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Celebrate with Sweet Surprises
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Come and join us to learn about some “cool” recipes and ideas for celebrating those special moments. Today, we will be chatting with Pastry Chef Noelle Marchetti, a 2023 James Beard Award semifinalist, who will share ideas for culinary party treats and also discover how to stop and savor even those mini moments that are guaranteed to make you smile.
It is always fun to celebrate special times like birthdays, holidays, new jobs, or graduations. But it’s also important to learn to celebrate little experiences like sharing a lunch, seeing the first snow coming down, or finally getting your old pan bright and shiny, so grab that tire inflator, and pump up some positive emotions that will make life just a little easier by celebrating the maxi and mini celebrations in life.
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Three Layer Stack-Up Cakes
Raspberry and peach jam spirit up these melbas sponge mini cakes.
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About the Recipe: We used Melba flavors of raspberry and peaches, but you could use any type of jam or jelly. The sponge cake is light and easy to cut. These dessert 3-layer mini cakes are stored in the refrigerator until serving and then sprinkled with a touch of confectioners’ sugar sweetness.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies
Contrasting flavors of peanut butter and chocolate in buttery shortbread.
About the Recipe: After seeing this decorating idea in a Better Homes & Garden magazine, I thought that peanut butter and chocolate would make a delicious contrasting flavor combination in a buttery shortbread cookie, and I loved the flower decorations that were made using sliced almonds. These melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies are perfect for your summer cookie dessert tray.
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Fuzzy Navel Custard Cream Tarts with Honey Glazed Berries
Celebrate the 80’s with peach orange combo fresh berry tarts.
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About the Recipe: Add some star power to your summer dessert menu with sweet nut crusted custard cream tarts, topped with the season’s-best berries. We flavored our custard with peaches and orange, a popular fuzzy navel classic combo duo in the 80’s and topped them with honey glazed fruit. So elegant and delectable.
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Chef Noele Marchetti –
Executive Pastry Chef at Yolan restaurant – The Joseph hotel – Nashville, TN
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She oversees all pastry and desserts made at The Joseph, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nashville, including creations for the refined Italian restaurant. Yolan offers high-end, luxurious desserts, and Marchetti’s team also produce goodies for the hotel’s coffee bar and the rooftop bar Denim.
Pastry Chef Marchetti has received national acclaim for the delicious dishes she produces at Yolan and was a semifinalist for the 2023 James Beard Award for best pastry chef.
Desserts served by Noele Marchetti’s team at James Beard Dinner on March 28th.
Additional Desserts by Noele Marchetti’s team as served at James Beard Dinner on March 28th.
Marchetti constantly pushes the envelope, developing unique and daring desserts that are always beautifully plated and rich in flavor, showcasing the finest in-season ingredients.
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Classic Italian Biscotti
Original recipe from Chef Marchetti and the team from Yolan restaurant in Nashville.
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About the Recipe: This recipe is a classic biscotti from Italy that is twice baked and originated from the city of Prato. The biscotti cookies are first baked in a large log, cut, and baked again until golden brown and deliciously crunchy. You can dip them into coffee or your favorite hot drink. The recipe encourages you to add your favorite inclusions to the recipe. It’s a great “Make It Your Way” recipe.
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Orange Ricotta Scones
Chef Noelle Marchetti’s sweet treat orange glazed scones.
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About the Recipe: These scones are tender with a light crumble and some buttery layers, that have just a touch of sweet orange flavor. A light, sweet glaze creates a smooth coating, reminding you of a bright, sunny day. Treat yourself to this easy-to-make breakfast or high tea pastry for a special sweet treat.
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“Make Them Your Way” recipe.
Sweet Lemon Berry Squares
Shortbread crust with fresh fruit flavors in creamy lemon orange filling.
About the Recipe: A buttery rich shortbread crust holds fresh fruit fillings that are creamy with just a tang of lemon. The best part is that you can decide what fruit you might enjoy – lemon, lemon orange, strawberry, raspberry, or whatever one you want to try. It’s always fun to make surprise desserts.
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Chocolate Glazed Double Banana Mini Breads
Four chocolate frosted mini loaves filled with double delicious banana flavor.
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About the Recipe: Imagine having chocolate and butter pecans, overflowing with tropical banana flavor, bananas chips, and then topped with honey glazed fresh banana slices. The flavor combination is comfort food at its best. An added benefit is that It’s great to bake the 4 mini loaves in disposable pans so they can be easily frozen and served later.
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Frosty Cheesecake Soft-Serve Dessert with Honey-Glazed Sweet Berries
Make it in 5 minutes; Serve double-berry desserts sundae style.
About the Recipe: Can you even believe that only 3 ingredients and some flavorings can be made into a soft-serve, frosty cream so easily? Then just sweeten up the berries and layer into beautiful glasses or serving bowls, top with frosty cream, and crunchy graham cracker crumbs and chopped nuts. Sit back on a hot day and enjoy.
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Cookie Butter Chocolate Brownie Cookies
Rich brownie-like cookie with European lightly spiced cookie butter.
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About the Recipe: The fudgy cookies are definitely relatives of rich brownies with crisp crusts and soft chocolate texture inside, studded with tiny pieces of melty chocolate. The flavor will remind you of dense chocolate, sweet and thick. A lightly spiced butter crunch flavor echoes the taste of spiced Eastern European cookies. Drizzle some melted cookie butter across the cookies and sprinkle lightly with chopped salted smoked almonds or toasted almonds.
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Cherry Berry Meringue “Clouds”
Regal looking dessert that’s golden and crisp with sweet cream and berries.
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About the Recipe: Light, airy, and chewy with sweetness in every bite – made with egg whites, sugar and vanilla, these gluten free meringues just melt in your mouth. Fill them with fluffy double cream and spoon a berry cherry sauce over the top. Garnish desserts with a few mint or basil leaves for a sweet herb touch and spring green color.
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Coconut Almond Popover Cupcakes
Baking cupcakes in a popover pan makes them super-sugar- crusty.
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About the Recipe: These decadent cupcakes are lightly flavored with almond, sweet coconut, and topped with a dark chocolate ganache frosting, which is garnished with toasted almonds, coconut, and sugar sprinkles.
Baking them in a popover pan creates a super-crusty, sugar-sweet crust, which is deliciously addictive. They are very elegant cupcakes.
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Easy Mini Party Cakes
Layered berry whipped cream mini cakes that come together in minutes.
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About the Recipe: Do you need a quick individual party cake to celebrate a special occasion or person in your life? Since you start with light shell dessert cups, the recipe is super easy and yet can be prepared with the fruits, cream, jelly, or jam you love the best. Don’t forget to add party decors, chocolate glaze, and if available an edible flower.
Add a candle if it’s a birthday. Enjoy making simple celebration cakes!
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