Palmiers

Palmiers are crispy, sugary, flaky pastries made of homemade puff pastry rolled in sugar, then rolled thin and formed into the signature "palm leaf" shape.

Twix Cake

This cake has four layers of rich vanilla buttermilk cake, filled with caramel Swiss meringue buttercream and chopped twix candy bars. The outside is frosted with dark chocolate ganache, topped with caramel, and garnished with more twix bars. 

Chocolate and Dulce de Leche Swirl Cake

I've been wanting to do a swirled frosting cake for a while. Four layers of vanilla almond buttermilk cake filled with swirled chocolate ganache and dulce de Leche buttercream. It makes a beautiful effect, and tastes so delicious!

Kouign Amann

These pastries, pronounced koo-WEEN ah-MON, are from Brittany, France. Croissant dough is coated with sugar, folded into the special flower shape, and baked in pastry rings. The result is a rich, buttery, flaky, caramelized confection that is wonderfully delicious. 

Blood Orange Tart

Blood oranges are in season right now, and they're definitely worth seeking out. With their deep red flesh, they are so dramatic. Their flavor is just like a normal orange, with a hint of pomegranate. This tart has a pate brisee crust, filled with vanilla bean pastry cream, topped with segments of blood orange and glazed with a blood orange caramel. Truly unique and delicious. 

Chocolate Strawberry Cake

For this cake, I wanted to try the "naked" style, but make it look elegant instead of how it usually looks - unfinished and rough. Three layers of strawberry cake each edged in dark chocolate ganache, then filled with strawberry milk chocolate ganache. Then it is drizzled with strawberry reduction. It truly tastes like a chocolate dipped strawberry in cake form. 

Pink and Gold Anniversary Cake

This cake was for my mother and father in law's 50th wedding anniversary. The bottom tier was my mother in law's favorite: chocolate cake with milk chocolate frosting. The middle tier was vanilla buttermilk cake with salted caramel French buttercream, and the top tier was red velvet cake with raspberry cream cheese frosting. 

All three tiers were covered in a shiny chocolate ganache glaze, then decorated with ribbon, lace, and sculpted gumpaste flowers.