Sometimes I skip lunch and eat cake and blinis. Sometimes I put fresh figs in the middle of a bundt cake. Sometimes I load up my car with dishes and food and hang out with my homegirl Cybelle. Sometimes I get my food styling on freelance-style.
I made this stuff awhile back for Michigan Blue Magazine. They wanted warm wintery chocolatey things and appetizer things. So I made a chocolate gingerbread bundt cake!
I sautéed some pears in brown sugar and butter for cake garnish! It was tasty! And it’s totally an easy dessert in a fancy outfit. Kind of like a fancy yet comfortable dress from Anthropologie or something.
Then blinis happend. I love them because they’re pretty much just mini pancakes that you serve appetizer-style instead of crackers.
I made a fig compote to pair with pistachios on some. The idea comes from this cupcake. Cupcakes are inspirational always.
The other flavor option was spinach dip and sun dried tomatoes. I can thank this little appetizer for this one.
My favorite was this mousse though. I’ve made it before right here. This time I layered in some ganache and whipped cream.
Cybelle and I totally sampled them. We just had to! I even had another one when I got home.
So days like this are how I end up with cake and mousse for lunch. It’s pretty fun.
Winter 2011-12 // Michigan Blue Magazine
Food and styling by Me
Photography by Cybelle Codish (this is her blog)
Yay! Click HERE for a downloadable pdf of the recipes shown above.
GORGEOUS and YUM!!! You 2 SOOO need to do a book NOW!!! xo
Thanks, Heather!
so moody and pretty. love it!
Thanks, lady!
Totally non-food related…I love your jacket in this feature.
Jackets are totally important too. 🙂 Thanks!
All of this food looks gorgeous! I admire your creativity!
Xx
Thanks, Hannah!
OMG look so amazing! I love me some chocolate! Thank goodness I live in Belgium right!
I’m definitely going to make all of these recipes!
The photography looks amazing!
Thanks, Lori! <3 And yeah! Cybelle has major photography skillz.
Super beautiful stuff! I love the idea of the figs in the middle of the bundt. Everything looks so tasty!
Thanks, Nicole! Figs are just lovely, ya know?
the photography and styling are amazing… happy sunday!
Thanks! <3
I posted just after you at Oh Joy and saw your name was also Megan, then I went straight to your blog and found out you have this amazing food website! Liking sweet stuff must be a Megan-thing haha. All the above treats look so good, I wish I had the skills to make it but I am definitely going to give one of your tasty looking recipies a try.. you never know, it might work out for once!
Yes! Us Megans should stick together!
And I have total confidence that you can make something tasty. 🙂
Whereabouts in Michigan are you? I live in Saginaw. Your cake is divine!
I live in a suburb of Detroit! <3!