Pistachio Cake With Rose Water Buttercream

by Liz // April 16, 2015 // 9 Comments

I’ve had an unopen bottle of rose water in my pantry for a while now. It stared at me every time I turned on my pantry light. I love the idea of rose water, but frankly the bottle intimidated Continue reading →

Champagne Cake With Strawberry French Buttercream

by Liz // April 12, 2015 // 4 Comments

It is Project Pastry Love’s birthday today! I published my first post on April 12, 2014. My mom always tells me and my siblings the story of how we were born on our birthdays, so here’s PPL’s story… Project Pastry Love Continue reading →

Princess Cake

by Liz // February 15, 2015 // 16 Comments

I made a Princess Cake this week. It was another big endeavor that rivaled even the Esterhazey Cake and Sacher Torte. The hardest part for me was making the genoise cake layers. I just couldn’t get them to rise properly. Continue reading →

How To Make Paris-Brest

by Liz // November 27, 2014 // 2 Comments

Another Daring Bakers challenge, and I couldn’t be happier. This one was brought to us by Luisa from Rise of the Sourdough Preacher. I have always wanted to make this historic pastry. Paris Brest is a French dessert made up Continue reading →