| | This joyful topping would make any summer cake sparkle. | | | But it's especially dazzling on this simple, golden pound cake from Thalia Ho's lovely cookbook Wild Sweetness.
Set it out for a picnic or barbecue, pack it for a road trip, load it with random summer berries—it won't mind. But whatever you do: Don't skimp.
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