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Our French pastry chef creates handmade desserts from scratch using the freshest ingredients along with domestic and imported chocolates. Wedding cakes are made to order with many flavors, fillings and frostings to choose from. A selection can be made from a superb wedding cake portfolio or a custom design can be created. The same attention is offered for special occasion cake clients.
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Quiches
Prepared by our French pastry chef using only fresh ingredients
and
hand made real butter crusts.
Individual (3.5” serves 1) ~ Medium (7 ½” serves 4 to 6)
Large (11” serves 8 to 12)

Lorraine
Ham, Bacon and Mushrooms

Vegetable
Broccoli, Tomato, Spinach and Onion

Tomato & Feta
Spinach & Feta
Artichoke & Mushroom
Ham & Swiss
Salmon, Spinach and Dill

Bakery & Pastries
Plain/Filled Croissant
Scones
Ham & Swiss Croissant
Muffins
Bagel
Bagel w/Cream Cheese
Bagel w/Smoked Salmon
Brioche
Palmier
Éclairs
Meringues
Individual Cakes
Individual Tarts
Miniature Pastries

Mini Pastry Assortment
- Minimum order 2 dozen -

Assortment of mini pastries baked by our very own French pastry chef
Assortment may include: Chocolate and Coffee Éclairs, Chocolate Mousse Cake, Carrot Cake, Key Lime Squares, Linzertortes, Petite Chocolate Mousse, Classical Napoleon Opera Squares, Petite Raspberry Mousse, Chocolate Napoleon, Assorted Cannolis, European Petite Fours, Chocolate Ganache Tart, Pecan Tartlets, Cappuccino Mousse, Grand Marnier Mousse, Lemon Mousse, Cheesecake

Petit Four Assortment
- Minimum order 2 dozen -

Cookies and Dessert Bars
- Minimum order 2 dozen -

Assorted Jumbo Cookies
Fresh baked chocolate chip, macadamia, oatmeal raisin, M&M and sugar cookies

Assorted Cookies
Fresh baked chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, Heath bar and sugar cookies

Bars
Chocolate frosted brownies, Congo bars and lemon squares

French Macarons
Assortment may include: pistachio, pralines, chocolate, apricot and raspberry

Meringue
Plain or flavored French Meringue

Chocolate Covered Strawberry
Large Strawberry covered with dark chocolate

Ice Cream Sundae Bar
Choice of two flavors and assorted toppings

Cakes and Tarts
Available in 6” and 11”

Better’n Your Momma’s
Four layers of our chewy fudge cake, filled with chocolate mousse and finished wth a dark chocolate-sour cream “ganache” and chocolate curls

Cappuccino Hazelnut Torte
Layers of hazelnut genoise filled with a cappuccino mousse and
coated with a chocolate swirled praline “ganache”

Carrot Cake
Old fashioned favorite, with carrots, walnuts, raisins, spices,
finished with a butter cream-cream cheese frosting

Chocolate Grand-Marnier Torte
Fudge cake laced with Grand Marnier, filled with our orange butter cream
and coated with chocolate ganache, topped with a confetti of candied orange rind

Chocolate Raspberry Gateau
Four layers of chocolate genoise laced with rum and filled with
a raspberry butter cream and whipped chocolate ganache

Cinnamon Chocolate Napoleon Torte
Layers of cinnamon-sugar puff pastry, filled with our classic chocolate mousse.
Coated with ganache and garnished with toasted almonds and chocolate curls

Fruit Mousse Mirrors
Light fruit mousse with a layer of vanilla sponge cake

Gateau Concorde
Everyone’s favorite! Baked chocolate meringue with layers of dark chocolate mousse, covered with chocolate meringue cigarettes and dusted with confectioner’s sugar

Gateau Opera
Chocolate genoise with whipped chocolate ganache and coffee butter cream, laced with rum, garnished with faux coffee beans

Hazelnut Gateau
Vanilla genoise laced with hazelnut liquor and filled with praline butter cream,
elegantly garnished with whole and crushed hazelnuts

Lemon Torte
Layers of lemon imbibed “genoise”, slathered with lemon curd and then filled with lemon butter cream and garnished with lemon zest

La Riviera Style Cheesecake

Light and Dark Chocolate Mousse Cake
Even layers of rich white chocolate and dark bittersweet chocolate mousse

Milk and Honey Torte
Layers of vanilla “genoise”, brushed with honey and filled with a milk chocolate mousse, covered with milk chocolate “ganache” and detailed with butter cream bumblebees

Scary Sexy Chocolate Thing
Four layers of fudge cake filled with chocolate mousse, ganache, five-nut caramel chunks and amaretto cookies with a butter cream finish

Strawberry Grand Marnier
Vanilla genoise brushed with Grand Marnier simple syrup and filled with
a pastry cream and butter cream combo and fresh sliced strawberries

Tiramisu
A torte, circled with striped Swiss roll and filled with espresso, marsala and mascarpone

Zuppa Inglese
Layers of rum-soaked vanilla genoise, filled with pastry cream, chocolate pastry cream, and our own apricot filling. Finished with a thick layer of lightly sweetened whipped cream, surrounded by lady fingers, topped with fresh fruit and tied with a festive ribbon

Raspberry Apricot Mousse (6” only)
Decorative biscuit on the outside layered with chocolate cake and a combination of raspberry and apricot mousse. Topped with a clear glaze, chocolate, dry and fresh fruits

Indian Summer (6” only)
Vanilla genoise filled with vanilla and chocolate mousse

St Tropez (6” only)
Layers of chantilly cream, milk chocolate mousse, chocolate fudge and praline with nuts

Caribes
Chocolate genoise and dark chocolate mousse with a crunchy milk chocolate layer
covered with a smoothed chocolate ganache

French Apple Tart
Fresh tart apple slices. Arranged and baked in a sweet pastry shell with apple compote and almond cream. (also available with cranberry and raspberries)

Blueberry Tart
Fresh blueberries baked on an almond sweet pastry shell

Carmen Miranda Fruit Flan
An artful array of fresh fruit, beautifully arranged on pastry cream
in an almond and sweet pastry shell

Five Nut Tart
Hazelnuts, cashews, whole almonds, pecans and walnuts in a traditional
pecan pie filling

Lemon/Lime/Lemon-Lime Curd Tart
Homemade lemon or lime curd (or both!) baked in a sweet pastry shell
Garnished with fresh citrus slices and candied zest

Pear Almond Tart
Pear halves baked on a bed of frangipane with a dollop of pastry cream in the center. Topped with sliced almonds

Pecan Bourbon Tart
Traditional pecan pie, lightly flavored with bourbon in a sweet pastry tart shell

Three Berry Tart
Strawberries, blueberries and raspberries tossed with sugar, baked in a sweet pastry shell with a lattice top

Traditional Sheet Cake
Two layers of genoise and your choice of filling



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