Steamed Red Bean Buns

Sweet Steamed buns stuffed with Red Bean. A died pink for some extra TLC.

 

Hot Chocolate Meringue Cake

Whipped Cream sandwiched between to spicy chocolate meringues, then dusted with cocoa powder.

Spiced Hot Chocolate Meringue

Movember Cookies

 My Movember sugar cookies. Since I can't grow a stache of my own, here is my contribution

 

 Vanilla sugar cookies with chocolate cookie mustaches.

I tried to make them all different with unique musatches

Season of Chocolate

It's that season again!. Time for hot chocolate, cookies and holiday weight gain!

Movember Cookies

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Brown Butter Cake

A brown butter cake base, with cream lemon zested cream cheese topping, Finished off with strawberry sauce.

Brown Butter Cake

Matcha, Green Tea Cheesecake

Green Tea cheesecake.

This cake is super light, super creamy and has a marshmallow like texture.

I would love to try this again with maybe more layers.

Green Tea Cheescake

 Green Tea Cheesecake

 

I drew this picture some time ago, and since then I've decided to change the shape from one round cake to small individual squares. I only have about 15 items left to make in my baking experiments. Soon I'm going to re-arrange my menu and start my cake portfolio.

Chocolate moulding experiments

This is my work station while attempting to make white chocolate, with hazelnut cream filling.

Earl Grey Chocolate Mousse Cake

The mousse is made with cream of earl grey tea. with a middle layer of white chocolate cream and cashews.

A dark chocolate brownie on the bottom.

This cake is very creamy and extremely decadent, and tastes sort of like a latte.

The whole cake is finished  off with dark chocolate medallions and white chocolate flowers.

The Yeti Farm Creative Cupcake

Inspired by The Yeti Farm Creative

 

The cupcake has a chocolate caramel cake, and is topped with coconut butter cream frosting.

 Just getting ready for some winter baking!

The Yeti Farm Creative Cupcake

Something a bit different 5

Earl Grey Mousse Cake

This tea inspired mousse cake is going to be my experiment for this week. I'm going for clean, even layers, starting with a rich chocolate brownie layer on the bottom, Vanilla and pecan cream filling, and velvety smooth earl grey mousse.

Classic Apple Pie

Apple Pie with Flaky Crust.

Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake

I've been dying to make this recipe since this time last year.

 This pumpkin Cheesecake is creamy and spicy.

Served Chilled with fresh whipped cream.

Something a Bit Different 4

 

Classic Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream

 

Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake

Red Velvet Macarons

Red Velvet Macarons

The cookies are vanilla and chocolate

The icing is a cream cheese butter cream

Some of my most successful macarons yet.

Somthing a little different 3

Red Velvet Macarons

Creme Brulee

I made Creme Brulee! I bought a torch the a couple weeks ago and I've being dying to bust it out.

This is just a basic vanilla Creme Brulee

The hardest part about making these, is waiting for them to set and cool in the fridge.

Something a bit different 2.

Next on the baking plan is my first attempt at creme brulee.

I just need ti get some fuel for my torch and I'll get crackin'

I super rushed this drawing. It seems I only have the attention span, to do one at a time

Vanilla Angel Food Cake

First of all let me apologize for my poor pictures. I haven't set up a spot yet to take blog pictures.

This is my first attempt at an angel food cake. Overall it when according to plan an tastes great. 

I left it upside down, and it almost came out of the pan to easily because the side collapsed a little bit.

Oh well has long as it turned out tasty I'm happy. Hopefully I'll get a chance to take a picture tomorrow of a slice with the whipped cream on top!

The Recipe!

Something A Little Different

Since moving to B.C. I defiantly have less friends to pawn my desserts off on. So until I can finish the half eaten coffee cake sitting on my counter, my baking will be on hold.

I started doodling  pictures of the next couple things I intend on baking.

Let's see how long I can keep up the pattern of drawing, followed by pictures of the actual baked item.

First up is an angel food cake.

I've never made one before, so this will be an experiment. The plan is to make a vanilla angel food cake with an orange cream on the side.

Hopefully the post following this one will be of the actual angel food cake.

Simple Coffee Cake

It's the first time I'm pre-heating my oven in the beautiful Kelowna B.C.!

I found a 3$ bundt pan at the dollar store and decided to take it for a spin.

So here is a simple cinnamon coffee cake from Allrecipes.com

 

I promise a longer and more in depth post next time.!

mmm...cake!

Baby Powder is Relocating!

No cake pictures?

That is because... I am relocating to beautiful British Columbia. That's right, from GTA cross country in just a few weeks.

I am realizing now that buying what I thought, was a life time supply of flour and vanilla extract, may not have been the best idea. I am struggling to make anything to use up what I have left without purchasing new ingredients.

No one seems to like the idea of whole wheat flour seaweed cakes.


But don't despair!

I will pick up mid September and will continue to take orders and commissions.  So i

f you live in the Okanagan area you are in luck!

I am sad to leave my old clients behind (like Michelle), I look forward to making new ones. So please browse my pricing list, or email me at laura.dalimonte@gmail.com with any questions.

...I can't resist a parting cupcake shot.

Durian Cake and Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes

 Durian Cream Cake with creamy whipped icing.

Not being a fan of durian myself I would have never attempted this cake unless someone ordered it specifically. The fruit itself has a such a strong odor that every time I opened the refrigerator, I could smell the cake through its container. But it seems like those who love it, really love it, and don't mind subjecting their friends to its pungent smell.

However the cake did turn out stunningly tall and sturdy, and the cream went on smoothly. I even started thinking I wanted to try a slice.

Along with the cake was an order for half a dozen chocolate, green tea cupcakes. These turned out pretty tasty. I made my regular chocolate cupcake recipe and put in a tablespoon of matcha powder into the batter. Then made a matcha  butter cream, by heating up the milk, sugar and matcha powder and  letting cool, before stirring in the butter. ( And a little food dye because it was sort of, "off brown")

 

I love the look of this cake. I'll defiantly have to try it again with a flavour I'm fond of.