Not mine, but my friends' - Richard, Jeff, and Brett just moved into a condo together and hosted a housewarming last weekend. And I got to make some desserts for it! Macarons, red velvet cake with fondant, and corn salsa. The pictures of the party spread make me sad - lots of blur and artificial lighting, and my meager Aperture skills can't seem to save them. To do: get some sort of nice flash thing to partially avoid this in the future.
Progress photos of my desserts in an upcoming post!
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Honey and raspberry macarons, by me! |
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Someone switched the macarons and macaroons just because I have a weird neurosis about them |
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The dessert spread. Clockwise from top left: Macarons, Coconut Macaroons with Chocolate, Red Velvet Cake, Blanc et Noir cake, Chocolate Orange Almond Torte |
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Cheese plate and truffle honey - mmmm. |
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Richard, one of the hosts, prepared sous vide pork! |
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Searing the pork |
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Finished - cous cous topped with seared sous vide pork, roasted red and yellow peppers, and caramelized onions. |
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Cutting the cake |
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I'm pleased with the contrast, if not the photo |
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Better photo of the red velvet. and Tim. Matchy matchy! |
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Red Velvet and Blanc et Noir |
Wow, this spread puts my brunch to shame! This looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteMost of it was my friend - he stresses and spends DAYS preparing! Even my desserts took a day or two of prep. Your brunch looked great, btw - I really want to host my own sometime!
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