Raspberry Mousse Dome Recipe

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Raspberry mousse dome recipe is made using half sphere silicone molds. The center of the raspberry mousse dome cake is filled with luscious white chocolate ganache. The dome cake case is made out of a shortbread cookie.

You could also use a different cake base if you wanted. A cookie crumble cake base would also work well with raspberry mousse.

Raspberry mousse by itself is incredibly decadent and satisfying. The shortbread cookie tones down the sweetness a little, giving it a more balanced flavoring.

For garnishing your raspberry dome cake, you could add a chocolate decoration, fresh raspberries, or a mint leaf.

Raspberry Mousse Dome entremet Recipe

Raspberry Mousse Dome Cake Recipe

How to make a raspberry mousse dome dessert.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: dessert
Yield: 8 servings

Materials

Shortbread Cookie Dome Cake Base

  • 3/4 lb butter room temperature
  • 3/4 cup sugar granulated
  • 2 3/4 cup flour all-purpose
  • 1/4 tsp salt

White Chocolate Ganache Filling

  • 140 g white chocolate melting wafers
  • 80 ml heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp butter unsalted

Raspberry Mousse

  • 12 oz raspberries frozen
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2/3 cup sugar granulated
  • 2 1/4 tsp gelatin 1 package
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions

White Chocolate Ganache Center Filling for Dome Cake

  • Place chocolate in a heat proof bowl.
  • Warm the heavy cream in a small saucepan over low-medium heat. As soon as it starts simmering, pour the heavy cream over the white chocolate.
  • Let the cream and chocolate sit for 5 minutes. Then mix with a whisk until it's smooth.
  • Add butter and let it melt into the mixture. Mix with a whisk until it's fully combined and smooth. Cool the white chocolate ganache to room temperature, then place it in the fridge until you're ready to use it.
    White Chocolate Ganache Filling for Entremet

Raspberry Mousse for Dome Cake

  • In a small bowl, mix together gelatin and 1/4 cup water. Let stand for 5 minutes while gelatin blooms.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet recipe
  • In a medium saucepan, combine frozen raspberries, sugar, and 1/4 cup water. Warm the mixture until the sugar has dissolved and the raspberries are not frozen anymore.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet dome cake recipe
  • Remove the mixture from the heat source and place into a blender to purée.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet recipe
  • Place a sieve over a medium heat proof bowl. Strain the raspberry mixture through the sieve to remove the seeds. Using the back of a spoon, push the raspberry juice through the sieve as much as you can. It's quite time consuming, and you will throw out a lot of the raspberry mixture.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet cake recipe
  • Place the raspberry mixture into the saucepan and heat on low-medium until boiling. Add gelatin and cook for 1 minute.
  • Cool the raspberry mixture to room temperature.
  • Pour whipping cream into a metal bowl for your stand mixer. Fit your stand mixer with the whisk attachment.
  • Whip the cream until stiff peaks form (5-7 minutes).
  • Fold the raspberry mixture into the whipping cream. Chill the raspberry mousse for 4 hours or until it's sturdy enough to use for your dome cake.
    raspberry mousse dome cake recipe

Shortbread Cookie Dome Cake Base

  • In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar.
  • Slowly add flour and salt and cream together.
  • Press the cookie base into a 9"x13" pan lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake for 16-20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
    Shortbread Cookie Dome Cake Base
  • Cool the cookie base. Make cut outs of your cookie base once it has cooled for your raspberry dome cake.
    base for entremet cake

How to assemble Raspberry Mousse Dome Cake

  • You will have enough for 8 half sphere raspberry dome cakes. Reuse your half sphere molds as needed.
  • Use a spoon to heap the raspberry mousse into the silicone mold. Press it into the mold to ensure there are no crevasses that will form on the exterior of the dessert.
  • Using a melon baller, spoon 1 ball of white chocolate ganache into the center of the raspberry mousse filled silicone mold.
    How to assemble Entremet Cake Recipe as a Dome Cake with Mirror Glaze
  • Add more raspberry mousse as needed to the outside of the ball of white chocolate ganache. You can also add raspberry mousse over the white chocolate ganache to fully encase it, if you want to.
  • Press the shortbread cookie (that you cut to size using a cookie cutter or glass) into the raspberry mousse and white chocolate ganache in the silicone mold. It's ok if it sticks out a bit from the mold.
    raspberry mousse dome cake recipe
  • Place the raspberry mousse dome cake in the freezer overnight.
  • Remove the raspberry mousse dome cake from the silicone mold.
    raspberry mousse dome cake
  • Serve immediately. Freeze the raspberry mousse dome cake if you're not serving it right away. Let it thaw at room temperature for about 15 minutes before cutting into it. The raspberry dome cake is good for up to 1 month in the freezer.
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raspberry mousse dome cake with chocolate mirror glaze

Entremet Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze

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Entremet cake recipe is made with a chocolate mirror glaze, decadent raspberry mousse and a white chocolate ganache filling.

The bottom of the entremet is made with a shortbread cookie crust.

How to make Entremet dome Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze

You can substitute our choices by creating your own entremet recipe.

