Cherry Pudding & Vintage Mirro Cake Pan

I swapped out cherries for blueberries for this pudding. The same recipe for Blueberry Pudding but with cherries instead.

How classic is this vintage cake pan? It's a Mirro 8x8 aluminum cake pan in mint condition! I have the typical rectangular version and was excited to find this square version. It's perfect for brownies... and cherry pudding!

It seemed like every baked good at family reunions when I was a kid arrived in a Mirro cake pan. They were made by Mirro Aluminum Company from 1909 to 2003 in Wisconsin. Mirro made everything from canteens to Sno-Coaster saucer sleds. Great. I feel a new collectable item coming on.

Cherry popsicles

I finally got around to pitting the cherries we picked. Cherry Chomper is cute but the four-at-a-time pitter got through all those cherries a lot faster.

I used our Vitamix and our Zoku to make cherry popsicles.

In less than ten minutes... cherry posicles! All cherry, no sugar needed.

I had a little extra cherry puree leftover so it was a good chance to use my frozen ring pop molds.

Cute and yummy!

Cherry picking

Cherry season here started on July 4th and goes until they are all picked. So Aaron and I hustled out to Brown's Berry Patch to pick some.

Yeah, I showed up with the special basket again.

We get a little excited when we see all the cherries on the trees.

I ate a good many cherries right in the orchard.

Does anything look strange in this photo? ; )

It's a bit of a drive but we love going to Brown's Berry Patch. They have lots of different fruit to pick plus an area with goats and bunnies and a shop with ice cream. Ice cream is key.

Brown's Berry Patch has been in operation as a family farm since 1802. Seven generations of Browns have worked here. I think that is great.

Cherry Chomper in action

So it was time to try out the Cherry Chomper.

Ummm yeah. Cherry Chomper looked a little scary after 13 lbs of cherries but it did a great job.

We canned seven jars of cherries - (one not pictured - didn't have the matching lid)

They are just packed in a light syrup so we can make cherry pie and other goodies this winter.

My fingers are stained red, but it was so worth it.