Showing posts with label fall desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall desserts. Show all posts

Monday, October 8, 2007

Let's Celebrate!!



We had a fabulous time this weekend at the market & also creating some wonderful celebration cakes! It's so great to have the opportunity to help someone celebrate a special occasion with a delicious & beautiful cake!

This week we created a lovely gluten & dairy free banana cake (pictured above) for a special wedding anniversary as well as a flourless chocolate cake with chocolate ganache. We also had so much fun making a large square banana cake with pastry cream & banana filling (pictured below) for a little boy's birthday party. We had a great time with the bright colors that our client requested! We love the combination! We certainly enjoy days where we can be creative with our pastry skills & this was one of those wonderful weeks!


We also had an incredibly busy Saturday at the Oregon City Farmer's Market! We made some new items this week including some hazelnut honey sticky buns (pictured below), a pumpkin cheesecake pie & a lovely spiced pumpkin pie! We also featured some hazelnut butter tarts! Yum! Just about all of our yummy pastries were gone by the end of the day! Wow!



I think that when the cold weather comes we all crave some delicious treats to keep us going! It was a bit blustery on Saturday & the cold of fall has set in so everyone was in the mood for a cup of our hot organic coffee or tea & a sweet treat to top it all off! We had the best time talking to customers & enjoying the day! We also enjoyed shopping at the market for our honey & potatoes that we need for next week's delicacies.

This week I'll be making some gluten free pumpkin pies as well as some mini Christmas Cookie Trays that we will display on Saturday. We'll give out some samples of our Christmas goodies for people to try so that they can experience our amazing holiday treats! These trays will be available for purchase during the holiday season. More to come.....enjoy the Fall!





Thursday, September 13, 2007

Our New Fall Line Up

We had a wonderful lunch meeting today to discuss our new fall offerings & things we'd like to try baking using seasonal ingredients such as apples, pears, pumpkin, hazelnuts and even squash. We have such fun looking through piles of cookbooks, photos & clippings in order to create new goodies for our farmer's market booth.

When we return from vacation we will begin to post about our new creations. Here are some of our ideas for fall:

  • Hazelnut Honey Sticky Buns
  • Pumpkin or Squash Spice Cake
  • Apple Upside Down Cornmeal Cakes
  • Apple Cider Baby Cakes with Caramel Glaze
  • Autumn Cake- filled with apples, spices & nuts
  • Saffron Pear Cake
  • Acorn Squash and Honey Pie
  • Chocolate Nut Pie
  • Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie
  • Flourless Hazelnut Torte
  • Maple Nut Pear Upside Down Cake
We will be so excited to get started on using the bounty of the fall harvest here in Oregon! We look forward to coming back to the kitchen in late September & posting pictures of our latest desserts!