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Thea’s Wedding Cake Flavors for 2011 Season

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Only a few years ago, brides didn’t have much choice in wedding cakes flavors – only heavier cakes like traditional english fruit cake could be used to fashion beautiful multi-layer tiered cakes.   But things have changed – your cake … Read More »

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Fall Small Sweets dessert buffet by Thea

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Some lucky guests to a private party in Tsawwassen this weekend were treated to a small sweets Fall Dessert Buffet created by Thea! These are the delicious goodies they were able to sample, hand-created by Thea herself: Dark Chocolate dipped … Read More »

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Irazu and Juan-Carlos’ ‘Sailboat’ Wedding Cake

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Irazu marries Juan-Carlos August 16, 2009 location: Brock House Restaurant, Vancouver (where is that?) Chocolate Ganache, with passionfruit middle tier

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Opera Cake

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I created this  for the fine dining room at the Club.  Opera cake (gateau l’Opera) is a very traditional Parisian cake, named for the Opéra national de Paris, and been a known pastry since sometime in the late 1700′s, when … Read More »

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Lemon Eucalyptus Poached Pear with Dacquoise & Cake

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Lemon eucalyptus poached pear with toasted hazelnut dacquoise and dark chocolate granache cake, a chocolate and rosemary cream filled flute, a pear and mint puree, and crème anglais. Served at Sooke Harbour house Tuesday September 30 2003.

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Konfekt aus der Schweiz (Confectionary from Switzerland)

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My mentor, George Wagner, has recently given me this traditional book about mini-sweets; I have not yet had much opportunity to study it. Petit fours generally come in two types, ‘glace’ or ‘frais’, which are cream-filled or iced; and ‘sec’, … Read More »

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