Category Archives: Dessert

Chai infused creme anglaise made into ice cream!

Orange pound cake covered with a very intense orange-ginger glaze. Tastes better when eaten out in the ocean!

Banana genoise made into layers imbibed with caramel, banana purée in the middle and milk chocolate, heavy cream and cognac icing. The little one’s were for my niece (sans cognac). The assembly and handwriting are from Dan, hence the poor … Continue reading →

Lemon pound cake with lemon glaze, tart and yummy!  

For this one I added some pictures of the “making-of” below.  Tart crust with apple mixture in middle and sliced apples on top.

Left over tart crust filled with freshly made pastry cream and lots of little Maine blueberries on top!

Apricot sourdough and multigrain bread pudding with ripe bananas, cognac, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and a rich caramel. Made with skim milk and whole eggs, no additional sugar added.

Maine’s finest sweet strawberries from the father of the groom. Genoise cake imbibed with strawberry liquor syrup, middle layer of mousseline cream with vanilla and a little strawberry liquor. Strawberry puree and glaze. White chocolate disks for decoration.

Cake bits from wedding cake (classic genoise) – imbibed with strawberry liquer syrup… light mousseline cream… blueberries, raspberries, strawberries

Strawberry liquor and syrup imbibed vanilla genoise sponge cake, mousseline cream (pastry cream with butter), strawberries, and a layer of strawberry puree on top. Decorations of mint leaves and strawberries. This is a test cake for a wedding. We’ll hopefully be … Continue reading →