More Goodies at Lusa's!

If your in Oxford you have to come try these yummy desserts I made at work. The first is a peppermint chocolate cookie. The second is a walnut custard tart. And the third is an orange walnut phyllo rosette.

Cup cakes!

We had a Party at church for the women. I made some Orange infused cupcakes with an Italian Meringue Icing on top. I don't like cake and I ate 3! These were so good!

Orange Marmalade Rolls

I made these wonderful Orange Marmalade Rolls at work. They were so good!

New Job!

I started a new job this month at this wonderful little shop in Oxford, Mississippi. It's called Lusa pastry cafe. It's run by the sweetest couple from Portugal. If I had my own shop it would look a lot like what they have. I have been making a few pastries for them and next week I'm going to start making lunch as well. We will have a different menu each couple months, so that our food can be seasonal. The items we will serve are going to be more like the south and what you find if you went to your Mamaws for a Sunday dinner. So far Tuesday will be pasta day and Saturday is Cajun day. Beyond that we are still deciding. So if you are near by you have to stop in and enjoy some wonderful food! Oh and the Hot Chocolate is amazing!

Here are few of the items I have made so far. I will start posting new pictures as I remember to take them. I tend to forget while I'm working.

more pictures!

Here are some more pictures of the cakes I worked on in July!

Thank you Megan!

Super Mario!

My sister made this awesome cake for her son's 8Th birthday and let me help with some of the decorations for it! We had so much fun reminiscing of playing this game growing up! And singing the famous song! Jamie it looked amazing and tasted just as wonderful!

She let her son pick the flavor which was interesting but actually worked! It was a chocolate blueberry cake! Yes I said blue berry with chocolate! She used a red velvet cake and mixed in blue berries and used a cream cheese filling and frosting! Nice combination!
I made the mushroom men, the rock edging, and the clouds. Then helped make the hat for Mario which was a collaboration between mom and Jamie. But the rest was all Jamie! How cool is that man eating plant!

I loved working on this, Thank you Jamie!

Hoggard-Doggett Wedding!

I had the opportunity to work on a wedding this past week in Oxford Mississippi. I made a 4 tier wedding cake, groom's cake, and dessert bar. It turned out beautiful even after a few stressful moments when we realized we had run out of fondant. But my wonderful sister Christie drove down from Memphis to bring us some and help with all the Alabama A's. Thank you mom and Christie for all your support and hard work in helping me get this delivered on time.

The wedding cake layers were strawberry, white, and Italian cream. It was iced in butter cream frosting with fresh flowers on top. As for the groom's cake and table it was all golf and Alabama themed! He chose a banana cake with cream cheese icing. We made sugar cookies, strawberry pecan coconut, and lemon mini pies, cake lollies, and petit fours.

The groom's mom did a wonderful job of decorating the table for the groom's cake and the dessert display. I love the candles with the golf balls and tee's in it.

Yes, these are real petite fours! Not what most people consider them to be. They are made from my petit four cake recipe out of my pastry chef book that mom has swiped! They are two to three layers depending upon size and have an apricot filling. I have made them with chocolate which is really good, but these were the normal ones. To top them off they have a layer of marzipan and are iced in a white chocolate glaze. Yummie! I had several while making them!

Thank you again Megan and Patrick for trusting me with your desserts on such a special day!