Matcha and Azuki

This matcha azuki cake was made for a friend's mother's birthday. An almond joconde band surrounding matcha white chocolate mousse. Inside was a light matcha chiffon and cooked azuki beans. A thin layer of gelle on top before the cascade of chocolate curls and ribbons and cubes of yokan (a firm jelly made with agar) made from azuki bean paste and matcha. I love the color contrast and the different textures and heights make it really interesting.

Sonic the Hedgehog Cake

Here's a scene from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game. Tons of gold rings spinning around the striped grass with it's signature checkered backdrop. The client had small Sonic figurines and this was the perfect platform for it.

Suitcases

 

These two cakes were for a client that had traveled the world and loved all the memories that came with it. I thought these antique "suitcase" cakes would work really well  with travel stickers of all the places she's been to. As you can see, it's a lot of stickers but it definitely made the cakes stand out against the antique brown.

A Big Favor

This was an order from a friend who's sister was getting married the next day. I got the call at 2pm and made it as a huge favor to her. On a tight budget as well, I put this together that night and have to say that I quite like it. Simple but still very romantic. Lucky for her she called on my day off!

Mango Fruit Mousse Garden

A very large mango mousse cake. Mangoes aren't really in season right now so I bumped it up with some dragonfruit and berries for some nice balance and visual contrast. I call it a garden because the decor seems to flow very naturally and it looks as if it's "growing" with the chocolate sticking out and the fruit popping.

Mooncake Time!

 Mid-autumn festival is coming up so I thought I'd try my hand at making mooncakes for the first time. I made the traditional baked kind with the salted duck yolk and lotus seed paste, and the snowskin ones with different flavored fillings.

My first attempt with the traditional ones didn't turn out too well. The dough around the outside was too thick and ended up sliding down the sides during the baking and having a really thick base. These are part of the second batch with a super thin dough on the outside. I think the turned out pretty well!

Unbaked traditional ones up above.











These were the snowskin ones made with cooked glutinous rice flour. Clockwise from the top left hand side is: purple yam, matcha, chestnut, and black sesame

Pretty In Pink Macarons

Raspberry macarons topped off with pink fondant flowers.

Savoury Corn Panna Cotta

This is a great little appetizer for the summer while corn is in season. Corn panna cotta on the bottom with avocado wrapped shrimp corn salad, and sauteed corn. I steeped the corn kernels with milk and cream and blended and strained the mixture for the base and mixed it with gelatin to set. The salad was just cooked corn and chopped shrimp tossed with a light dressing and a bit of tabasco. Smoked maldon salt to garnish.

The Farm

This farm cake is a dark chocolate cake filled with peanut butter icing and peanut butter ganache. The fat chickens here are probably my favourite animals on this cake.

Cookie Monster

A very large Cookie Monster cake for a very lucky boy!