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Constellation Inspiration

Constellation Inspiration

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Constellation Inspiration is a sweet, buttercream-coated journal that started in early 2015.  

A journal I was hesitant to start but one that I am so glad that I did. I have always struggled with starting a new journal or notebook; I never wanted to ruin the pristine, clean nature of the blank slate and writing the first letter on the first page has always proven to be the biggest challenge. But once the first word has been gently etched on, the rest just flows.

The words all flow at an ebullient rate until it becomes an ode, a love letter of some sort. One that declares my love for all things beautifully sweet. Once the first recipe was developed and the first set of photos was edited, the desire to learn more, the hunger to create, and the need to perfect, overtook me. 

These recipes, these love letters dedicated to all things delicate and sweet, are inspired by seasonal flavours and florals. They are also inspired by places I have been and flavours that have lingered since. They are grounded by many accounts of late-night recipe testing that took precedence to whatever else I was doing at that time. 

At that time I was completing my Master’s degree. In psychology, to be exact. I loved psychology and still do. I will never regret dedicating over six years of my life and a bit of my sanity to it. But it was during this time I found myself in a love affair with creating. I bake to create. To create something that really shows that the sum is indeed greater than its parts of flour, butter, and sugar.  To create something that shows that there is splendor in the familiar and you can always tease beauty out of the prosaic.

I bake in my tiny little kitchen in Vancouver, BC. But inspiration stems from all over. I still catch myself dreaming about the Ispahan croissant I lined up for outside the Pierre Hermé storefront on a rainy Parisian afternoon, the English pea cake that ended the most perfect meal at Rose’s Luxury in Washington D.C., and the mountain of fresh beignets I washed down with a café au lait at Café du Monde in NOLA. I travel to eat, to experience, and to be inspired.
Ultimately, this journal is a collection of recipes, stories, and love letters that are sweet to read, and even sweeter to eat. 

These love letters are dedicated to you.

Here’s what’s most popular on Constellation Inspiration right now:

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layer cakes

Coco Cake Land’s Bunny Cake + New Book!

I baked, decorated, and photographed this cake on Sunday and I am already talking about it here on Tuesday. I never have this quick of a turnaround time because I get excited to take photograph cakes but writing it...
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Rhubarb Bakewell Tart

I’m breaking my Saturday morning ritual to write this at 9am. The farmers markets opened three weeks ago and my Saturday morning routine for the last three weeks has been precisely: wake up, get an iced coffee (which...
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Lavender Earl Grey Cake with Lavender Macarons

Oh my, hi! The cake is completely frosted! I have a special guest! I invited a stranger over for a sleepover! There are also macarons! And this cake has four layers! I’m just full of surprises in this...
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A Valentine’s Day Cake (with Kelsey and Confetti Floral!)

One day you will wake up, look across the empty room, and not feel like a piece of your heart is missing. One day you your feelings of incompleteness will dampen. The incompleteness will still gently echo dully...
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a new strawberry rolling pin for spring! 🍓 som a new strawberry rolling pin for spring! 🍓

some tips for using an embossed rolling pin:
 - choose a shortbread or sugar cookie recipe that has no egg or leaveners (baking powder, baking soda)
- roll out cookie dough with a regular rolling pin, then chill dough in freezer for 5 - 10 minutes until it is slightly firm (dough should no longer be sticky)
- generously flour embossed rolling pin before using
- you can also flour the surface of the rolled, smooth cookie dough to be extra safe
- after rolling out dough with embossed rolling pin and stamping cut outs with a cookie cutter, freeze cookie cutouts on lined baking sheet before baking — this will help the cookies retain the design during the baking process

#bakefromscratch #cookiedecorating #shortbread #bombesquad #cookiedough
cherry blossoms are starting to bloom in vancouver cherry blossoms are starting to bloom in vancouver and i’m so excited to make all the mochi, dango, cookies, and jellies with one of my favourite flowers of springtime. here are some of my favourite cherry blossom treats from the previous years:

🌸 sakura cookie box
🍡 dango shortbread with matcha buttercream
🌸 hanami dango, warabi mochi, rose mochi
🍡 cherry blossom jelly cheesecake
🌸 window cookies
🍡 cherry blossom milk jellies
🌸 sakura sables

#bakefromscratch #mochi #dango #cookiebox #cherryblossoms
five easter cookies, one dough! made with @william five easter cookies, one dough!
made with @williamssonomacanada’s set of easter cookie cutters 🌷🌷🌷(ad)

marbled sugar cookies 
lemon sandwich cookies 
sparkly butterfly cookies
coconut sheep cookies
matcha vanilla carrot cookie

on the blog today im sharing all the details of how to make these five springtime cookies with my go-to shortbread dough and a set of easter cookie cutters. one batch of the dough creates all the cookies shown here.

link is in the bio!
#williamssonomacanada #williamssonoma #bakefromscratch #cookiedecorating #eastercookies
strawberry matcha cheesecake éclairs 🌷 these strawberry matcha cheesecake éclairs 🌷

these eclairs are a celebration of spring — crisp, golden brown choux pastry is filled with an intensely fruity whipped strawberry ganache and matcha cheesecake whipped cream, before being topped with it’s little hat glazed with a simple royal icing. i served these with edible flowers and edible gold flakes because we might as well go all the way. recipe is on the blog!

#bakefromscratch #choux #chouxpastry #eclair #matcha
happy first day of spring!! 🌷🌷🌷 spring i happy first day of spring!! 🌷🌷🌷

spring is one of my favourite seasons for baking because of all the delicate flavours that start blossoming this time of year. i can’t wait to make all the cherry blossom mochi, fruity pies, and floral shortbread.

#bakefromscratch #cakedecorating #cookiedecorating #sugarcookies #bombesquad

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