a mushroom cake fit for a faerie. this forest floor was a very special commission piece for a friend.

this cake is one part forest floor and one part “pure imagination from the 1971 Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory ( I was obsessed with the mushrooms and edible buttercups). Everything is edible and delicious . I wanted it to look like someone had taken a spade to the forest floor on a cold fall morning and scooped it up. Inside is an olive oil, lemon, turmeric, poppyseed cake, preserved lemon curd and burnt honey buttercream. Mushrooms are truly the most magical organism and I loved making all these different types. Identify them in the comments if you can !

Mushrooms: marzipan + orange blossom meringue

Moss: lemon olive oil sponge cake

Leaves: chocolate mint leaves, marigold leaf crumbles, thyme, yarrow

Fallen logs: dark chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream dipped in dark chocolate

Edible earth: maple-miso dark chocolate cookie crumbs, walnuts, reishi mushroom, cocoa powder, roasted soybean flour, raisins, rice puffs

Frost: spring equinox pine sugar, spruce sea salt from OK sea salt https://www.okseasalt.com/

RECIPES
vanilla cake
my recipe here:    • dairy-free vanilla buttercream + vint...  
(to make lemon cake add 1/2 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp lemon zest and 1 tsp poppyseed in with dry ingredients)

vanilla buttercream
my recipe here:    • best ever vanilla cake recipe gluten-...  

lemon curd
my recipe here:    • VEGAN LEMON CURD WITH PRESERVED LEMON...  

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Hello, I'm Lauren. I've been obsessed with food my entire life. I opened my home bakery in February 2020 and it's the best thing I've ever done. I'm a self-taught baker living in Montreal, Canada.


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