Monthly Archives: April 2009

Spago Desserts

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Spago is an over-the-top Las Vegas restaurant (owned by Wolfgang Puck), so naturally all the desserts in this book are deliciously outrageous as well. I have made quite a few recipes from this book, and don’t have even a minor … Read More »

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Travis Neel designed this website!

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In typically self-effacing fashion, Travis Neel has posted no credit for web design anywhere on sweetthea.com!

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a Delice, a Terrine, and a ‘Sensation Delight’

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Check out these three delicious desserts Thea made last month at work!

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‘Bubbles’ Wedding Cake

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Strawberries & Cream Buttercream wedding cake, with blown sugar bubbles.

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Cake Stands (Plateaux)

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A beautiful cake plateaux is the ‘cherry on top’ of a beautiful wedding cake.  Sweet Thea currently rents two different 18″ Cake Stands,  the Classic and the Elegant stands.  Both are silver plated, highly polished, with lovely etched filagree (you … Read More »

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The Flavor Bible

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‘How do you know what goes with what?’ Lucille had asked me several times over the Christmas break

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Louise and John’s 138-year old wedding cake

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A small piece of wedding cake from an 1871 Royal Wedding is going on sale this week in England, with interesting resonance for us in Canada.

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Sugar bubbles!

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made lots of sugar bubbles  today -wait till you see the cake!

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Spitale – Leisk wedding (photos by Invisionation)

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Maria and Andy kindly forwarded us these great photos by Vincent L. Chan of Invisionation Photography, showing her Sweet Thea cake in action! 

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Simpson Walker wedding – lemon tarts & lemondrop cake (photos by Sherri Koop)

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Nicole just sent me some more photos from their wedding at Brew Creek Lodge last year – enjoy! This is a lemon drop cake with ivory fondant, and lemon tarts with brown sugar meringue – yum! Read More »

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