#fancy baking

[howmuchchildrens]

chocolate cake with raspberry filling, chocolate italian meringue buttercream, and a ganache drip for my friend’s birthday!

[petrabakesstuff]

vanilla genoise sponge cake filled with almond cream and mixed berries

[sweetteafrances]

Meringue Experiments

#1 Mango and Lemon Curd Pavlova made with Swiss Meringue

#2 Meringue shells with Italian Meringue

#3 Meringue kiss cookies with Italian Meringue

[otherxcore]

Vegan baker problems.

My milled flax seed has been expired since, like, October. I've been using it, but I've gotta make vegan donuts for next Saturday and I figure I should probably get some fresh flax. I've kept mine refrigerated and in a dark container, but I suppose that since I have the resources, I should just replace it.

I'm also still at a total loss as far as what flavors I want to make for next weekend. What's your dream donut? (I do cake donuts these days, by the way, not raised ones.)

Things I'm totally down to try making include:

pineapple upside-down donuts, complete with pineapple slices on top

lavender thyme donuts with a lemon glaze

red velvet donuts with a "cream cheese" glaze

green tea donuts with a lemon glaze

Or I could always do my standard lavender Earl Grey with lavender Earl Grey glaze.

Any other ideas?