Posts Tagged ‘espresso’
Fall Small Sweets dessert buffet by Thea
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 [...]
Dark Chocolate and Espresso Terrine
Posted by Sweetthea
A baked dark chocolate and espresso terrine with a Grand Fir scented, Bing cherry compote; caramelized pineapple and sage ice cream, a pear and anise puree, and a clear caramel glaze
Served at Sooke Harbour house Friday August 15 2003
Chocolate Truffles
Posted by Sweetthea
The French like to give away Chocolate Truffles during Christmas – what a sweet tradition! Often served with coffee, truffles are simply balls of chocolate (melted with varying amounts of egg, butter, cream or sugar) that are coated with chocolate or rolled in cocoa powder. This base mixture can be used for many different flavor [...]
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Opera Cake
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 [...]
4 Tarts and a Mousse Cake
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 [...]
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