The key to elevating this dessert is topping it with Chantilly cream, berries, syrup, and beautiful flowers.

Ingredients

Like meringues of all kinds, pavlova requires egg whites. I use 4 whites for a 6-inch diameter one. To get the best pavlova, use fresh eggs instead of old ones.

They are wonderful plain – the honey gives them an exceptional fruity and floral flavor! However, you can decorate them with sanding sugar (as I’ve done here) or ice them.

Ingredients

These cookies are made with just six ingredients and they are all basic pantry staples: all-purpose flour, butter, an egg, salt, vanilla extract, and honey.

You can top the cupcakes with any frosting you like, but for the full strawberry experience, try using my strawberry buttercream.

Ingredients

I use fresh berries in my strawberry desserts – like my strawberry banana bread and strawberry pavlova and any of my berry cupcakes. Frozen strawberries have much more moisture than fresh strawberries. I don’t recommend substituting frozen strawberries in this recipe.

This recipe was taken (with permission) right out of the book Sally’s Candy Addiction [paid link]. Sally McKenny, the author and blogger behind Sally’s Baking Addiction, created this fantastic book that’s a treasure trove of recipes for any candy lover. I found her caramel recipe incredibly approachable and perfect for these turtle candies.

And, if you’re just a beginner yourself and want to get started baking, check out my guide to basic baking tools that everyone should have.

If you are a beginning baker, I would suggest sticking with buttercream frosting for your cake decorating before trying mirror glaze. But, if you are more advanced and you’re up for a challenge, mirror glaze is a fun project to try.

What is Mirror Glaze?

Mirror glaze is like fondant. You don’t make it because it tastes amazing; you make it because it creates a cake that has a unique, amazing look.

People go crazy for my cream pie and it’s so simple to make. Plus, it uses simple ingredients that you may already have on hand.

I began to experiment with from-scratch hot chocolate recipes and techniques and I ended up with this gem. I get to use my favorite dark chocolate and cocoa powder (the same ones I use in my chocolate cupcakes) to guarantee the flavor profile I want in my drinking chocolate.

Ingredients

Here’s why this hot chocolate is without a doubt the best one that I have ever made:

French pastry chef Clemence Pereur taught me all about these chocolate delicacies and shared three filling recipes and I’m happy to pass everything along to you here!

What are bonbons?

Bonbons are confections with a thin chocolate shell and an oozy filling that spills out when you take a bite. The sky is the limit when it comes to these fillings – caramel, oozy ganache, fruit purees and more.

As with any layer cake, this strawberry mousse layer cake requires more work than a basic dump cake. But unlike most layer cakes, you’ll assemble this one upside down inside of a cake pan. As a result, you don’t need to worry about the cake being crooked or lopsided.

And, because the layers are all covered on the outside by the strawberry mousse filling, you can relax a little bit about getting them completely even.