Dessertzilla

Marbled Cheesecake

Something about this dessert stops people in their tracks. I hotel wrapped this sucker and walked home my normal half mile route to quickly change and go out for a drink with a friend. On my way, people would not look at me rather they looked at the cheesecake. Later that night I brought a few slices out to the bar to give my pal and the guys could not stop looking at our cheesecake. Nice guy, we chatted for a bit. I guess what I learned is that the only thing you really need to pick up guys in San Francisco is a slice of cheesecake.

Chocolate Mousse in a Florentine cup with Vanilla Tuile

Fancy! This was created in the above photo. We are working with multiple products that have to be shaped immediately out of the oven. My fingers are getting tough! Soon I will be able to pick up pans with my bare hands!

Bread Pudding with Hard Sauce

Hard sauce may be my new favorite sauce. Butter, confectioners sugar, and booze. It melts down hot desserts and creates a wonderful aroma, not to mention taste. I see this sauce being made a good deal in my future. Also what is nice about is that I can easily veganize it! So many things we make are pains to veganize. Actually, now that I think about it, I could veganize the bread pudding thanks to soy milk, creamer, and nutritional yeast. Hmm. . . .

Chocolate and Passion fruit Mousse wrapped in a Ribbon Sponge

For some reason, Blogger makes it incredibly difficult to organize the order of photos in the posts. I usually spend 20 mins re arranging photos and 10 typing about them. Today, I did not organize photos because I realized chronological order matters to only myself. This was made a pretty long time ago but really if I hadn't said anything you would not have known. I got to use a ring mold and strips of acetate which appealed to my former art student self. Fun stuff here!

Porcupines...

So I think these guys look more like a Moose than a porcupine. It's up for debate. Inside are rum balls with almonds stuck in and then dipped in coating compound. Pretty cute and I liked playing with the detail.

Rustic Plum and Berry Tart

This is something I will make again, again, and again. Incredible! Easy! Tasty! And look, fruit so it's healthy! I won't tell you what went into the crust.

Goat Cheese Cheesecake

We used a very mild cheese so you really only get the flavor as you are swallowing the creamy goodness. Why I was instructed to plate the piece of cheesecake standing on end . . . well because it is nonsense. Whimsical yes, but I fear it would fall over while being brought to a table. Still, tasty and I could see this being made again.