Posts Tagged ‘mousse’
La Maison du Chocolat: Transcendent Desserts by the Legendary Chocolatier Robert Linxe
Posted by Sweetthea
Master chocolatier Robert Linxe is famous for boxed chocolates; he has shops all over Paris and in New York. Naturally when I bought this book I thought I was getting some great recipes for chocolates – was I ever wrong! There is not a single recipe for any couverture chocolates in the book – pictures [...]
Hazelnut Cake with Wildflower Honey Frozen Mousse
Posted by Sweetthea
Brown butter hazelnut cake with wild flower honey frozen mousse, blackcurrant grand fir sorbet, marionberry compote and whipped crème freche.
Served at Sooke Harbour house March 24 2004.
-->Caramel and Chocolate Mousse tart
Posted by Thea Wilgress
Caramel & Chocolate Mousse tart with crispy chocolate pearls
Served at the Vancouver Club, February 2009
McEachern – Dowdall Wedding (photos by Angelo Cikes)
Posted by Sweetthea
Heather & Ross McEachern sent us kind words and great photos of their cake “–soooo yummy.” (thank you Heather!) The bottom tier was strawberry and vanilla mousse with vanilla cake , while the top two tiers are fake cake. They were married at the beautiful Hart House in September – what a lovely location! Congratulations [...]
2 Hazelnut additions to the dessert tray – banana mousse cups and a financier
Posted by Sweetthea
Last week at the Club I added two new desserts to the regular dessert tray., both using a little hazelnut.
Triple Chocolate Mousse
Posted by Thea Wilgress
Today I made this nice Triple Chocolate Mousse – layered dark, milk, and white Chocolate Mousse, garnished with White Chocolate straw and Valrhona cocoa.
I was a little uncertain about a step when creating the white chocolate nest, so I turned to the excellent book Chocolate Decorations – by Jean-Pierre Wybauw - to review his recipe, [...]
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 [...]
Happy Birthday Sidney!
Posted by Thea Wilgress
Today I made a Chocolate Marquis birthday cake for Sidney at the club – chocolate mousse and chocolate sponge cake, finished with a chocolate glaze and dark chocolate shavings. Happy birthday Sidney!
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