My Gourmet Cupcake Box

Every so often I do gourmet 6 packs in my local are and this what I've done this week. Look below to see the flavors.

S'MORE - chocolate brownie cake topped with dark chocolate ganache, cookie bits and toasted marshmallow frosting.

ROCKY ROAD - macadamia nut brownie cake topped with a milk chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream and pieces of marshmallow and Turkish delight.

LEMON MERINGUE PIE - vanilla buttermilk cake filled with a tart lemon curd and topped with a ginger snap cookie and toasted marshmallow frosting.

FERRERO ROCHER - moist chocolate cake topped with a chocolate ganache, crushed hazelnuts and a Nutella, Swiss meringue buttercream.

Earl Grey Shortbread Cookie Sandwiches

Bring on morning tea!! Earl Grey Shortbread cookie sandwiches filled with tart lemon curd & topped with a little white chocolate drizzle. Loving!

I start with making my lemon curd click here for the recipe.

It's so good you could seriously eat it by the spoonful right out of the jar.

Shortbread recipe below:

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) Unsalted Butter

1/2 cup Confectioners Sugar

2 cups All-Purpose Flour

1/2 tsp Salt

1 bag Earl Grey Tea Leaves, 2 bags can be used for a stronger flavor

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350­°.

2. Cream butter and confectioners sugar in a large bowl or stand mixer.

3. Add in flour, salt, and tea leaves. continue to mix until a soft dough forms, mix will be dry and crumbly at first but will come together.

4. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface until it's 1/4 inch thick.

5. Cut out cookies using a 2 in round cookie cutter.

6. Bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for 20-22 minutes or until edges are a golden brown.

After the cookies have cooled add the lemon curd.

So simple and delicious!

2nd Birthday Cake

Alisa's 2nd birthday cake. The cake is layers of chocolate and vanilla cake filled with white chocolate ganache.

Pink and Green 1st Birthday Cake

Evelina's 1st birthday cake.

Top box:

Funky Monkey - Layers of banana & peanut butter cakes filled with layers of chocolate fudge, banana cheesecake, & peanut butter mousse.

Bottom box:

Goodies’n’Cream - Moist butter cake with a creamy filling loaded with Butterfinger and Heath toffee bits.

Alice in Wonderland Cake

Alisa"s 1st birthday cake is Alice and Wonderland theme.

Top tier:

Strawberry Lemonade - Strawberry & lemon cakes swirled together and filled with strawberry cheesecake & lemon curd.

Bottom tier:

Banana Split - Layers of banana, cherry, and chocolate cakes filled with chocolate fudge and banana crème.

Saturday Wedding Cake

The wedding's theme was bling so the couple decided on jeweled bling for their cake. It's simple and elegance.

Top tier:

Moist sour cream pound cake filled with a velvety coffee mocha cream frosted with almond amaretto buttercream.

Middle tier:

Devils food chocolate cake filled with a raspberry swirled chocolate filling frosted with Chambord-champagne buttercream.

Bottom tier:

Rich white cake filled with a tart raspberry cream, frosted with a creamy vanilla buttercream.

Triple Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake is my favorite, especially when all the elements come together nicely to create a delicious dessert.  Everything I used to make this cake I've already share the recipes here on my blog.

Moist chocolate cake recipe can be found here.

Chocolate whip cream filling can be found here.

Chocolate ganache frosting can be found here.

Weekend Wedding Cake ( 4 Jun 16 )

The wedding colors were red and white, but the cake is all white. I just shot it in black and white because it's classical and romantic. This was suppose to be a 3 tier but they couldn't narrow down just 3 flavors so they went with 5 they really loved and now they have a 5 tier cake.

Top tier:

The Retro - An update on an American classic: moist yellow cake filled with milk chocolate mousse frosted with Madagascar vanilla buttercream.

2nd tier:

Caramel Tiramisu - Espresso infused gold cake layered with caramel mascarpone with a hint of chocolate all frosted with a light rum buttercream

3rd tier:

Almond Joy -Sour cream fudge cake layered with a toasted almond coconut filling and chocolate truffle frosted with almond buttercream

4th tier:

Black and White - Dark chocolate cake filled with white chocolate mousse, accented with sliced strawberries and frosted with white chocolate buttercream.

Bottom tier:

Classic Wedding White - A classic white cake filled with fresh tart raspberries and a full bodied cream cheese buttercream and frosted with cream cheese buttercream.

Bavarian, Eclair Cake topped with Milk and White Chocolate acaroons.

This Bavarian eclair cake is topped with both milk and white chocolate macaroons is a combination of several of my favorite desserts. This was actually a experiment and I must say they all married together in a taste and blissful harmony.