Entremet Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze
Entremet dome Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze
How to make Entremet dome Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze

Entremet Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze

How to make an entremet cake recipe with chocolate mirror glaze
Prep Time21 hours
Active Time18 minutes
Total Time21 hours 18 minutes
Course: Dessert
Keyword: dessert
Yield: 8 servings

Materials

Shortbread Cookie Cake Base for Entremet

  • 3/4 lb butter room temperature
  • 3/4 cup sugar granulated
  • 2 3/4 cups flour all-purpose
  • 1/4 tsp salt

White Chocolate Ganache Filling for Entremet

  • 140 g white chocolate melting wafers
  • 80 ml heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp butter unsalted

Raspberry Mousse for Entremet Recipe

  • 12 oz raspberries frozen
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2/3 cup sugar granulated
  • 2 1/4 tsp gelatin 1 package
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Chocolate Mirror Glaze for Entremet

  • 38 ml water
  • 4 tsp gelatin
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 2/3 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
  • 280 ml sugar granulated or fine

Instructions

Chocolate Mirror Glaze for Entremet

  • Place 38 ml water and gelatin together in a small bowl to bloom gelatin. Let stand for 5 minutes.
  • Using a whisk, mix together cocoa powder and 2/3 cup of water in a medium saucepan on medium heat. Make sure all of the clumps are removed, and it should become the consistency of paste.
  • Add a couple of tablespoons of the heavy cream to mix into the cocoa powder. Whisk until it has combined.
  • Add the rest of the heavy cream and sugar and mix with a wooden spoon as gently as possibly. You will not need your whisk anymore, as this will create bubbles, which can ruin the chocolate mirror glaze.
  • Bring the mixture until it starts simmering. Remove the mixture from the heat source right before it starts boiling.
  • Add the gelatin and mix together.
  • Place a fine mesh sieve over a small heat proof bowl. You'll want the sieve as close to the bottom of the bowl as possible, this will prevent bubbles from forming.
  • Pour the mirror glaze into the sieve. Let the mixture fall through on its own. It will take awhile to fall through (20-30 minutes).
  • As soon as the glaze is through the sieve, put a layer of plastic wrap touching the glaze to cover it. This will prevent the glaze from forming a skin on it.
  • Cool the chocolate mirror glaze until it reaches room temperature. You can place it in the fridge until you're ready to use it.

White Chocolate Ganache Filling for Entremet

  • Place chocolate in a heat proof bowl.
  • Warm the heavy cream in a small saucepan over low-medium heat. As soon as it starts simmering, pour the heavy cream over the white chocolate.
  • Let the cream and chocolate sit for 5 minutes. Then mix with a whisk until it's smooth.
  • Add butter and let it melt into the mixture. Mix with a whisk until it's fully combined and smooth. Cool the white chocolate ganache to room temperature, then place it in the fridge until you're ready to use it.
    White Chocolate Ganache Filling for Entremet

Raspberry Mousse for Entremet

  • In a small bowl, mix together gelatin and 1/4 cup water. Let stand for 5 minutes while gelatin blooms.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet recipe
  • In a medium saucepan, combine frozen raspberries, sugar, and 1/4 cup water. Warm the mixture until the sugar has dissolved and the raspberries are not frozen anymore.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet dome cake recipe
  • Remove the mixture from the heat source and place into a blender to purée.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet recipe
  • Place a sieve over a medium heat proof bowl. Strain the raspberry mixture through the sieve to remove the seeds. Using the back of a spoon, push the raspberry juice through the sieve as much as you can. It's quite time consuming, and you will throw out a lot of the raspberry mixture.
  • Place the raspberry mixture into the saucepan and heat on low-medium until boiling. Add gelatin and cook for 1 minute.
  • Cool the raspberry mixture to room temperature.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet cake recipe
  • Pour whipping cream into a metal bowl for your stand mixer. Fit your stand mixer with the whisk attachment.
  • Whip the cream until stiff peaks form (5-7 minutes).
  • Fold the raspberry mixture into the whipping cream. Chill the raspberry mousse for 4 hours or until it's sturdy enough to use for your entremet cake.
    Raspberry Mousse for Entremet

Shortbread Cookie Cake Base for Entremet

  • In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar.
  • Slowly add flour and salt and cream together.
  • Press your cookie base into a 9" springform pan. Try to make it as even as possible. If you're making entremet dome cakes, press the cookie base into a 9"x13" pan lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake for 16-20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
    Shortbread Cookie Cake Base for Entremet
  • Cool the cookie base. Make cut outs of your cookie base once it has cooled if you're making entremet dome cakes.
    base for entremet cake

How to assemble Entremet Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze

  • With your cookie base in your 9" springform pan all cooled, add your white chocolate ganache layer overtop. Spread it evenly, leaving about 1 cm of margin of cookie on the outside.
  • Add raspberry mousse on top of the white chocolate ganache. Spread it evenly, and make sure the top looks nice and flat.
  • Freeze the Entremet cake overnight or 8-12 hours.
  • Remove the chocolate mirror glaze from the fridge and let it come to room temperature.
  • If the glaze looks lumpy or has bubbles in it, strain the mirror glaze again before using.
  • Remove the outer ring from the springform pan.
  • Place the cake on a wire rack over a plate to catch any drippings.
  • You will have enough mirror glaze for 2 cakes. Freeze the rest of your mirror glaze to use at a later date. Pour the mirror glaze over the cake. Use a spoon if you need to fill any spots that do not have mirror glaze on them.
  • Sprinkle gold dust if desired and garnish the cake with a chocolate decoration or mint leaf if desired.
  • Serve immediately. Freeze the entremet cake if you're not serving it right away. Let it thaw at room temperature for about 15 minutes before cutting into it. The entremet cake is good for up to 1 month in the freezer.

