About Me

My Photo
Zakia / Avenue Z Desserts
NYC, New York, United States
Owner and Head Cake Designer of Avenue Z Desserts, a custom cake and confections boutique in NYC.
View my complete profile
Photos, Original Recipes & Text © Avenue Z Desserts 2010, unless otherwise indicated. Powered by Blogger.

Followers

Blog Design By

Photobucket
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Sushi Cake

12:33 PM | Posted by Zakia / Avenue Z Desserts | | Edit Post
Labels: , , , , | 1 comments
Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Cheeseburger Welldone - Hold the Fries!

2:28 PM | Posted by Zakia / Avenue Z Desserts | | Edit Post
This Cheeseburger cake was the perfect surprise for a birthday party! No one could beleive it was an actual cake :)




The bun is a vanilla cake with vanilla frosting and the patty is chocolate cake with vanilla frosting.
Labels: , , , | 0 comments
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Traditional Madeleines

12:18 PM | Posted by Zakia / Avenue Z Desserts | | Edit Post


This week's recipe is Traditional Madeleine's, and was chosen by Tara of Smells Like Home.

I have always wanted to try Madeleine's, i see them all the time in Starbucks (3/$1.95) but i just cant do it. I tried to make Rosebud Madeleine's but they didn't turn out too good. 

When i saw this recipe i knew it was a chance for me to redeem myself from the rosebud Madeleine's.

I made my batter and chilled it for 3 hours. I used a mini ice cream scoop to scoop even amounts of batter into each cavity, Baked for 11 minutes and voila.

I had no problem with the bump but i do think that there could have been more definition with the shell imprint.

These cookies? are so tasty and so simple to make that i can definitely see myself making them on a regular basis.


Click here to check out other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers.


Last week: Pecan Honey Sticky Buns
Next week: Florida Pie

Labels: , | 7 comments
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Peanut Butter Torte

10:33 AM | Posted by Zakia / Avenue Z Desserts | | Edit Post


This weeks Tuesday With Dorie recipe is a Peanut Butter Torte chosen by Elizabeth of Ugg Smell Food.

Peanut Butter and Chocolate are one of my favorite combinations (i love reese's peices). This recipe was simple to make and came together really easy. My biggest issue was the wait time for the peanut butter mousse to set up. My crust didnt come up high enough on the sides, so if i make this again maybe i will use more cookies.

It tasted much different than I imaginged (not like a reese's) but it was still good.



Last Week: Fluted Polenta Ricotta Cake
Next Week: Florida Pie
Labels: , , , | 6 comments
Monday, April 28, 2008

Blackberry Roulade

8:42 PM | Posted by Zakia / Avenue Z Desserts | | Edit Post

This is my second entry for Martha Mondays.  

This time we had a choice to make either a mocha roulade or a blackberry roulade.  I chose the Blackberry. I have never made a roulade or used Blackberries before.

The cake was actually pretty easy to make, even though mine cracked.  I think it was due to me rushing and not letting it cool enough.  The blackberry filling was actually quite good. 

I would make this type of cake again, and i will definitely be trying more recipes with blackberry.


Check out Mimi On The Move to see the other roulades!
Labels: , , , | 0 comments
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Designed by Little Bitty Design Studio.