Pastry School: The first 1.5 weeks!

Pate de Fruits & a cornet © 2010 Ms. Cherryspoon. All rights reserved.

It started, Party People! School has started and am crazy happy, no matter how many Pâte de Fruits burned (it was only one batch!) and how many cornets one still has to make until they are perfect! Our chef-instructor was … Continue reading

Apple Baklava?

Apple Baklava © 2010 Ms. Cherryspoon. All rights reserved.

About 4 weeks ago I ran off to Brazil for the quickest visit of all time. My family while not crazy (but understanding) about the duration of the visit made sure to give me the most beautiful send off lunch, … Continue reading

Nutty People

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This is “Nutty Boy”, the main character in a book and a movie authored by Ziraldo; I’m pretty sure every Brazilian my age read during their childhood. I read it a million times, I loved it, a lot, maybe because I … Continue reading

Big Chocolate Easter Egg!

Chocolate egg with more Candy inside © 2010 Ms. Cherryspoon. All rights reserved.

…Or What you get for Easter in Brazil. Both Children and Grown Ups get a lot of Chocolate every Easter in Brazil, this is above was is one of the larger sizes, they can be smaller and also crazy bigger, … Continue reading

Alice in Wonderland, plus Blythe?

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I’ve been invited by some very awesome ladies, to write English posts for a crazy cool project (that’s going on all the way in Brazil) that brings Blythe to Wonderland all in Sugar Art! The image links directly to the … Continue reading

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet Cakes

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Last year I made two Dora Cakes, this year the same very special “clients” requested a Pooh and a Piglet Cake. Improvements from last year included an X-Acto knife and Food Sharpies Food Writers! Look how cute they turned out! … Continue reading