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Mascarpone Cream Cake

The perfect Entremet Dessert with Mascarpone Cream and Vanilla Pastry Cream

This rich and indulgent mascarpone cream cake is made with layers of pastry cream, mascarpone and whipped cream over a light sponge cake for an entremet liked dessert.

Rich Shortcrust Pastry -Pâte Sablée (Creaming Method)

Rich Shortcrust Fresh Pastry called Pâte sablée - video tutorial

This Rich Shortcrust Pastry also known as Pâte Sabée uses the creaming method resulting in a buttery tender crips tart shell for all baked desserts. Perfect for fruit tarts or tarts with sweet filling. Here I share three methods with a video tutorial and step by step progress pictures

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Best Gluten-Free Cake, Chocolate Cake with Gluten-free Chocolate Frosting

Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Recipe (Video Recipe)

The best Classic Pavlova Recipe with whipped cream and fresh fruits

Best Pavlova Recipe – No-fail Method (Video Recipe)

A classic Italian Dessert Panna Cotta with strawberries in a tart.

Strawberry Panna Cotta Tart – Video Recipe

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Here is a list of 30 BEST most popular strawberry recipes you will ever need. From classic to unique.

30 Plus Most Popular Strawberry Recipes Collection

Here is a list of cake decorating recipes every cake decorator will find useful not matter how new or seasoned you are.

Cake Decorating Recipes for Every Cake Decorator

Over 30 homemade buttercream frosting recipes by Veena Azmanov all in one place.

30 Plus Homemade Buttercream Frosting Recipes

Cake Tutorials

Fondant Ruffles cake tutorial for Valentine's Day

Fondant Ruffles Cake with Standing Heart Cake Topper

A simple, easy and elegant princess doll cake with step by step video tutorial with recipes and list of tools.

How to make a Princess Cake at home

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Stenciled Halloween Sugar Cookies Video Tutorial

Cake Recipes

Layer cake, coffee, espresso, whipped ganache,

Espresso Cake with Whipped Espresso Ganache

How to make a Brown Butter Cake with Whipped Cream Buttercream Frosting

Brown Butter Cake and Whipped Cream Buttercream

Cut slices of the strawberry Bundt Cake

Strawberry Bundt Cake with Strawberry Filling

Frostings and more….

The BEST Bakery Style Chocolate Buttercream Recipe in just 5 minutes

Bakery-Style Chocolate Frosting Recipe – (Video Recipe)

The BEST Bakery Style Vanilla Frosting Recipe in just 5 minutes

Bakery Style Vanilla Frosting Recipe – Video Recipe

Here is the Ultimate Coffee Buttercream Frosting that needs only 4 ingredients and 5 minutes to prepare.

Best Coffee Buttercream Frosting – Just 4 Ingredients (Video Recipe)

Small Bites..

Perfect Quiche with Caramelized Onions, Roasted Red Peppers and homemade pie crust

Caramelized Onions Roasted Red Peppers Quiche

An image optimized for social sharing for these zucchini fritters. Made with Carrots in the mix these carrot zucchini fritters are pan fried with no choose to keep them light and refreshing

Carrot Zucchini Fritters – Appetizers and Sides

A Pinterest optimized image for Chicken Malai Kebabs aka Creamy Chicken Kebabs known in most Indian restaurants as Murg Malai Kebabs

Chicken Malai Kebabs aka Murg Malai Kebabs

A slice of Bread

Make the best soft and fluffy hot cross rolls this Easter.

Homemade Hot Cross Buns Recipe (Video Recipe)

Perfect Dinner Rolls, Sun-Dried Tomato Bread, Olive Bread rolls

Olive Sun Dried Tomato Dinner Rolls

Use the basic Pita bread recipe to make these cheese-Stuffed Pita Bread with this simple and easy homemade recipe.

Cheese Stuffed Pita Bread – Cheesy Pita Pockets – Video Recipe

What for Lunch & Dinner

Biryani with chicken made in an Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker

Instant Pot Chicken Biryani or Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani

Chicken spiced curry served and ready to serve.

Instant Pot Chicken Curry – Pressure Cooker Chicken – Video Recipe

Make a scrumptious wholesome healthy and nutritious split pea soup in an Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker

Instant Pot Split Pea Soup Recipe

Slow cooker recipes

This Slow Cooker Potato Soup is the ultimate winter comfort food recipe. The perfect Vegetarian Potato Soup.

This slow cooker black bean soup is the perfect comfort food you need in winter that wholesome, hearty and delicious.

Make a delicious slow cooker beer braised beef stew with this simple easy step by step video recipe. Crockpot beer Beef Stew

More Desserts

Incredible delicious cheesecake mousse with chocolate flavor.