How to assemble Entremet Cake Recipe as a Dome Cake with Mirror Glaze

  • You will have enough for 8 half sphere entremet dome cakes. Reuse your half sphere molds as needed.
  • Use a spoon to heap the raspberry mousse into the silicone mold. Press it into the mold to ensure there are no crevasses that will form on the exterior of the dessert.
  • Using a melon baller, spoon 1 ball of white chocolate ganache into the center of the raspberry mousse filled silicone mold.
  • Add more raspberry mousse as needed to the outside of the ball of white chocolate ganache. You can also add raspberry mousse over the white chocolate ganache to fully encase it, if you want to.
    How to assemble Entremet Cake Recipe as a Dome Cake with Mirror Glaze
  • Press the shortbread cookie (that you cut to size using a cookie cutter or glass) into the raspberry mousse and white chocolate ganache in the silicone mold. It's ok if it sticks out a bit from the mold.
    How to assemble Entremet Cake Recipe as a Dome Cake with Mirror Glaze
  • Place the entremet dome cake in the freezer overnight.
  • Remove the entremet dome cake from the silicone mold.
    Raspberry Mousse Dome entremet Recipe
  • Place the entremet dome cake on a wire rack over a plate to catch any drippings. Pour the mirror glaze over the cake. Use a spoon if you need to fill any spots that do not have mirror glaze on them.
    How to make Entremet dome Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze
  • Sprinkle gold dust if desired and garnish the cake with a chocolate decoration or mint leaf if desired.
    How to make Entremet dome Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze
  • Serve immediately. Freeze the entremet dome cake if you're not serving it right away. Let it thaw at room temperature for about 15 minutes before cutting into it. The entremet dome cake is good for up to 1 month in the freezer.
    How to make Entremet dome Cake Recipe with Mirror Glaze

Tartufo Ice Cream Recipe

Tartufo is an Italian dessert which is composed of a minimum of 2 different ice creams and filling in the center. The center can be filled with jam, ganache, chocolate sauce, etc.

What mold do you need to make Tartufo

You’ll need a half sphere silicone mold to make Tartufo.

How long does it take to make tartufo

You’ll need to freeze the silicone mold in between ice cream layers, give yourself a couple of hours to make your tartufo dessert.

Make your tartufo recipe at least a day in advance to have the ice cream freeze well before serving.

chocolate ice cream in a silicone mold with caramel and oreo crumbs

Tartufo Ice Cream Recipe

  • small half sphere silicone molds
  • 2 types of ice cream that go well together
  • Center filling – jam, chocolate ganache, fruit, etc.
  • 1-3 toppings for the ice cream (cookie crumble, caramel sauce, cocoa powder, sprinkles, etc.)

Decide on your ice cream and center filling. In our recipe we will be using chocolate ice cream as the outer layer, espresso ice cream for the middle layer, and dark chocolate ganache as the center filling. The toppings we’ll be using are caramel sauce and cookie crumble.

You could use milk chocolate ganache or white chocolate ganache as your center filling if you prefer to use that instead.

If you’re using chocolate ganache as your filling, make sure it’s chilled and ready to use to fill your silicone molds.

Begin with the outer layer of ice cream. Your outer layer will be the one that will have your toppings on it.

how to put ice cream in silicone mold for dessert

Place your ice cream in the silicone mold. Use a metal spoon to press the ice cream around so that all of the sides are covered in ice cream. Try to make it a 1/2 cm in thickness. Place each silicone mold in the freezer in an airtight container as you complete them. They will start to melt very quickly and it will be messy.

Freeze for 30 min – 1 hour. Then you’re ready for your next layer. Select your inner layer of ice cream. Use a fresh metal spoon to put the ice cream in the molds. Press the ice cream into the first layer so it’s completely covered. The thickness isn’t as important for this one, just make sure you leave a bit of space for the center flavor.

Freeze for 30 min – 1 hour. Now you’re ready for your final layer. Use a melon baller or a fresh spoon to scoop your center filling (ganache, jam, fruit, etc.).

Press your final layer into your silicone mold. It doesn’t have to be flat by any means, just make sure it’s filled and pressed into your second layer.

Freeze your silicone mold dessert overnight.

how to make desserts in silicone molds

When you’re ready to serve your ice cream for your dinner party, first remove the silicone mold from your ice cream.

How to Remove Ice Cream from a Silicone Mold

Use your fingers on either side of the silicone mold to peel the outer silicone mold off of the ice cream, with your thumb on the top of the mold pushing the ice cream out. Try to take them out and place them directly onto your serving plate.

Once you have all of your desserts on their serving plates, you can top your ice cream. Use 1-2 toppings for your layered ice cream dessert.

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Tartufo made with silicone mold

Creating this layered ice cream dessert is called a “Tartufo”.

How to Serve Ice Cream at a Dinner Party

Creamy Crab Pasta Recipe

Creamy crab pasta recipe is made with a linguine cream sauce and sundried tomatoes.

Serve creamy crab pasta with garlic bread for a satisfying mid week meal. Create this delicious pasta in only 30 minutes using a can of crab from your pantry.

Creamy crab pasta is a tasty and savory meal you can serve to your entire family. It makes leftovers easy for your lunch the following day, since it will stay good for up to 3-4 days in the refrigerator.

