You can't have raspberry cake without raspberries.
Well thank you, Capt. Obvious.
Today, Thursday, July 31, is National Raspberry Cake Day, falling right in the middle of the Okanagan harvest of the delectable red fruit.
The photo with this story is from the summer of 1932, courtesy of the Museum and Archives of Vernon, showing helpers Ruth and Dora Everett, along with Marg Ramsay, helping W.H. Baumbrough unload raspberries on the Baumbrough farm in Vernon.
Interesting facts about the raspberry, courtesy of nationaldaycalendar.com:
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½¢ An individual raspberry weighs 0.003 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½“ 0.005 kg.;
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½¢ An individual raspberry is made up of about 100 drupelets (a drupelet is any of the small individual drupes forming a fleshy aggregate fruit such as a raspberry or blackberry);
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½¢ One raspberry bush can yield several hundred berries a year;
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½¢ A single raspberry has a hollow core once it is removed from the receptacle;
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½¢ Raspberries are a rich source of vitamin C, manganese, and dietary fibre; and
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½¢ Raspberries contain vitamin B1, vitamin B3, folic acid, magnesium, copper, and iron.
Hopefully you have a great family recipe that's been passed down through the generations. If not, there's multiple choices on the Internet.
