself, but if you are sugar peeps, drizzle a big glob of honey into the yogurt.  Mix well, and spoon onto warm grilled peaches  Drizzle with honey and serve.

A little Peanut turned not so little this year...5!!! Oh I'm so weepy.  And again, instead of humoring her aunt with a princessy girly cake, she's decided to love bugs...rolypolys in particular.  Since I'm a believer in encouraging what people love, I thought a rolypoly cake might be fun....that is until I realized that no one in all of internet land had ever posted a photo of a rolypoly cake they'd made.  Or at least I couldn't find one.  Crikey.  Turns out it wasn't so hard with a little chocolate fondant and a loaf cake.  

Yes, the cakes are getting lazier over the years.  I might just stick a candle in a Sara Lee pound cake and call it good next year.  Just kidding Peanut. 

Happy Birthday little Peanut.  You are this auntie's favorite 5 year old superhero. 

Puppies always know how to get in on the action.