Red Velvet

A classic red velvet cake with decadent vanilla cream cheese icing.

Cherry Blossoms and Tea

There's something about cherry blossoms that's always so cheerful and bright. The pink hues and fluttery petals; maybe makes the heart go aflutter too?

Fitting well with the high tea, this was the strawberry coconut cake covered in a beautiful blue green and adorned with cherry blossoms in various pinks. A little bit of lustre dust gave it that extra girly softness. I had extra flowers so I scattered them across the cake stand and was beautiful.

Lychee, Rose, Raspberry

Pierre Herme's signature "Ispahan" is the combination of lychee, rose, and raspberry put together to make a delicious dessert. This is my take on that. It has an almond feuilletine base, rose soaked sponge, lychee rose jelly, and raspberry mousse. Topped with a raspberry glaze and fresh fruit with a bit of rose chantilly and rosebuds.


Below is the lychee rose jelly. I steeped the rose petals in simple syrup, added chopped lychees and threw in some crushed freeze dried raspberries for some added color. This was delicious!

Raspberry

It's been a while and I haven't really been focused lately so today I baked. Baking always helps me get my mind off of things, focus on the baking at hand. It helps me unwind and is way more practical and productive than just sitting on the couch, watching tv.

I made teeny tiny raspberry tartlets filled with vanilla pastry cream and decorated with freeze dried apricots. I also made some chinese coconut buns and worked on some fondant flowers but I'll put pictures and recipes up later for those. I just love these adorable tartlets. Definitely a one-biter but it's quite a bite!