When I was doing research on Latin cuisine, I came across an interesting beverage called cafe de olla. It is an earthy coffee drink with spices, namely cinnamon, anise, and clove, sometimes orange, in it that is normally served in a clay cup. It sounded like a lot of beautiful flavors, to be honest, and…
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Mackles’mores petit gateau
Mackles’mores(spelling might be inconsistent because truthfully, I have no clue what the correct spelling for them is), are chocolate chip cookies baked on top of graham crackers, with melted chocolate and marshmallow on top. They sell them at a bakery in Seattle, and happen to be one of my sister’s absolute favorite desserts. And I…
Gateau Opera
So Gateau Opera is one of those desserts that I have read a lot about, but never really bothered to try making on my own. I have made the sponge, jaconde, before, and obviously, I have made ganache before. But the other filling, which is a coffee infused French buttercream, not so much. For those…
S’mores gateau
I have done quite a few s’mores desserts in the past, but this one is different in that it is a cake-based dessert. I used graham crackers in place of 75% of the flour for the cake, and for the chocolate components, I did both a chocolate ganache and a chocolate panna cotta. I have…
Freddy's Harajuku 