Nov 10
Posted by Sweetthea
Some lucky guests to a private party in Tsawwassen this weekend were treated to a small sweets Fall Dessert Buffet created by Thea!
These are the delicious goodies they were able to sample, hand-created by Thea herself:
Dark Chocolate dipped Strawberries
drizzled with white chocolate
Raspberry Truffle Tartlet
Sweet tart shells filled with dark chocolate ganache and topped with fresh [...]
Tags: almond, almond slice, candied walnuts, cardamom, cheesecake, dark chocolate, espresso, ganache, honey caramel, lemon curd, lemon tart, lemon zest, marshmallows, mocha buttercream, opera cake, profiteroles, pumpkin, raspberry truffle, strawberries, tartlet, vanilla cream, white chocolate
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Sep 01
Posted by Sweetthea
Base tier is mocha almond, middle tier is lemonberry, top tier is chocolate chiffon.
Tags: almond, Brock House, chocolate chiffon, Lemonberry, mocha, Wedding Cake
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Aug 28
Posted by Sweetthea
Josephine & Frank booked Victoria photographer C.J. Scott well over a year before their wedding. They knew they could trust her with their most important day – so you know we were pleased when C.J. forwarded these lovely photos to us!
Tags: almond, c.j. scott, chocolate ganache, fake cake, Lemonberry, macaroons, Vancouver Club, vanilla buttercream, Wedding Cake
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Jul 07
Posted by Thea Wilgress
I created this for the fine dining room at the Club. Opera cake (gateau l’Opera) is a very traditional Parisian cake, named for the Opéra national de Paris, and been a known pastry since sometime in the late 1700’s, when chocolate was introduced to France.
Almond cake soaked with espresso syrup, layered with coffee butter cream [...]
Tags: almond, chocolate, coffee, espresso, ganache, opera, Vancouver Club
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Jun 02
Posted by Thea Wilgress
This is a lovely dessert I recently served – an almond cake with apricot bavarian cream and Italian muscat jelly. Pictured here with with a Raspberry Financier and a Caramel & Chocolate Mousse tart.
Tags: almond, apricot, bavarian cream, caramel, chocolate, financier, muscat, raspberry, tart, Vancouver Club
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Apr 03
Posted by Thea Wilgress
Just whipped these up – Raspberry Financier Cake with vanilla Bavarian cream, fresh raspberries, and raspberry paper, and some Almond Coconut macaroons. Yum!
Tags: almond, bavarian cream, coconut, macaroon, raspberry
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Mar 05
Posted by Thea Wilgress
Today I created 5 desserts for the Club’s regular dessert tray – this is how they looked in the kitchen, before they were plated. This is my first try at photoing pastries in a commercial kitchen under bad lighting – sorry about the quality, I am sure a little practice will improve my photos!
MAPLE [...]
Tags: almond, apple, apricot glaze, blackberries, chocolate, espresso, lemon, maple, marzipan, mousse, pecan, pistachio, raspberries, streusel, tart, Vancouver Club
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