beckyAs an artist and designer, I especially love cake and cookie decorating. While bread baking and pizza making are fun (and delicious!), I’ll always have a special affinity for pastry-related projects which allow me to …
Chocolate, Coffee, and Passionfruit Entremet
Last week I created a beautiful passionfruit, coffee, and chocolate entremet cake with a handmade tempered chocolate rose. An entremet is a layered cake dessert containing various contrasting components. The best thing about an entremet? …
Autumn Pear Entremet Cake
One of my latest creations is this autumn pear entremet cake. Built inside a metal ring, entremets (layered mousse cakes) feature a variety of contrasting components. This combination creates the experience of tasting multiple flavors …
Welcoming summer with a fondant cake!
Earlier this week, I made a beach-themed fondant cake to welcome the summer season. This cake was specially requested by (and designed for) my nephews to mark the end of their less-than-traditional school year. I …
Sugar Hydrangea Class at Julia Fedorova Cakes
I recently attended an amazing sugar hydrangea course at Julia Fedorova Cakes in New York City. I’ve worked with pulled and blown sugar in the past, but gumpaste flowers are a completely different type of …