Creamy Crab Pasta Recipe

Creamy Crab Pasta Recipe

How to make creamy crab pasta recipe
Course: Main Course
Keyword: dinner
Yield: 6 people

Materials

  • 200 g linguine
  • 120 g canned crab water removed
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp sundried tomatoes
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp paprika
  • 1 cup milk or half and half
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
  • 1/4 cup peas frozen
  • 2 tbsp parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Cook linguine according to package instructions.
  • In a medium frying pan on medium heat, combine sundried tomatoes (with a bit of their oil) and garlic. Cook for a minute or two until fragrant.
  • Add salt, paprika and milk to the saucepan. Let it come to a low simmer and add mozzarella cheese and crab to the saucepan.
  • Use a whisk to melt the cheese into the sauce. Add peas and cook for another minute or two until the sauce has come together. It won't be very thick.
  • Add cooked pasta to the frying pan and coat together with the sauce. Cook for a minute or two.
  • Dish out the pasta onto a place. Top the pasta with a bit of parmesan cheese.
  • Serve immediately
  • Store for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.
creamy crab pasta recipe

Pesto Bread Appetizer

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Pesto bread appetizer is a savory appetizer that you can use as a pull apart bread, or cut into sections to serve. Pesto bread appetizer is a twisted bread recipe which creates a beautiful look to the bread when you serve it to your guests.

Pesto bread appetizer is topped with parmesan cheese which crisps up in the oven. The twisted bread recipe comes out of the oven golden brown when it’s finished.

We recommend serving the pesto bread warm as an appetizer. It’s best served right out of the oven to your guests.

Pesto bread appetizer uses fresh pesto which has more flavor than store bought pesto. You can substitute store bought pesto if you’re unable to make any fresh.

Pesto Bread Appetizer

Pesto Bread Appetizer

How to make a pesto bread pull apart appetizer
Prep Time1 hour 30 minutes
Active Time30 minutes
Total Time2 hours
Course: Appetizer
Keyword: appetizer
Yield: 10 people

Materials

  • 2 tsp dry active yeast or instant
  • 1 cup warm water (100-110 degrees F)
  • 2 1/2 cups flour all purpose
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup fresh pesto
  • 4 tbsp parmesan cheese grated finely

Instructions

  • In a large stand mixer bowl, place yeast and warm water. Let stand for ~10 minutes until yeast blooms. Fit your stand mixer with the dough hook.
  • Add olive oil, salt, and flour to the yeast mixture. Set the stand mixer to low speed while it combines the ingredients together.
  • Set the dough to knead on low to medium speed for ~5 minutes. The dough should come away from the sides after a few minutes. If the dough is sticky, add 1 tbsp of flour as needed.
  • Remove the bowl from the stand mixer. Place a clean kitchen towel over the bowl and put it in a warm location in your house. Let the dough ball rise for ~1 hour until it doubles in size.
  • Roll your dough out on a floured surface until it reaches 18" x 12".
  • Spread pesto all over the dough, leaving a 1 cm margin from the edge of the dough.
  • Roll the dough lengthwise. Pinch either end of the dough to seal it.
  • Leave an inch from the top, then start cutting the dough in the center, down the middle, right through the dough. Twist the dough on top of one another. Twist each piece until you reach the end of the dough. Seal the ends of the dough together to make a circle.
  • Place the dough on a baking sheet. Add parmesan cheese all over the dough.
  • Bake at 425 degrees F for 25 minutes until crust is golden brown.
  • Serve immediately. You can serve it as a pull apart bread, or cut into sections for your guests.
Pesto Bread Appetizer
Pesto Bread Appetizer

Flatbread Recipe with Yeast

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Make your own flatbread recipe with yeast in only 1 hour. With about 45 minutes of rising time, you’ll have plenty of time to prepare your flatbread toppings.

You can use just about anything for your toppings that you would use on pizza, as you would on flatbread.

Flatbread toppings to try out:

  • arugula
  • prosciutto
  • balsamic vinegar
  • feta
  • avocado
  • pesto
  • pear
  • brie
  • spinach
  • caramelized onions
  • sundried tomatoes
  • basil
Flatbread Recipe with Yeast

What is flatbread pizza

Flatbread pizza is thin crust pizza. Flatbread dough is rolled out to be much thinner, and therefore has a thin crust. Due to the thin crust, flatbread is crispy, whereas pizza is chewy.

Since flatbread has a crispy crust, people usually put different toppings on it than pizza, because it’s more of an appetizer. Usual toppings for flatbread include pesto, sundried tomatoes, BBQ chicken, pineapple, onions, arugula, balsamic vinegar, etc.

How long is flatbread good for

Flatbread dough is good for up to 2 days in the fridge. Cooked flatbread is good for 3-4 days in the fridge.

Flatbread Recipe with Yeast

How to make flatbread with yeast recipe
Prep Time1 hour
Active Time15 minutes
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Main Course
Keyword: dinner
Yield: 2 flatbreads

Materials

  • 1 tsp dry active yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar granulated
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups flour all-purpose
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3/4 cup warm water 100-110 degrees F

Instructions

  • Combine yeast, sugar and warm water in a large mixing bowl. Let it sit for 5 minutes to active the yeast.
  • Add flour, olive oil, and salt to the mixing bowl. Mix with a fork or wooden spoon until it has started to come together. Turn onto a floured flat surface and knead the dough for a couple of minutes until it becomes smooth and elastic.
  • Place the dough back into the mixing bowl and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Let the dough rise for 45 min – 1 hour.
  • Cut the dough in half and roll out the dough. You should have 2 flatbreads to work with. The dough should be rolled quite thin for flatbread.
  • At this point you can add any toppings to the flatbread. It is recommended that you brush the flatbread with a bit of olive oil before adding your pizza sauce.
    Flatbread Recipe with Yeast
  • Bake the flatbread at 450 degrees F for 12-20 minutes. The flatbread edges will be light-golden brown, and the cheese will start browning when it's ready to come out of the oven.
    pesto flatbread recipe vegetarian
Flatbread Recipe with Yeast

Vegetarian Pesto Flatbread Recipe

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Vegetarian pesto flatbread recipe is best made with fresh pesto. The secret to making a good pesto flatbread is adding more fresh pesto to the flatbread once it has come out of the oven.

