I know pomegranate is in season right now, and while I had tasted pomegranate flavored things plenty of time, I'd never had a fresh one until today. It is fabulous! So of course now I'm dying to try something with cake.

Has anyone used fresh seeds in a recipe? I know I could squash them and get the juice for flavoring, but I didn't know if anyone put them in cake batter like you would with blueberries or fruit.

Of course now I want to make muffins in the morning for breakfast too.

Not in cake but it makes one heck of a martini!

I havent tried any of these but they look good!

http://homecooking.about.com/od/muffinrecipes/r/blmuff16.htm
http://homecooking.about.com/od/cakerecipes/r/blc69.htm
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/15/6411097/pomegranates-jewels-in-the-fruit-crown

Don't use the seeds, they're quite bitter if you chew them. And have a somewhat chalky texture. Figure our a way to juice them so you can just get pulp and juice.

I use a citrus juicer. Works good.

Thanks for the recipes and tips! I actually had already made those ginger pomegranate muffins b/c I went searching after I posted this. They were pretty good though could have been a little sweeter. I didn't mind the seeds in them at all, but I'm used to muffins have some crunchy stuff like nuts and streusel. I didn't really notice a bitter taste at all with them, even when I just ate the seeds alone.