Before I get to the details of this cool minty mousse cake, I'd like to introduce you to someone. This is my friend, Morgan. She's pretty much my favorite photographer in all the land. She makes me look cute in pictures. Trust me -I don't always look cute in pictures.
My favorite part of making a yule log cake has always been the adornments - bark made from chocolate pieces, powdered sugar snow, almond pine cones and above all - meringue mushrooms. Since I've been using meringue mushrooms this year in other less traditional ways (see here and here), I decided that this cake didn't need them.
I've been having disorganized pantry shame for a few months now, so last Friday I decided to do something about it. I went in armed with a roll of garbage bags and an indiscriminate attitude (let's get rid of it all!), but soon found that my pantry was more like an archaeological dig into the past two years of my life.
If these little party cakes look familiar, it's because they were inspired by this sprinkle cake I made a few years ago. The minute I spotted Birthday Cake Oreos (!) at the grocery store, I knew they were destined to crown little chocolate sprinkle cakes. I baked one inside each cake, too!
About a month ago I received an email from a California based green-tea company. In the letter I was very kindly asked if I would share my Matcha Biscotti recipe and photos for their monthly newsletter. Of course I said "heck yeah!" with Napoleonic (Dynamite) enthusiasm.
I guess you could say this is a recipe revisited. This past January I discovered and made " Tiramisushi", the brain-child of Elizabeth Faulkner, pastry chef and author of the unconventional cookbook Demolition Desserts. At the time, everything on my "to bake" list became questionable next to Tiramisushi, which was penned at the top and underlined three times.
I've been finding a lot of inspiration at the candy store lately. There's something so wonderful about all those bins of colorful candies - jawbreakers, gummybears and jelly beans (and etcetera) - just looking at them makes me feel happy and energetic. (Or maybe I'm just having a sugar rush.
This cake started out innocently enough with three brownie layers and a jar of Biscoff spread, but something happened along the way; namely the discovery of an unopened jar of Nutella in the back of the pantry. At first I felt like using these two European spreads in the same cake would be crazy (like the Ghostbusters crossing streams? Mass hysteria?
Can you believe March is only a few days away? That means St. Paddy's day is not far behind. I'm all for starting the celebration early, so let the baking of green treats begin! While shopping at the market last week I spotted some of the greenest pistachios I've ever seen!
I'm so excited to be sharing a special cake recipe on the brand new Etsy Wedding Blog ! Ever thought about attempting your own wedding cake? Whether you're DIY-ing it for yourself, a friend or family member, this post gives you a complete comprehensive guide to a delicious butter cake that serves 75.