Pesto is absorbed into the flatbread as it cooks, so the flatbread is a bit dry when it comes out of the oven.

Adding more fresh pesto the flatbread once it comes out of the oven adds back the sauce and moisture. The flatbread is the perfect combination of thin crust, and it is packed with flavor. You will love the sundried tomatoes and pesto together.

We recommend using fresh mozzarella for your pesto flatbread recipe. Fresh mozzarella is more flavorful and browns very well in the oven.

We have included a few pictures to see the difference between regular mozzarella vs fresh mozzarella for this flatbread recipe.

If you need to make some fresh pesto before starting your flatbread, try out our recipe.

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fresh mozzarella cheese

Vegetarian Pesto Flatbread Recipe

How to make vegetarian pesto flatbread
Prep Time1 hour
Active Time15 minutes
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Main Course
Keyword: dinner
Yield: 2 flatbreads

Materials

Flatbread Dough

  • 1 tsp dry active yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar granulated
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup warm water 100-110 degrees F
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Flatbread Toppings

  • 1/2-3/4 cup pesto fresh
  • 1/3 cup sundried tomatoes
  • 16 slices mozzarella cheese fresh or regular

Instructions

Flatbread Dough

  • Combine yeast, sugar and warm water in a large mixing bowl. Let it sit for 5 minutes to active the yeast.
  • Add flour, olive oil, and salt to the mixing bowl. Mix with a fork or wooden spoon until it has started to come together. Turn onto a floured flat surface and knead the dough for a couple of minutes until it becomes smooth and elastic.
  • Place the dough back into the mixing bowl and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Let the dough rise for 45 min – 1 hour.

Flatbread Toppings

  • Cut the dough in half and roll out the dough. You should have 2 flatbreads to work with.
  • Add 2 tbsp of pesto to each of the doughs. Using the back of a spoon, spread the pesto to create a thin layer of pesto as the "pizza sauce".
  • Add 8 slices of mozzarella around the dough. Do not overlap the cheese, it should have some space in between each of the cheese slices.
  • Add the sundried tomatoes around the flatbreads. Put them on the pesto, not on the cheese slices.
    pesto flatbread recipe vegetarian
  • Bake the flatbread at 450 degrees F for 7-12 minutes. The flatbread edges will be light-golden brown, and the cheese will start browning when it's ready to come out of the oven.
  • Remove the flatbread from the oven and place it on a wooden cutting board.
  • Using a spoon, spoon the pesto onto the flatbread. While it's still warm, the pesto will melt into the pizza. This is a crucial step, and cannot be missed. Having the extra fresh pesto on the flatbread will make the pesto have more sauce, and will prevent it from being dry. Fresh pesto adds a ton of flavor to flatbread.
    pesto flatbread recipe vegetarian
  • Cut and serve immediately.
  • Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
pesto flatbread recipe vegetarian
regular mozzarella cheese
pesto flatbread recipe vegetarian
regular mozzarella cheese

Cream Cheese Icing for Cinnamon Rolls

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Cream cheese icing a memorable icing lathered on cinnamon rolls for a sweet treat.

Cinnamon roll icing is made with butter, powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla extract.

Cream cheese is added to buttercream icing to make cream cheese icing for cinnamon rolls.

cream cheese icing for cinnamon rolls

Do cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting need to be refrigerated

Cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting need to be refrigerated. Any frosting made with cream cheese needs to be refrigerated to stay at a safe temperature. Thaw your cinnamon rolls out from the refrigerator for 20 minutes before serving. Alternatively, you can microwave your cinnamon rolls for 20-30 seconds to warm them up before serving.

The fridge will slow down the aging process of the cinnamon rolls as well, making them stay good for longer than if they remained at room temperature.

Cream Cheese Icing for Cinnamon Rolls

Cream Cheese Icing for Cinnamon Rolls

How to make cream cheese icing for cinnamon rolls
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Keyword: icing
Yield: 12 cinnamon rolls

Materials

  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 4 oz cream cheese softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

  • Cream butter and cream cheese together using a stand mixer or hand mixer. Cream together until light and fluffy. It's easiest to cream them when they are a bit soft. Leave the butter and cream cheese on the counter for 20 minutes to soften before using.
  • Add vanilla extract and salt into the cream cheese icing and beat for 30 seconds until fully combined.
  • Add 1 cup of powdered sugar and cream together. It's ok if the mixture isn't coming together yet, it will!
  • Add the last cup of powdered sugar and beat until the icing becomes smooth and thick ~ 3 minutes on medium-high speed. Be patient, it will come together.
  • Spread cream cheese icing on cinnamon rolls when they have cooled coming out of the oven. Cream cheese icing is enough for 12 cinnamon rolls to be iced.
    Cream Cheese Icing for Cinnamon Rolls
What is cinnamon roll icing made of

Best Cake Flavors for your Wedding Cake

When deciding on your wedding cake, you’ll need to select the cake flavor, the filling, and the frosting.

Not only that, you will need to think about how you want your wedding cake to be decorated.

What are the Best Cake Flavors for a Wedding Cake

Vanilla Buttercream Wedding Cake

Vanilla buttercream wedding cake is the most classic and traditional wedding cake flavor you can choose. Since vanilla is a neutral flavor, most people that attend your wedding will enjoy it.

