by | Apr 20, 2011 | Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries
Un Panier de Croissants.. A Basket of Croissants With Mother’s Day just around the corner Sydney and I have had numerous request to teach a class on Pâte à Croissants (Croissant dough). To be honest I was not ecstatic at the thought of conducting a culinary...
by | Apr 13, 2011 | Cakes, Home, Mousse Cakes
Framboise Double Chocolate Charlotte I can hardly believe it is already the second week of April. Springtime in Colorado is a unique experience, you can ski in the morning and golf in the afternoon. Two days ago the temperature was 24 degrees C/ 74 degrees F, today...
by | Apr 6, 2011 | Cookies and brownies, Home
Lemon Meringue Spoons!! Time flies by so quickly, it has already been over year since Sydney and I took our mother-daughter vacation to Paris. Its April, the first week has almost past, and Easter is just around the corner. Speaking of Easter Sydney and I have been...
by | Apr 5, 2011 | Home, Mousses and Pudding, Pastries and Viennoiseries
“Wow” your family for Passover Dinner and/or Easter Sunday brunch – serve sweet and savory treats with your own handmade puff pastry, or substitute rice flour for the pastry flour and serve the same sweet and savory treats for Gluten free guests! Puff pastry can be...
by | Mar 30, 2011 | Home, Mousse Cakes, Pastries and Viennoiseries, Recipes
A Pastry Designed for Sydney I had originally planned to write only about la pâte feuilletée (the puff pastry), but changed my mind when I saw the finished result of our Pâte d’Amande Gâteau Mousse Blanc. I am giving you a heads up this will be a long post with...
by | Mar 16, 2011 | Cakes, Home, Mousse Cakes, Pastries and Viennoiseries
The Triplets of Yumminess! I was lost in thought reminiscing with my memories of the trip Sydney and I took to Paris, France, when I realized it was just about the anniversary date of that prodigious trip. France, it self is a magical place, but that particular trip...
by | Mar 9, 2011 | Cakes, Home, Mousse Cakes
In The Pink: Pink Passion Cake These wonderful cakes were Sydney’s creation, we have a friend/customer each year who hosts a Mardi Gras party, and this year she asked us if we would design the desserts. (she has always wanted to go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras)...
by | Mar 5, 2011 | Home, Mousse Cakes, Pastries and Viennoiseries
My Chocolate friends are waiting I’m always the last dressed and ready! All Dressed Up Since every year my Oscar invitation seems to get lost in the mail, rather then sitting around and sulking I implemented my own Oscar bash about 10 years ago! I am sure...