Shining Star Banquet

These are photos form a special banquet we did. I was incharge of all of the desserts. It turned out really great. It was star themed, so that is why there are a lot of stars on everything. 

White chocolate ganache tart with an orange mousse on top

Chocolate sacher cake layer with raspberry ganache

Caramel ganache tart with caramel mousse pyramid on top

Milk chocolate raspberry mousse tart

Lemon Panna cotta with raspberry gelee on top

White chocolate Banana ganache layered with chocolate sacher 

Peach spice verrine 

Lemon raspberry tart 

Key lime tart

Brownies and chocolate mousse cups

Milk chocolate coconut verrines

Chocolate mousse cups 

Mini fruit tarts

Mini bread pudding

Macaroons

Carrot cake torte 

Almond mousse torte 

Sugar Demonstration

We had Chef Ewald Notter come and teach some sugar techniques and work in our kitchen. He is a world famous pastry chef known for his sugar work. These are photos from the pieces that he did in our kitchen. 

Menu Tasting

Tiramisu

A neopolitan style torte. Chocolate cake, strawberry cheesecake, and white chocolate mousse

Bourbon pecan tart with caramel mousse

These are three desserts that were from a menu tasting I did last week. 

Cheesecake Tasting

These were the two dessert options from a tasting that we did for an upcoming banquet. 

White Chocolate Raspberry Duo

This was a dessert that I came up with for a special event that was a cooking demonstration. It is a white chocolate raspberry bread pudding on the left, and a white chocolate mousse cylinder with a raspberry center on the right. 

Valentines Amenity

This was an amenity we did for a valentines special. 

Blood Orange Milk Chocolate Torte

This is a Blood Orange Milk Chocolate torte. I came up with it for a VIP dinner. The torte is chocolate chiffon, milk chocolate ganache, milk chocolate mousse and blood orange mousse. The little savarin is blood orange mousse on a chocolate sucree base, with a milk chocolate ganache center. The theme of the dinner was stars, that is why there are lots of star components.