Sometimes picking a wedding cake that has chocolate cake, will not go over well with everyone. It’s best to select a cake that most of your guests will enjoy, without being too shocking of a flavor.

Vanilla buttercream cake is made with a buttermilk vanilla cake base.

In between the layers are vanilla buttercream icing.

Alternatively, you could ice the cake with vanilla buttercream, and in between the layers you could make vanilla custard.

Adding Vanilla Beans and Custard to your Wedding Cake

Sometimes vanilla buttercream cake is made with real vanilla beans. If you choose to go with a vanilla bean buttercream cake, this can be a bit more expensive, but it’s worth it.

The vanilla bean is opened, and the vanilla beans are extracted from the pod. The pod infuses its vanilla flavor into vanilla custard. The remaining tiny vanilla beans will fill the custard with luscious vanilla flavor.

The outside of the cake will be covered in vanilla bean buttercream icing. The vanilla beans extracted are added to vanilla buttercream icing, adding a ton of vanilla flavor. Vanilla bean buttercream icing is much more flavorful than just regular vanilla buttercream icing.

Usually, vanilla buttercream cake is flavored only with vanilla extract, which can be just a hint of vanilla. Adding vanilla beans will be sure to overwhelm your taste buds and will be a huge hit at your wedding.

Vanilla bean custard adds a ton of flavor to your wedding cake. Vanilla custard is a sweet and rich addition to your wedding cake.

Vanilla custard is made by tempering eggs. Tempering eggs is fairly time consuming and laboring for a baker. Vanilla custard is warmed until it has thickened enough, and then it needs time to chill in the refrigerator until it’s ready to use.

I would highly recommend adding vanilla custard to your wedding cake. It will take your wedding cake from tasty to mouthwatering.

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Lemon Custard Wedding Cake

Lemon custard wedding cake is a light, and tangy cake for your wedding.

Lemon custard wedding cake is made by adding fresh lemon juice and lemon zest to a vanilla cake base. Lemon cake will have strands of lemon zest throughout the cake base, making it quite eye catching when it is served.

In between the layers of lemon cake is lemon custard.

Lemon custard has a bit of a tart and sharp taste to it, since it has lemon juice added to it for the flavoring.

Lemon custard wedding cake can be frosted with either a lemon cream cheese frosting, or a lemon buttercream icing. 

Lemon cream cheese frosting will be a bit more creamy and full than lemon buttercream icing.

Lemon custard wedding cake has a strong pungent flavor. I would recommend adding lemon cream cheese frosting, as this will make the cake have complimenting flavors, and won’t be too overwhelming with lemon flavor for your wedding cake.

Champagne Cake with Strawberry Buttercream

Champagne cake one of the newest trends in wedding cakes. Champagne has hints of lemon, peach, almond, or white cherry notes depending on the bottle of champagne.

By adding these hints of flavor to a wedding cake, it gives just a touch of citrus and toasted almond flavors that come together well for a light and flavorful wedding cake.

Champagne cake is made by adding champagne to a vanilla cake base.

Adding Strawberry flavoring to champagne wedding cake

For a little more succulent flavor, strawberry extract, and chopped strawberries are added to the champagne vanilla cake base.

Strawberries are a little bit sweet and acidic, making them a burst of flavor inside a wedding cake.

For the champagne cake layers, they have an added thin layer of champagne infused syrup. The cake has small holes poked in it to have the champagne syrup seep into the cake, making it a little sweeter with more champagne flavor.

Champagne strawberry wedding cake is filled with layers of cream cheese icing, made with whipped cream, strawberry extract and strawberry purée.

Champagne strawberry wedding cake is covered top to bottom in champagne buttercream frosting, with added strawberry extract and strawberry purée.

Champagne cake with strawberry buttercream is one of the most memorable cakes you can choose for your wedding. It has a light pink color to the frosting from the strawberries. When the cake is cut, it has the chopped strawberries popping with color throughout the layered pink cake.

Choosing a champagne cake for your wedding will thoroughly impress your guests by its unique special flavor. Most people will never have tried a champagne cake before, so it will be an remarkable choice for a wedding cake.

How are wedding cakes decorated

You can choose to have your wedding cake decorated with

  • detailed icing
  • painted icing
  • a cake topper
  • fresh flowers
  • sprigs of greenery

If you’re going with a more modern wedding, you can opt for detailed or painted icing on the sides of your wedding cake as added decoration.

For a rustic wedding you could choose to go with the fresh flowers or sprigs of greenery for your wedding cake decorations.

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37 Cake Flavor Ideas

Choosing a cake flavor can be difficult depending on the occasion you need it for.

Here’s a few of our favorite cake flavor ideas for you to try out for your next get together.

We’ve complied a list of cakes flavor ideas that have everything from ombre cakes to champagne cakes to help with your selection of which cake flavor to choose.

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Mille Feuille Cake

Mille Feuille cake is made by baking puff pastry into sheets. The sheets are stacked in layers.

In between the layers are vanilla pastry cream. The vanilla pastry is made by adding vanilla beans, and infusing the pod into the pastry cream.

Mille Feuille cake is topped with royal icing and melted bittersweet dark chocolate.

Mille Feuille has specific lines of chocolate that are made with a sharp knife, creating beautiful lines on the top of the cake.

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Lemon raspberry cake

Lemon raspberry cake is made by infusing lemon juice and lemon zest into a cake recipe, and then adding a few frozen raspberries.

