Saturday, October 28, 2006

More cakes


Dacquoise cake- layers of cripsy baked meringue with coffee buttercream.

Chocolate Ganache cake- layers of chocolate genoise soaked with mirabelle brandy-spiked simple syrup with whipped ganache filling and crumb coat, and chocolate glaze, topped with candied rose petals

Candied rose petals

Marjolaine- some guy a long time ago came up with this for his girlfriend. It's a layer of chocolate genoise, a layer of ganache, a layer of genoise, a layer of creme d'or (chocolate folded into whipped cream), a layer of dacquoise, a layer of praline buttercream, a layer of dacquoise, a layer of whipped cream, a layer of dacquoise, topped with praline buttercream and chocolate glaze, garnished with hazelnuts. She must have been VERY high maintenance!