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Toppings - Ngā Whakarākei

This section is dedicated to the toppings and extras that I use to decorate my recipes including buttercreams, ganache, meringue, whipped butters and decorations. Kia maumahara - remember, if there is anything that you need help with, let me know and I will try my best to help you along the way!

  • Sitting on natural fabric is a ceramic cake stand with a lemon syrup bundt cake on top of it. It is decorated with a white chocolate and plum ganache dripping down the sides of it. A purple flowers sits underneath it.
    White Chocolate and Plum Ganache
  • How to make Italian Meringue
  • White chocolate yogurt cream piped on to lemon bars with a sprinkle of freeze dried raspberries on top.
    White Chocolate Yogurt Cream
  • A close up shot of a parmesan wafer is shown, it is sitting on top of herbed cream, on a muffin. The wafer is rustic.
    Parmesan Wafer Crisps
  • Whipped brown butter has been set in a small glass container, it is on a cream cloth with scones in the background.
    Whipped Brown Butter
  • Close up of sliced easy homemade vanilla marshmallow with free-dried raspberries on top.
    Easy Homemade Vanilla Marshmallows
  • A lemon cheesecake with berries on top is decorated with White Chocolate decorations that are rustic leaf shapes.
    White Chocolate Decorations
  • Brown butter is in a pot that is foaming and brown speckles have floated to the top
    How to Brown Butter
  • A close up shot of homemade salted caramel sauce is being drizzled in to a small ceramic bowl. It is thick and smooth.
    Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce
  • Stable whipped cream is being piped in to peaks on top of a caramel dessert.
    Stable Whipped Cream
  • A two layered vanilla cake is being decorated in with simple cream cheese frosting that is being spread on to the top of the cake. It is on a wooden board with flowers in the background.
    Simple Cream Cheese Frosting
  • In a black cast iron pan is easy caramel sauce simmering, it is being stirred with a wooden spoon.
    Easy Caramel Sauce
  • easy tomato chutney is spread on to baked scones that are split open on a plate. More chutney is seen in the glass jar behind the plate.
    Easy Tomato Chutney Recipe
  • A close up shot of a kumara cake has been topped with dark chocolate buttercream, dried oranges and fresh strawberries.
    Dark Chocolate Buttercream
  • White chocolate cream cheese frosting is being piped on to a Ginger loaf in a squiggly pattern. Candles are in the background.
    White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
  • A key-lime pie is decorated with crispy meringue shards. They are rustic in shape and stick up in the air, off the pie.
    Crispy Meringue Shards
  • Close up of a Key-lime pie with peaks of toasted French meringue recipe. The pie is on a blue cake stand on a wooden board.
    French Meringue Recipe
  • Peanut butter buttercream is being freshly piped on to ultimate peanut butter cookies, the swirl pattern is seen on every cookie.
    Peanut Butter Buttercream
  • Whipped vanilla butter is melty down the front of a hot cross bun. It is starting to melt but the grooves of the piped butter are still seen.
    Whipped Vanilla Butter Recipe
  • A small chocolate cake is being spread with vegan chocolate buttercream with a knife. The cake is on a pink plate.
    Vegan Chocolate Buttercream
  • A chocolate cake is decorated with is decorated with dark chocolate petal decorations, each one has gold leaf on them.
    Dark Chocolate Petal Decorations
  • In a silver pan is finely diced pieces of pear that are steaming with spices on it, there is steam coming out of the pan along with a wooden spoon.
    Easy Spiced Pear Compote
  • Chocolate almond butter is spread on to a piece of spiced banana loaf, the knife also has heaps of the butter on it. It is all sitting on a white plate, on a wooden board.
    Chocolate Almond Butter
  • Bright chia raspberry and lemon jam is being spreading in to a slice tin with a clue spatula.
    Chia Raspberry and Lemon Jam
  • In a glass bowl is Swiss meringue, hand beater whisk attachments are coming out of the meringue revealing stiff peaks.
    How to make Swiss Meringue
  • simple lemon custard and is piped on to two layers of pastry with blueberries in between each one.
    Simple Lemon Custard Recipe
  • A slice of whole orange cake sits on a small white plate. It has a thick layer of simple cinnamon buttercream and fresh raspberries on top.
    Simple Cinnamon Buttercream

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