The cake has the raspberries throughout, giving it a beautiful look of yellow and red.

The colors are vibrant when you cut the cake.

Lemon raspberry cake is coated in lemon infused cream cheese icing. Lemon raspberry cake is satisfying and light.

Cookies and cream cake 

Cookies and cream cake is made by adding cocoa powder and coffee to cake.

The cake is made with buttermilk, making it extra creamy.

The cookies and cream cake is iced with a cookie Italian buttercream frosting.

Caramel chocolate cake

Caramel chocolate cake is made by creating a chocolate cake using cocoa powder.

The caramel chocolate cake is iced using a salted caramel infused icing with a touch of chocolate using cocoa powder.

The layers are assembled by adding salted caramel sauce, and salted caramel chocolate icing in between the chocolate cake.

Black forest cake

Black forest cake is made by baking a cake with cocoa powder and coffee infused into it.

The cake layers are then soaked in a cherry syrup. In between the cherry soaked chocolate layers of cake, are whipped cream and cherries.

The cake is covered in whipped cream on its exterior, and chocolate shavings are added to the sides of the cake.

Vanilla buttercream cake

Vanilla buttercream cake is made by baking a vanilla cake with buttermilk.

In between the layers are vanilla buttercream icing. Or, you could ice the cake with vanilla buttercream, and in between the layers you could make vanilla custard.

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Cookie dough cake

Cookie dough cake is made by baking a cake using vanilla and Greek yogurt at its base.

The cookie dough is made using a recipe that does not have eggs in it.

The cookie dough is made with mini chocolate chips, as to not be too overwhelming in the cake.

The cookies are shaped, chilled, and gently placed into the cake, and then the cake is baked. The rest of the cookie dough is shaped again so it’s flat and chilled.

This will act as the top of the cake and will be crumbled to look like mini bits of cookie dough.

In between the layers of cookie dough cake, is cookie dough frosting.

Cookie dough frosting is made by adding a little bit of flour, brown sugar and mini chocolate chips.

The brown sugar gives the look of cookie dough by turning it a golden brown color. Covering the cake on the top is chocolate ganache with the bits of cookie dough crumbled on top.

White chocolate raspberry cake

White chocolate raspberry cake is made by adding chopped white chocolate to a vanilla based cake.

In between the layers is a thin smear of raspberry jam and white chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream.

Chocolate Kahlua with strawberry buttercream cake

Chocolate Kahlua cake is made by making a cake with cocoa powder, espresso powder and Kahlua infused into it.

The strawberry buttercream is made by combining whipped cream, buttercream, and diced strawberries, giving the icing a beautiful pink color.

The strawberry buttercream fills the layers in between the cake.

The cake has dripped chocolate ganache to give the cake a little bit more of a chocolate hint to it.

Chocolate cake

Chocolate cake is made with cocoa powder and espresso powder.

The cake is iced using chocolate buttercream which is made with cocoa powder and espresso powder infused into it.

Chocolate cake is a very rich and heavy dessert.

Hazelnut chocolate cake

Hazelnut chocolate cake is made with cocoa powder and it uses hazelnut flour at its base.

In between the layers of cake is hazelnut spread and cocoa powder infused icing.

The hazelnut buttercream icing is coated around the cake, with the option of adding hazelnut meringues to the top as well.

Lemon poppy seed cake

Lemon poppy seed cake is made by lemon juice, lemon zest, and poppy seeds to a vanilla cake base.

The cake is iced with a lemon cream cheese frosting.

Vanilla chai cake

Vanilla chai cake is made by adding chai spice to a vanilla cake base.

Chai spice includes cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice, and cloves. Vanilla chai cake is iced with vanilla and chai spiced buttercream icing.

S’more cake

S’more cake is made by adding allspice, cinnamon, and brown sugar to a vanilla cake base.

In between the layers of S’more cake is chocolate buttercream and homemade marshmallows.

The chocolate buttercream is made by adding melted chocolate to buttercream frosting.

On top of the two fillings is a mixture of spices and crumbled graham crackers.

The cake is topped with more homemade marshmallows and torched to give it a “fired” look to it.

Peanut butter cake

Peanut butter cake is made by adding peanut butter and chopped peanut butter cups to complete the cake base.

The peanut butter icing is made by adding whipped cream and peanut butter to buttercream.

Peanut butter cake has the icing covering the entire cake and topping with a few peanut butter cups.

Lemon and elderflower cake

Lemon and elderflower cake is made by adding lemon juice and elderflower cordial to a vanilla cake base.

The cake is filled with lemon curd in between the layers.

The cake is iced topped to bottom with elderflower buttercream frosting.

Orange and cream cake

Orange and cream cake is made by adding orange zest to a buttermilk cake base.

The cake is filled with cream cheese and whipped cream filling, infused with orange juice and orange zest.

The cake is covered with orange zest flavored whipped cream.

Lavender lemon cake with white chocolate buttercream

Lavender cake is made by adding culinary lavender to a vanilla buttermilk cake base.

Lemon curd fills the layers of the cake.

The white chocolate buttercream is made by adding melted white chocolate to a buttercream base.

This frosting covers the lavender lemon cake, making it very flavorful and light.

Coffee cake 

Coffee cake is made by adding instant coffee to a buttermilk cake base.

In between the layers of cake is apricot jam.

The coffee layer cake is covered in coffee buttercream icing, which is made by adding instant coffee to buttercream icing.

Carrot cake with cream cheese icing

Carrot cake is made by adding shavings of carrots, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon to a vanilla cake base.

