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Every year, June honours the queer community. It is the month when pride parades, celebrating love, take forward the conversation on inclusivity. While this should be the norm throughout the year, June is special as it commemorates the contributions of people across LGBTQ+ communities, and it is when the first-ever pride march was organised in 1970 to mark the anniversary of 1969 Stonewall Uprising, a crucial moment in the history of queer rights.
While capitalists use the pride flag to forward their inclusive claims, without enforcing queer-friendly policies, it is also when the LGBTQ+ community and its allies come forward to remind people that they deserve equal rights and opportunities in society. One of the best ways to kickstart the celebration is by indulging in rainbow-inspired sweet treats.
Pride Popsicle
One of the best ways to make popsicles is to use fresh fruits. You can create a rainbow-coloured one by using fruits like blueberries, blue pea tea extracts, strawberries, watermelon, mango, grapes or kiwi, orange, and more. These can help you beat the heat in summer and make for a perfect dessert to serve at a queer gathering. You can add coconut yoghurt to achieve a creamy texture and enjoy it.
Pride Pavlova
One of the lightest and airiest desserts is a pavlova. You take a bite, and every element disintegrates in your mouth, leaving behind various notes to play with. Prepare the meringue with whipped cream and top it with colourful fruits like strawberries, mangoes, kiwis, blueberries, oranges, and more. Its shell should be crispy and the insides should be buttery soft. This is a dessert that no one at a party will be able to resist.
Confetti Cupcakes
Cupcakes are the easiest thing to bake. You can make a large batch of them in vanilla flavour and decorate them as per the occasion. You can also make them in chocolate or fruit notes to appeal to a wider audience. When it comes to the frosting, you can be as creative as you would like. You can add different coloured frosting from the pride flag and arrange them in a rectangular shape. You can also add rainbow-coloured frosting over each cupcake and sprinkle colourful confetti.
Fruit Tart
Imagine serving a buttery shell that flaunts a crisp, and top it with vibrant fresh fruits for natural sweetness and mild sourness. Once your tarts are ready, fill them with vanilla cream so you can add fruits as garnish. Use blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, kiwis, grapes, mangoes, and pineapple. This dessert is a treat for taste buds as well as for the eyes. It is also a sustainable recipe that celebrates the bounty of nature.
Rainbow Parfait
Parfait, made with yoghurt, is another dessert that you can experiment with. Add granola bars for the crunch and protein, fruits for vibrant colours, and chia seeds for fibre and minerals. Add everything in alternate layers so every scoop has the goodness of all the ingredients, and it creates a symphony of flavours. You can add these to the dessert menu of a party or relish these as a midnight snack.
