Gigi Blue

Chocolate-Espresso-Passion Fruit Birthday Cake by Gigi Blue. Chocolate cake, espresso cake, passion fruit cream, espresso buttercream.  Covered in a chocolate glaze and sprinkled with bits of honeycomb. 

Two small baby birthday smash cakes by Gigi Blue. The cakes are banana cake sweetened only with applesauce and is dairy free. The cream cheese frosting is sweetened with an apple juice reduction and some vanilla extract. The frosting is colored green and blue at the request of the client. Typically the frosting is a light tan/cream color from the apple juice reduction.

The inside of the Coconut Bells--coconut cake, coconut custard, covered in dark chocolate.  This tastes like a cake version of the Mounds candy bar!  Made by Gigi Blue.

Provençal Wedding Cake by Gigi Blue.  One of my favorite cakes!  Really love the unique flavors of this cake which was inspired by the groom's desire for the cake to have Provençal flavors. Vanilla cake, thyme diplomat cream, rosemary diplomat cream, honey-brown butter frosting.

Chocolate Cake stuffed with Salted Caramel Mousse, topped with Vanilla Buttercream and Rainbow Sprinkles.  Made by Gigi Blue.

Gift Box of Cookies by Gigi Blue.  Left: vanilla spritz cookies sandwiched with apricot jam, dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with toasted almonds. Center: crispy chocolate wafers sandwiched with gianduja (I make my own b/c I feel like Nutella isn't hazelnutty enough). Right: vanilla spritz cookies sandwiched with raspberry jam and dipped in chocolate.

Bachelorette pink ombré cake decorated with white chocolate flowers dusted with sparkly disco dust by Gigi Blue.  The cake is a Coconut-Passion Fruit cake with cream cheese frosting.

2-tiered baby shower cake by Gigi Blue.  Top Tier is Almond-Pear Cake - vanilla cake, vanilla diplomat cream, almond dacquoise, vanilla-poached pears, vanilla buttercream.  Bottom Tier is Coconut Cake - coconut cake, coconut custard, meringue frosting, toasted coconut flakes.

Hazelnut-Gianduja Sandwich Cookies by Gigi Blue.  Hazelnut Shortbread sandwiched with gianduja filling.  I like making my own gianduja because I find Nutella not to be hazelnutty enough.

Chocolate-Vanilla Cake by Gigi Blue.  Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Cake, Double Chocolate Pudding, Vanilla Buttercream.

Tarte aux Pommes by Cédric Grolet, Chef Pâtissier of Le Meurice.

Tartelette Noisette by Cédric Grolet, Chef Pâtissier of Le Meurice

Gâteaux St. Honoré Fruits Rouges by Cédric Grolet, Chef Pâtissier of Le Meurice.

Vanilla, Coffee, Caramel and Chocolate Gâteaux St. Honoré by Cédric Grolet, Chef Pâtissier of Le Meurice.

The most beautiful Gâteaux St. Honoré by Cédric Grolet, Chef Pâtissier of Le Meurice.

Alexandre Dubosc’s Mecanime au Chocolat (StroBeaux Gâteaux).

French director and animator Alexandre Dubosc’s latest quirky confection, a towering animated zoetrope cake called Melting POP.