Carrot cake is also made with applesauce and brown sugar, giving it a caramelized carrot flavor.

Carrot cake is covered in cream cheese icing from top to bottom.

Chocolate mousse cake

Chocolate cake is made by adding instant coffee and cocoa powder to a buttermilk cake base.

The next layer is the chocolate mousse, which is made by adding gelatin to warm heavy cream and chocolate.

The gelatin helps to stabilize the chocolate mousse for using it in a cake.

The chocolate mousse cake is topped with chocolate ganache to give it a rich chocolatey flavor.

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Red velvet cake

Red velvet cake is made by adding cocoa powder and red food coloring to a vanilla cake base.

The cake is covered in cream cheese icing for a fluffy and rich cake flavoring.

Mint chocolate chip cake

Mint chocolate chip cake is made by adding cocoa powder to a vanilla cake base.

The cake is covered in mint buttercream icing which is made by adding mint extract, and dark chocolate chips to Italian buttercream icing.

The cake is topped with a thin layer of chocolate ganache to finish it off with a rich chocolate and mint flavor for the cake.

White chocolate raspberry cake

White chocolate raspberry cake is made by baking a vanilla cake base.

The cake is filled with raspberry and lemon sugar sauce.

The cake is covered in white chocolate buttercream which is made by adding melted white chocolate to buttercream icing.

Lemon velvet cake

Lemon velvet cake is made by adding lemon zest and lemon extract to a buttermilk vanilla cake base.

Lemon velvet cake is iced using lemon extract and lemon zest infused buttercream icing.

Almond amaretto cake

Almond amaretto cake is made by adding almond extract and amaretto to a vanilla cake base.

The cake is covered top to bottom is amaretto infused buttercream frosting.

To add a bit of decoration, you can add some sliced toasted almonds on the top of the cake.

Chantilly cake

Chantilly cake is made by first baking a vanilla cake base.

A Chantilly cake has a unique frosting that is made by combining whipped cream, mascarpone cheese and cream cheese together to a buttercream frosting base.

The layers of cake are made by creating a berry syrup, such as raspberry syrup, and then placing the unique cream frosting on top of the syrup.

Fresh berries are place into the cream frosting, making this beautiful and colorful layered cake.

Some of the berries that are too large, like strawberries, are cut in half to have an even layered cake.

When the Chantilly cake is sliced, you can see the colorful red and blue berries throughout the layered cake.

The Chantilly cake is covered in the cream frosting all over the sides and top of the cake.

Chantilly cake is usually topped with a few fresh berries, giving it an eye catching look to it.

Irish cream cake

Irish cream cake is made by adding Irish cream and cocoa powder to a buttermilk vanilla cake base.

In between the layers of cake is Irish cream infused whipped cream.

The cake is covered in Irish cream flavored buttercream icing.

Using the drip method, chocolate ganache is dripped from the top of the cake down the sides of the Irish cream cake.

Mocha cake with toffee bits

Mocha cake is made by adding coffee and cocoa powder to a vanilla cake base.

Toasted pecans and toffee bits are added to the cake to be baked into the cake only on the top of the batter.

The cake is covered in mocha buttercream icing, which is made by adding coffee and cocoa powder to a vanilla buttercream icing.

The cake is topped with a few more toasted pecans and toffee bits for added decoration and flavor.

Ombre cake

An ombre cake can be a combination of icing colors or cake colored layers going from dark to light.

An ombre cake is eye catching and unique.

The colors are made by adding more or less food coloring to change the colors of the cake or icing.

Dulce de leche cake

Dulce de leche cake is made by adding caramel sauce to a vanilla cake base.

The cake slices are soaked with a combination of condensed milk and whipping cream, making the cake extra sweet.

The layers of the cake are filled with caramel flavored whipped cream.

Toasted hazelnuts are added on top of the whip cream layers to give the cake an added crunch.

The cake is covered in dulce de leche whipped cream.

Champagne cake with strawberry buttercream

Champagne cake is made by adding champagne, strawberry extract, and chopped strawberries to a vanilla cake base.

The cake layers have a thin layer of champagne infused syrup.

The cake has small holes poked in it to have the champagne syrup seep into the cake, making it a little sweeter with more champagne flavor.

The cake is filled with layers of cream cheese icing, made with whipped cream, strawberry extract and strawberry purée.

The cake is covered top to bottom in champagne buttercream frosting, with added strawberry extract and strawberry purée.

The cake has a light pink color to the frosting from the strawberries.

When the cake is cut, it has the chopped strawberries popping with color throughout the layered pink cake.

Coconut cream cake

Coconut cream cake is made by adding coconut emulsion and coconut milk to a vanilla cake base.

Coconut cream cake is filled and covered with coconut buttercream frosting.

The coconut buttercream icing is made by adding cream of coconut and coconut emulsion to buttercream icing.

Banana cream cake

Banana cream cake is made by adding bananas to a vanilla cake base.

Banana cream cake is filled with vanilla pastry cream.

Banana cream cake is frosted with banana buttercream icing.

Banana buttercream icing is made with banana extract to buttercream frosting.

You could add food coloring to the icing if you wanted it to have a hint of yellow in it.

The sides of the cake have crushed graham crackers, and the top of the cake has banana chips for added decoration.

Strawberry shortcake

Strawberry shortcake is made by baking biscuits or vanilla cake.

In between the layers of cake or biscuits are vanilla bean and sugar coated strawberries and whipped cream.

The whipped cream helps hold the strawberries in place, and acts as an filler instead of icing or custard.