Posts Tagged ‘ganache’
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 [...]
Irazu and Juan-Carlos’ ‘Sailboat’ Wedding Cake
Posted by Sweetthea
Irazu marries Juan-Carlos
August 16, 2009
location: Brock House Restaurant, Vancouver (where is that?)
Chocolate Ganache, with passionfruit middle tier
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 [...]
Lemon Eucalyptus Poached Pear with Dacquoise & Cake
Posted by Sweetthea
Lemon eucalyptus poached pear with toasted hazelnut dacquoise and dark chocolate granache cake, a chocolate and rosemary cream filled flute, a pear and mint puree, and crème anglais.
Served at Sooke Harbour house Tuesday September 30 2003.
Konfekt aus der Schweiz (Confectionary from Switzerland)
Posted by Sweetthea
My mentor, George Wagner, has recently given me this traditional book about mini-sweets; I have not yet had much opportunity to study it.
Petit fours generally come in two types, ‘glace’ or ‘frais’, which are cream-filled or iced; and ’sec’, which are dry – small cookies, tuiles, Palmiers, meringues, macaroons, for example. This book, printed in [...]
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