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Happy Halloween!

10/31/2015

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This is one of my favorite custom cakes.  The client asked for something delicious and spooky for their Halloween party.  I went a little crazy with the modeling chocolate, but it was fun to attempt a realistic bones, especially in the hands.  The crispy peanut butter eyeballs take it over the top!
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We transform our super yummy mallo puffs into fuzzy tarantulas.  It takes a few steps, make the mallos, pipe the legs, spray with chocolate for the velvety texture, then add the eyes, but they are worth the effort!
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Speaking of eyeballs...
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These are handy when carving a jack-o-lantern!  Yeah, that's a bottle of Bushmills photo bombing my pumpkin pic.  Happy Halloween!
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The next big thing in wedding cakes - the croquembouche!

9/10/2015

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Cream puffs, filled with light vanilla mousse and coated with caramelized sugar, carefully stacked into a towering cone.  What's not to like?  I've made several croquembouches over the years, but recently, I've noticed a significant increase in requests for all sorts of events from weddings to baby showers.
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They can be contemporary, such as this tower filled with raspberry and rose mousse.

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