Back at the end of April (oh boy, I'm behind) my good friend Katherine (Kay) turned 21, quite a step up from 20, so I felt that I would really have to try and top the cake I made for her last year, a citrus-flavored yellow butter cake filled with lemon curd, raspberries and whipped cream and covered with a white chocolate ganache. Yes, it was delicious.
This year, as you can see, I went a slightly darker route. I went with Ina Garten's chocolate cake and a delicious frosting from "Hey, that tastes good!", a cocoa and espresso mascarpone whipped cream.
I took my inspiration from Kay's recent world travels- she was studying in Bologna, Italy last semester when I was in Barcelona...
cioccolato -- When she visited Barcelona, Kay brought me these exceptional artisan chocolates shaped and painted as lifelike baking tools that she found at the chocolate festival that had recently taken over Bologna.espresso -- Kay and I both brought back our own Moka pots from Europe.
mascarpone -- Tiramisù. 'nuff said.
Delicioso.
2 comments:
Hi! I stumbled upon your blog, and I have to say, your baking looks pretty amazing. That Pie! The layered cookies! Have you thought about selling your wares on Etsy?
Thanks, Jayne! I've never heard of Etsy before- really cool! Do you sell anything on there?
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