Handmade Truffles and Chocolates

I absolutely enjoyed making handmade chocolates. Here are two chocolates made by myself and my classmate, Leah.

The pink truffle in this picture is named "Alsace Pearl Truffle."It is made with a mixture of white and milk chocolate, butter, heavy cream and flavored with Kirsch liqueur.(Yeah, that's what makes this a special chocolate!) It is then rolled into more white chocolate and finally rolled into feuilletine.

The dark chocolate candies are filled with a toasted hazelnut filling and feuilletine. The pretty design was easily made with a transfer sheet.

Birthday Cake with Italian Meringue Buttercream

This cake was made for my sister Dorothy for her birthday in February. I used maraschino cherries that I dipped in chocolate.

Slice of birthday cake

This is a slice of my nephew's birthday cake with drizzled chocolate sauce.

My nephew Sokari wanted me to make him a cake for his 13th birthday. (Wow, I can't believe he is already a teenager.) Anyway, his request was a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. His request was made with a recipe from a cookbook called "Cake Love" by Warren Brown. The frosting is made with Italian meringue buttercream. The sides are dusted with chocolate shavings.

Buttercream Cake

The cake used for this simple buttercream cake was a genoise cake. Simple piping on the bottom and top with swirls on top. I brought this to my sister's birthday celebration as an additional cake to serve to guests.

Alhambra Cake

This was another cake made before Christmas break. I gave this cake away to a friend of mine which it got mixed reviews and was noted for being dry. (I had frozen it.) Probably would have been better off eaten right after preparing. Made with a chocolate ganache and a simple syrup with rum.

Buche De Noel (Yule Log)

This cake was made back in December, before we had December Christmas break. The log is made with Jocande cake then spread with a chocolate pastry cream and rolled. The outside icing is made with buttercream and the little mushroom cap is made with a classic Italian meringue.