Valentine's Day Recap

Once Christmas is over, Valentine's Day comes in with vengeance.  These are the Valentine's Day themed treats we made for La Bonne Vie.

First up, Blackberry Macarons (which I lovingly refer to as "the Big Macs")

Giant macarons filled with cream cheese filling and blackberries.
Next, the Chocolate Mousse Domes....

Chocolate mousse, with vanilla creme center, chocolate chiffon cake base, finished with an uber-shiny chocolate glaze.  If you look closely, you can actually see my reflection on one of the domes.
The usual chocolate-dipped strawberries got dressed up with pink hearts.  I gave the other design a modern and classy/chic look.

And of course, a Valentine's Day inspired flavor macarons--Red Velvet.  A bit of cocoa powder and lots of red powder dye gave it the intense color it needed.  These are then filled with cream cheese filling.  The pink hearts are separate batter dyed pink then piped on before baking.

These are our members for now--Raspberry cream puffs, Lemon Chiffon, Strawberry tarts, Red Velvet cupcakes, and Fruit Strips.  Our menu is constantly shifting and changing according to season.  In a sense, it's annoying, but at the same time challenging and keeps everything interesting.