I was playing around the other day with some dessert ideas and put together my interpretation of Baba al rum. I made the baba bread, soaked it in a rum syrup, and broke it. Underneath is lightly sweetened ricotta mousse (the syrup is very sweet), and fig puree. I served it with fresh fig, vanilla …
Summer is finally here and I’m starting to play around with some ideas. Here is one I came up with this week inspired by floating island dessert. Its a plum focused dessert with a rosewater poached meringue, white sponge, and parmesan cream. The parmesan cream is encapsulated inside the ball of white chocolate and the …
A colleague of mine approached me to make a large 16” red velvet cake for his in-laws 50th wedding anniversary. I was well into 15hr work day when I snapped this photo, so it not the best but it will do.
This is a dessert are were running over the winter. It is a pistachio and star anise semi-freddo with almond brittle and a milk chocolate cremeux.
In an un-baking related topic… I GOT ENGAGED Anyone want to make my wedding cake?? hehe
I whipped this up the other day for a small dinner party. Its a buttermilk, white chocolate panna cotta with a blood orange and preserved lemon marmalade.
I did these cupcakes for a friend’s art gala debut (http://cinderswork.blogspot.com/). She wanted them bright and vibrant for her theme. Generally I am very much against using food coloring to this degree but it was her birthday and she asked nicely; and they turned out pretty (but I wouldn’t do it again, hehe)
So I was lying in bed one night and I had this idea to do a “guest-book” cake. Just covered in white fondant, allowed to harden up a bit overnight and then get my friends to write birthday wishes all over it, I’ve never been a big on birthday cards anyway. So I finally found …
My wonderful better half designed and printed business cards for me for valentine’s day this year. I just wanted to share them with you, I’m working on incorporating the brand into the site. Front Back
This is the other dessert I served to my colleague tonight. Lemon semi-freddo sitting on top of a coconut and pink peppercorn meringue, and mascarpone mousse, with a macerated blood orange slice. Orange marmalade paste and coconut sorbet.