Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Custom cakes


"Under the sea cake". Marbeled blue fondant, decorated with with dark and white chocolate seashells, and graham cracker "sand". The cake is chocolate filled with dark chocolate ganache.


"Spring time cake". White fondant covered cake, with fondant flower decorations, royal icing butterflies and a bouquet of flower lollipops. Pink vanilla cake filled with strawberry buttercream.



"Mother's day cake", delicious vanilla cake filled with white chocolate mousse and covered and decorated with fondant.

"Whimsical stripes and circles". Black forest cake (chocolate cake and cherry filling) covered and decorated with fondant.

"Touch down cake". Vanilla cake filled with raspberry buttercream and covered in chocolate fondant.



"The whimsy cow cake". Chocolate cake filled with strawberry buttercream and covered with fondant.


"Designer cake". Chocolate cake filled with a whipped peanut butter and chocolate ganache and covered in stripped sheets of white chocolate plastique.



"Slice of heaven". Vanilla cake filled with raspberry preserved and frosted with almond buttercream.


"Strawberry basket cake". Chocolate cake filled with dark chocolate ganache topped with chocolate covered strawberries and covered in white chocolate plastique and small almond whipped cream clouds.


"Cute and bubbly cake". Vanilla cake filled with strawberry preserves.
"Tres chic cake". Chocolate cake filled with chocolate ganache and covered with pink and chocolate fondant.


"Classic elegance wedding cake". Vanilla cake filled with almond buttercream.



"Chocolate gift wrapped cake". Chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream and covered with chocolate fondant.


"Beautiful butterfly cake". Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream covered in white fondant and decorated with white chocolate butterflies.



"Father's day cake". Vanilla cake filled with blueberry preserves and "dressed up" in fondant.

Cupcakes!


Vanilla cupcakes with almond whipped cream and pirouline.


Chocolate fudge mini cupcakes topped with a creamy raspberry and mascarpone frosting and a fresh raspberry.


Chocolate fudge mini cupcakes with a creamy raspberry and mascarpone frosting decorated with a
little fondant flower.


 Little flower pots.Vanilla cupcakes with almond buttercream flowers.


 Flower cupcakes displayed on a cute princess stand.



Red velvet cupcakes topped with a white chocolate ganache frosting.



 Mini chocolate cupcakes with mint buttercream frosting.

 Dora cake and cupcakes. Black and white cupcakes with a vanilla swirl frosting.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Assorted pastries

 Mille feuille or Napoleon, is a crunchy and sweet combination of layers of puff pastry filled with creme pastissiere (pastry cream) and topped with almond creme chantilly (whipped cream) and fresh strawberries.
 Boughasha (baked cigar pastries) is an Egyptian dessert that consists of phyllo dough rolled up with walnuts and glazed with a delicious rose water syrup.
 Baklava is another arabic dessert. Claimed by the Lebanese, is it probably the most popular dessert in and outside of the arab countries conquered by the ottoman empire. Every arab country has their own variation, and this is my own. This one consists of phyllo dough filled with chopped pistachios and covered in a orange and cardamom syrup.
 Palmiers or elephant ears is a sweetened puff pastry rolled up and baked to create a crunchy, delicious and very portable dessert.
 Almond croissants. Crispy and sweet these tasty croissants are filled with creme d'amades (almond creme) and sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. Perfect for breakfast, brunch or just to munch!
 Apple galettes before hitting the oven.
 Apple galettes. Puff pastry  with a light frangipane spread and topped with fresh apple slices that caramelize to perfection once in the oven. One word: heavenly!

Mini eclairs and cream puffs.

 
Filled with pastry cream and covered with chocolate ganache.


Creme patissiere filling.


Blueberry pie with a touch of almonds.

Mini pithiviers.

Cheesecakes

 Mini New York cheesecakes. Light and creamy topped with cherries.
 Mini irish cream cheesecake, topped with a irish cream and chocolate ganache.
 Passion fruit cheesecake. Sweet, tart and delicious it is truly the best of both worlds!
Blueberry cheesecake. This cold (not baked) dessert is topped with homemade whipped cream and tons on fresh blueberries. I can't think of a better way to get your healthy dose of antioxidants ;)

Monday, June 20, 2011

Frangipane pear tart


Frangipane (or creme d'amandes) is a sweet almond cream that is just the perfect match for almost any fruit and the perfect filling for this wonderful tart. Topped with fresh anjou pear slices, this tart will satisfy the biggest almond lover's appetite.