08 October 2009

Burch & Purchese Creative Cakes - 3 Chocolate, Orange & Bay Leaf


Of course, it's no secret we love the combination of chocolate and orange but this creation includes the subtle fragrance of bay leaf which works beautifully together. Two chocolates, Chocovic's Nayarit (milk) and Tarakan (dark), are used in the production of this cake. Orange marmalade, and jelly provide relief and cut through the sweetness. A bay leaf fluid gel is inside along with a crunchy bay leaf sable base. The whole gâteaux is frozen before spraying and curled orange crisps are used for garnish along with chocolate decor and milk chocolate glasage. Gold leaf makes this creation really special, do you want Burch & Purchese to create something special just for you? Drop us a line and we will get straight back to you.

05 October 2009

Burch & Purchese Creative Cakes - 2 Chocolate, Raspberry & Tarragon


Luscious chocolate mousse, with a tart raspberry jelly and a smooth fragrant tarragon cream are the contents of this latest creation. The flavours were commissioned by a client for a special occasion and we went to work on making the day special. Burch and Purchese really enjoy creating unique pieces for customers and we especially enjoyed playing around with the flavours chosen. The gâteaux was finished off with a good spray of chocolate for the textured effect and garnished with chocolate decor and jellies.

04 October 2009

Burch & Purchese Dishes - 15 Curry Ice Cream With Rice

This is another playful dessert from Burch & Purchese, we were inspired by our love of interesting flavour profiles and of course texture, and techniques. We paired our curry ice cream with toasted wild rice and spherical mango represents the mango chutney. Accompanied by our sweet poppadoms and garnished with coriander this was a tongue in cheek experimental dessert just to satisfy our own curiosity. We found it worked very well and certainly curry is a favorite in desserts these days. Hopefully this will stop Ian missing a curry from Brick Lane in East London for a little while.

18 September 2009

Burch & Purchese Creative Cakes - 1 Toast & Marmalade


This is another example of our play on word and flavours. The gateaux has layers of burnt orange cream, nut butter jelly and Chocovic's 'Nayarit' milk chocolate mousse with orange. A base of soaked and toasted brioche holds everything in place and to garnish are segments of orange cream, confit kumquats, freshly grated zest, nut butter gel cubes and sweetened and dehydrated mini brioche 'toast' slices. Our orange marmalade is also nestled inside the gateaux and served as an accompaniment as well. This is a fun and, most importantly, delicious creation.