Posts Tagged ‘ganache’

Vintage Lace Wedding Cake {London}

On December 20, 2012   /   Cake design, Home, Photography   /   Leave a comment
Lace wedding cake, London

So not long after saying I preferred the piped lace style, I have a bride who is in love with a cake by Cotton and crumbs, based on a design by Peggy Porschen. You still following me? Its an ivory cake with white lace applique, everyone loves white on white wedding cakes. Very romantic and very vintage. I tend to deliver cakes assembled, so this four tier was taken as is. No, I am way to feeble and out of shape to lift cakes like this. My hefty husband does my deliveries, sometimes alone, but today I decided to accompany

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Russian Nautical Cake

On December 17, 2012   /   Cake design, Photography   /   1 Comment
Wedding cake sketch

The last cake of 2012 had a Russian, nautical theme.  The beautiful bride was Russian and both her and her new husband are both keen sailors. Their wedding cermeony was even close to the River Thames! I drew up the sketch on the computer and let her make any corrections or modifications at the consultation. She added the swag piping and gold detailing which made it even more regal. The top and bottom tiers were Vanilla bean cake with berry Italian meringue and the middle tier was dark chocolate with a caramel Italian buttercream. The swags are piped by hand

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Truffles. What to do with left over ganache.

On December 12, 2012   /   Recipes   /   Leave a comment
Truffles

After ganaching a cake, I sometime have a bit left that I don’t want to throw away. Its usually only a few tablespoons so I make little home made truffles with them. Ganache also freezes very well and can sit at room temperature for a few days, or so I heard from a Chocolatier. A firm ganache is exactly what truffles are,  and if you use a good quality dark chocolate they’ll taste just as good (if not better) then what you can get from the shops. So when you have some firm 2:1 chocolate ganache left over, just scoop,

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How I flavour white chocolate ganache

On October 9, 2012   /   Cake design, Photography   /   6 Comments
Strawberry ganache cake

Look at that cute little thing! I think 6 inch cakes are my favourite size cake. Add some pink and chocolate to the mix, and its a sure fire way to get me cakexcited (like what I did there?). This is a rich chocolate cake, filled with strawberry Italian meringue buttercream and covered in strawberry ganache. I use a white chocolate ganache for all my cakes that aren’t chocolate cakes, or that don’t have a chocolate/ganache filling. This was the first time flavouring my ganache, though I’ve thought about it in the past. I imagine dry flavours like coffee or

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