x
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • Press
  • About
  • Let’s talk!
Instagram Pinterest BlogLovin
Home › About

Facebook0Tweet0Pin0

link to follow on instagram  link to follow on Pinterest  Follow on Bloglovin

  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Constellation Inspiration

Constellation Inspiration

A Dessert Blog

  • Cookbook
  • Tutorials
  • About
    • Press
  • Contact
  • Recipes:
  • cake
  • cookies
  • cream puffs
  • tarts
  • bars
  • candy
  • Asian-inspired
  • seasonal
    • Valentines
    • halloween
    • christmas

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:

Most Popular Posts
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...
See the post
Most Popular Posts
tarts

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...
See the post
Most Popular Posts
layer cakes

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...
See the post
Most Popular Posts
layer cakes

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...
See the post
good grief! 💭 charlie brown shaker cookie with good grief! 💭

charlie brown shaker cookie with snoopy and woodstock sprinkles (they’re little heart sprinkles with details drawn with an edible marker)

#bakefromscratch #cookiedecorating #cookiedesign #shakercookies #snoopy
blueberry lilac no-bake cheesecake ✨ this lilac blueberry lilac no-bake cheesecake ✨

this lilac blueberry cheesecake is made with lilacs from my parents backyard. the base is made with ritz crackers — it’s sweet and salty, yum. the cheesecake uses the same recipe as my no-bake cherry blossom cheesecake but we added some homemade blueberry compote into the cheesecake and jelly layers for flavour and colour.

i love this cheesecake so much because it’s creamy and light, it’s like biting into a cloud. after it has set (i recommend overnight), cut a big slice and enjoy the fleeting lilac season before it slips away.

#cheesecake #nobake #nobakedessert #bakefromscratch #lilacs
indoor girlie 🤝 elderflower season i might not indoor girlie 🤝 elderflower season

i might not be the biggest fan of nature, but elderflower season can convince me to spend a good chunk of time rummaging through tall bushes in the middle of the night (read: 1am). i used the lemon ricotta cupcake recipe from my book and topped the cupcakes with swiss meringue buttercream flavoured with a bit of lemon juice and homemade elderflower syrup.

#bakefromscratch #cupcakedecorating #cakedecorating #cupcakedesign #elderflower
lilac season — a trailer. one of my favourite f lilac season — a trailer.

one of my favourite flowers to bake with are lilacs. they have a slightly sweet fragrance and i love pairing it with lemon, peach, or strawberry. here’s a sneak peak of everything i’ve been making with these lovely blooms.

#bakefromscratch #cakedecorating #cookiedecorating #lilacs #homecafe
fresh giant mango mochi 🥭 i knowwwwww i just m fresh giant mango mochi 🥭

i knowwwwww i just made mango mochi not too long ago, and i knowwwwww everyone is making it but i found the most perfect tree-ripen mango so we had to do it again! the mochi only requires three ingredients (pantry ingredients for me). the mango mochi comes together in a couple of minutes so it’s the perfect last minute dessert or snack. you know where you can find the recipe (psssst. the blog!!)

#mochi #homecafe #bakefromscratch #eattheworld #f52grams

Footer

Recipe Index
About
Press
Contact
Legal

sneak peeks & bonus recipes!

Sign up to get them for free:

© 2023 Constellation Inspiration · Site by Meyne