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Colette Peters

Celebrity Cake Decorator; Owner, Colette's Cakes

Category: Other Sweets

December 26, 2013

Perfect Pâte á Choux

Adapted from the pâte á choux recipe in Madeleine Kamman’s The Making of a Cook, this basic formulation can be used with both sweet and...

August 9, 2013

Vacation is for keeping it simple with easy and versatile dishes - especially when you spend your work week, as I do, decorating lavish...

May 5, 2013

Hey, have you mastered semisweet modeling chocolate yet? If so, it’s time to advance to the white chocolate version. As yummy as the...

May 5, 2013

Recently I’ve heard some trepidation about modeling chocolate expressed within my circles on the internet. But, truly, there’s nothing to...

November 26, 2012

I miss my mother-in-law. I don’t think I told many of you, but she passed away this fall. If you’ve lost someone you love, you know: the...

May 14, 2012

More assembly instructions than detailed baking how-to, this interactive (read: get-your-hands-dirty) dessert is infinitely adaptable! The...

March 4, 2012

I liken this dessert to tiramisu, but without all of the carbs. Sans the traditional ladyfingers and with the espresso turned into ice, its...

August 29, 2011

A slightly more conservative, but equally tasty, spin on my orange-scented White Chocolate-Basil Panna Cotta!

June 26, 2011

For some, summer in New England is marked by early morning wake-up calls from fishing boats revving up in the harbor for their day’s work....

August 11, 2010

Most visitors to Vacationland busy themselves with swimming or hiking or sailing. And me? Well, truth be told: as much as I subscribe to...

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