Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Baking with Flowers 9
Floral Syrups 10
Cakes and Cupcakes 13
Lavender Cake with Creamy Lemon Curd and Vanilla Buttercream 15
Chamomile Cake with Peach and Mascarpone Buttercream 17
Elderflower-Strawberry Buttermilk Cake 21
Chocolate-Lilac Cake with Chocolate Buttercream 22
Cherry Blossom Almond Layer Cake 25
Jasmine and Vanilla Bundt Cake 26
One-Bowl Chocolate Sheet Cake with Buttercream Flowers 29
Persian Love Cake 30
"Flowerfetti" Brown Butter Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream 33
Woodland Pear Cake with Chestnut and Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream 35
Chocolate Bundt Cake with Orange Blossom Ganache 39
White Chocolate Cake with Rose Mascarpone 40
Lemon-Ricotta Cupcakes with Lemon-Elderflower Buttercream 43
Lavender "Hot Chocolate" Cupcakes 46
Lilac-Vanilla Cupcakes 49
Cookies 51
Chewy Lavender-Earl Grey Sugar Cookies 53
Cherry Blossom Sables 54
Floral Almond Wreath Cookies 57
Dark and White Chocolate-Lavender Cookies 58
Mixed Berry-Lavender Streusel Bars 61
Pressed Pansy Sugar Cookies 62
White Chocolate, Pistachio, and Orange Blossom Cookies 65
Lavender Caramel and Mocha Thumbprint Cookies 66
Lavender-Pistachio Linzer Cookies 69
Rose Petal Shortbread 70
Plum Blossom Window Cookies 72
Choux 75
Whipped Cherry Blossom Ganache and Matcha Cream Puffs 77
Chamomile-Mango Cream Puffs 79
Jasmine-Blueberry Ice Cream Choux Puffs 83
Coffee and Milk Chocolate Cream Puffs with Candied Rose Petals 85
Jasmine and Honey Éclairs 89
Chocolate-Lavender Religieuse 91
Pies and Tarts 95
Strawberry-Rose Pie 97
Peach Galette with Lavender Whipped Cream 101
Floral Hand Pies 103
Pear Pie with Pressed-Flower Crust 107
Summer Fruit Tart 111
Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Rose Frongipane Tart 112
Hibiscus-Glazed Apple-Pistachio Frangipane Tart 115
No-Bake Honey Blossom Cheesecake Tart with Plums 118
Apple-Rose Custard Tart 121
Jasmine Fruit Tartlets 124
Other Floral Treats 127
Rose Blossom Mochi 129
No-Churn Rose-Pistachio Ice Cream Sandwiches 130
Jasmine Mooncakes 132
Floral Caramels 135
Rose Lollipops 136
Decoration Tutorials and Techniques 139
Decorating with Fresh Flowers 140
Naked Cake Decorating 101 142
Making Candied and Pressed Petals for Decoration 145
Piping Buttercream Flowers 149
Rose Piping Tutorial 150
Ranunculus Piping Tutorial 153
Ruffled Peony Piping Tutorial 154
Sunflower Piping Tutorial 157
Chrysanthemum Piping Tutorial 158
Introduction to Russian Piping Tips 160
Holiday Floral Cookie Box Tutorial 163
Acknowledgments 165
About the Author 167
Index 168
