buttercream

  • Financiers topped with rhubarb and rose buttercream, styled on a pink vintage plate with rose petals surrounding.

    Strawberry Financiers with Rhubarb and Rose Buttercream

    June 10, 2024marissajmakes

    Financiers are a French tea cake made with mostly almond flour. This gives them the most deliciously soft texture and nutty flavor. This recipe uses strawberries inside the financiers, and they are topped with a rhubarb and rose Swiss meringue buttercream to really stay with the seasonal flavors. The buttercream gets its seasonal flavor from roasted rhubarb…

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  • Cara Cara Orange Cake with Kumquat Thyme Marmalade

    April 12, 2024marissajmakes

    I love citrus season. Every winter and spring, the markets are brimming with all different types of gorgeous citrus, and I’m always making tons of citrus desserts. This Cara Cara Orange Cake with Kumquat Thyme Marmalade uses several different types of citrus to create a gorgeous cake that’s full of seasonal flavor. The kumquat marmalade isn’t…

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