Best Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse – No Bake Cheesecake Mousse

Coconut Balls aka White Chocolate Cookie Coconut Truffles make perfect Christmas Gifts for the holidays to family and friends

Coconut Balls – White Chocolate Cookie Coconut Truffles

Chocolate coconut balls make perfect vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and eggless treats for everyone to enjoy

Chocolate Coconut Fudge Squares

Cupcake and Muffins.

These Christmas Tree Cupcakes made in an ice cream cone are a fun project to make for a Christmas theme party.

Ice Cream Cone Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Celebrate the holidays with festive Eggnog Cupcakes with Eggnog Buttercream Frosting.

Eggnog Cupcakes with Eggnog Buttercream Frosting (Video Recipe)

An image optimized for social media share for these easy pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting that melts in the mouth made with homemade pumpkin puree.

Easy Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting – Video

Cookies and Biscuits

Hamantaschen Cookies with Halva and Pistachio

Pistachio Halva Hamantaschen Cookies – Video Recipe

Learn to make the traditional Purim Cookies with these Apple Pie Filling.

Apple Pie Hamantaschen Cookies

Learn to make festive Purim cookies or Hamantaschen cookies with Pecan Pie Filling

Pecan Pie Hamantaschen Cookies

Secret to Perfect Macarons

Making green tea matcha macarons with my no-fail macaron recipe and tips for success with a step by step video tutorial

Matcha Macarons Recipe – Green Tea French Macarons

An image optimized for social media share for these Classic Vanilla French Macaron Recipe with my No-fail recipe and step by step video tutorial

Vanilla French Macaron Recipe No-Fail Recipe (Video)

An image optimized for social media share for these blueberry macarons filled with blueberry filling and Swiss meringue buttercream.

Blueberry Macarons Recipe – No-Fail Recipe (Video Recipe)

When I’m not in the kitchen….

This Butterscotch Irish Cream Whiskey is the the ultimate Irish Cream Recipe you will ever need.

Butterscotch Homemade Irish Cream – Video Recipe

An eggless twist to the classic eggnog with this Homemade Eggless Eggnog Recipe made from scratch without vanilla pudding.

Homemade Eggless Eggnog Recipe

Make a homemade caramel eggnog from scratch this holiday seasons to celebrate with family and friends.

Homemade Caramel Eggnog

Cake Business

Have you ever wondered where to find inspiration for cakes? Had it happened that you have a cake to make but have no clue where start? Where to look for cake ideas? How to design a cake? What colors to use for your cakes? I hope this post will help you with some answers.

Where to Find Inspiration for Cakes – Cake Decorating

As one that deals with both cake photography food photography the one this I have learned is; a camera can make a huge difference to your images. Knowing which is the best camera for your needs is critical but also confusing due to the amount of options and variations we have available

My Camera Bag – Cake Photography Food Photography

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How many cake orders can I take?

Resources…..

These are my picks for the 15 must have tools for a home baker that works as a gift guide as well.

Must-Have Tools for a Home Baker

The cake world has a huge variety of tools and equipment to use from a few must haves; to a few good to have; and a few that we'd love to have; if we can afford it. Below I've listed a few of the ones I know you will want to have. Ones that will definitely not be wasting your money on.

My Cake Room Tools and Equipment I use

My Kitchen Tools and Equipment

Cupcake Decorating Tutorials

These pumpkin cupcakes are perfect treats to give as gifts to anyone big or small during the season of fall or Halloween. I've used my Pumpkin spiced apple cupcakes recipe and decorated them to look like pumpkins. They are simple easy and adorable as you can see in the video tutorial.

How to Decorate Pumpkin Cupcakes – 5 different Pumpkins

Well everybody loves hello kitty but the only time you can screw with that cute image is during Halloween - right? And what better than to make an easy Halloween Kitty mummy cupcake topper

Easy Halloween Kitty Mummy Cupcake Topper Tutorial

These cute Fondant Apple Mini Cakes make perfect gift cakes to give during the holidays or end of school. They don't take long to make and are super easy.

Fondant Apple Mini Cakes – perfect holiday treats

Cookie Decorating Tutorials

Make deliciously pretty knit inspired Christmas Cookies this season to share with your family and friends. Simple, easy and a fun project to do with the kids or just on your own with a little fondant and a few texture mats.

Knit Inspired Christmas Cookies Tutorials

In this vintage shoe cookie tutorial I show you how I decorate these shoes using fondant and simple techniques such as dragees, embossing and metallic finish. These are great give away to any lady as a Valentine treat or as cookie favors after a special celebration.

Vintage Shoe Cookie Tutorial – How to decorate Shoe Cookies

These Snowflake Christmas Cookies are fun with hard candy centers. A fun Christmas project that is perfect for grown ups of kids. The cookie is richly spices with ginger, cinnamon and molasses giving it a gingerbread cookie flavor which is perfect for the season.

Snowflake Christmas Cookies – Christmas Baking

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