Bakes of Yore: Team Buttercream.

by Katharina // May 27, 2014 // 4 Comments

Alright, guys. Let’s talk buttercream vs. fondant for a minute. Fondant gets a lot of hate. To a degree, I completely understand this. The truth is that MOST fondant brands taste objectively terrible. Note I said most, and not all.... Continue reading →

Recent Bakes: A Doctor Who cake.

by Katharina // May 24, 2014 // No Comments

When a customer gives me some creative freedom, part of me goes a little bonkers inside. When a customer gives me creative freedom on a nerdy cake pertaining to one of my interests, my insides pee themselves. This order was... Continue reading →

Bakes of Yore: Mousse Cakes, Mousse Cakes, Mousse Cakes!

by Katharina // May 21, 2014 // 2 Comments

I have a long, loving history with the mousse cake. It is my favorite dessert to make and consume, and as a result I keep coming back to it. Since mousse is essentially poetry in food form, I will recount... Continue reading →

Recipe: Nuss-Sahne-Torte (German Nut and Whipped Cream Torte)

by Katharina // May 18, 2014 // No Comments

This is a German recipe, and one of my favorite cakes ever. The taste of this thing is so ridiculous that it makes most other cakes look like sad, flavorless lumps of coagulated flour. I didn’t appreciate this cake at... Continue reading →

Recent Bakes: A Sailor Moon rococo cake.

by Katharina // May 14, 2014 // 2 Comments

I made this cake for a friend’s graduation. What better way to ring in a new chapter of life than with some nostalgia for chapters past? Some technical details: The cake was chocolate with a whipped ganache buttercream filling. The... Continue reading →