Tuesday, May 25, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Finger dessert tasting




We had some great meetings this week and got the chance to make some cute little finger desserts and confections for a tasting with one of our lovely brides.

I am enjoying the process of putting this dessert table together, because we get to play with many ingredients and create all of it from scratch. Some of the yummy goodies we are planning on are meringue shells, vanilla and hazelnut, both topped with a fruit whipped cream, Lace cookie and cream rolls, eclairs, crunchy and creamy profiteroles, chocolate coated almond Florentine cookies, Hazelnut-chocolate meringue kisses, Hazelnut cream tartlets, Nougat and chocolate nougat, Mango and mixed berry fruit jellies, multicolored macaroons and more...

Check back in August for pictures of the final product!
Saturday, May 22, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Last few weeks


It has been a couple of very busy weeks. We have been traveling, for educational purposes of course! more of that later, and taking care of some great customers with meeting for weddings and some graduation goodies for high school and college.
Today i am finally caught up with emails, phone calls, contract writing and now getting back to my lovely blog.

I had the pleasure to go to the Notter School of Pastry arts in Orlando Florida to study with one of the best pastry chefs in the world, Stephane Glacier.

Mr. Glacier is a world pastry champion, has coached teams for competitions and holds the MOF tittle (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) which is the highest recognitions to craftsmanship in France. He also owns a pastry shop in Colombes, France.

The class was a blast and i would have love to stay a lot longer. Some of the most interesting parts of the class were the chemistry behind sugar work and how to apply those concepts to understand why certain technique or recipe isn't working and how to fix it. Extremely helpful information when trying to recreate any sugar confection or baked good at high altitude with a very dry atmosphere.
I am now confident to offer to our clients confections such Pate fruit (fruit jellies), Nougats, Marshmallows, Caramels, Nougatine, and much more. These are perfect as edible favors for weddings, or as part of a dessert table or a simple afternoon tea!





Thursday, May 20, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Dream wedding

We are part of an amazing Dream wedding giveaway sponsor by Vows and Fox 31/W2. Each one of the vendors of Vows is donating their product/services to make this couples wedding a great success.
Teacup, fine baked goods and confections is donating the wedding cake. This week we feature 3 different designs for the viewers to choose from based on the information we picked up at our tasting with the lucky couple.
Here are the 3 choices



You can visit the Vows website to vote for your favorite. The winner design will be announced on Monday on W2 at 10 am -Everyday show.
Friday, April 30, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Colorado Cakes!


We had a great time yesterday driving to Estes Park for a wedding cake delivery, the scenery was spectacular. It had just snowed that morning and the sun was out drying the roads. The trees were white, the sky was blue and near the road beautiful wildlife. We saw big horn sheep and little dear.
We got to our destination without a problem, with a 4 tier pale yellow cake with bright orange sugar Japanese lanterns


The cake flavors were Marble with chocolate whipped ganache and chocolate french buttercream, as well as, Pistachio lovers cake - the bride's favorite.
Thank you Angie and Justin for letting us be part of your lovely day.
Also, Joyce from La Vie la Gage events for trusting us with her clients desires, and can't wait to see Kim Nodurft's pictures.
Monday, April 26, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Cupcake week!



It is kind of funny to see how each week seems to have a theme, this week's is cupcakes!
We had all sorts of cupcake flavor orders including:
- German chocolate, Coconut chocolate, Classic vanilla bean cream, Vanilla-chocolate, Devil's food, Carrot, lemon-raspberry and more...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Chocolates, Yum!

We have been playing with chocolate all day and got to make, and eat, some pretty yummy variations
I personally find chocolate making relaxing. You have to take your time with it, if you don't it will let you know who is the boss, not you.
We made a few different ganaches, like coffee, raspberry, caramel and good old fashion dark chocolate. Then we used colored cocoa butter to hand-paint some designs on the molds before casting them with some tempered chocolate. One very important tip is to make sure you have a well calibrated thermometer, it can ruin the look of your chocolates if it is giving you the wrong temperature



After casting the molds we filled them up with the ganache and finish them up with another coating of chocolate
I love this next step, tapping them of their mold! You get to see your efforts turned into pretty little morsels that taste awesome



These chocolates are for one of our lovely brides for this weekend wedding. She is putting them in little boxes as favors with their logo. Cute!
Friday, April 23, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Ahhh, Sugar flowers!



I love this time of the year, i get to play around with sugar paste and create beautiful blooms for our upcoming weddings.
My latest pick is the "Queen of Denmark" rose, filled with tight petals, it is romantic and very different from our beloved garden rose. Ahhh! Spring such an inspirational time
Thursday, April 22, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Beauty and Budget

At Vows we are having a free event "Beauty and Budget"
Kerri Butler and the team of A touch of bliss are going to teach you how to weigh your priorities to help keep your budget in check.
The second part of this event is Beauty, and we have the experts to help you look your best on your wedding day. Janine with Makeup by Janine will be chatting with you about your skin, your favorite looks and how to achieve them
Janine has been published in the Knot magazine and in Brides Magazine with beauty and makeup tips.
Come down to Vows, 1810 Blake St Denver, May 4 at 6pm.
We look forward to seeing you.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Composting made easy!



I am thrilled with our new acquisition, an easier to tumble composter. Definitely, easier then the patch of stuff in your garden that attracts the oh so loved squirrels, grrr.
This beauty is up in the air helped by two big support "legs" and it is tumble friendly.

We started this batch with a big bag of dried leaves we had saved from the fall, and slowly add natural mater to help it breakdown into compost. Using the leaves helps to keep the batch from going stinky . I am definitely not an expert but i do love the fact that i can put all our eggshells, tea bags, coffee ground, fruit and vegetable discards (no animal products please) into this and in a few months will have compost that my garden will love.

Click here and here to see some professional advice if you are interested in learning more about composting
Saturday, April 3, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Tastings, tastings and more tastings...



We have been busy busy with lots of tasting for the upcoming wedding season. It is promising to be very eclectic and full of fun ideas. We are having everything from Pie bars (yum), to all mini dessert displays, cupcake towers and of course beautiful wedding cakes, Love it!! Some are more intricate then others but all are inspirational and fun, fun, fun!!!
Here are some pictures of our latest ones.


French macarons

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