In Celebration of your special day, help yourselves to two fancy desserts!
-Stu&Mark
Donostia
Donostia is a Basque inspired buttermilk cake filled with fresh rose and cardamom infused pear jam. The cake is topped with a sweet whipped goat cheese and candied pine nuts. A Blue Ribbon winner at the New Mexico State Fair.
Belgian Chocolate Tart
Sublime Belgian chocolate tart with a sweet short-crust pastry. Seemingly simple, this tart is very decadent. It is an absolute favorite.
Berry Meringue Slice
A simple cake slice with fresh berries and a light meringue.
Buckeyes
Essentially a homemade Reese cup—only a lot better. A Blue Ribbon winner at the New Mexico State Fair.
Chocolate Cake with Rosemary and Juniper Infusion
This moist chocolate cake has ground juniper berries to accentuate the chocolate flavor with a complimentary deep infusion of rosemary syrup.
Tart Au Citron
A classic French lemon tart with a sweet shortcrust pastry. It has a nice pucker without a cloying sweetness. Awarded best dessert at a Santa Fe NA fundraiser.
Pick Two Curds
Choose from fresh raspberry, lemon, lime, lemon-lime, grapefruit, cranberry, or even passion fruit curd.
Gevulde Koekjes
Its hard to find a cookie more Dutch than these almond-filled cookies. Oversized and buttery, These cookies are an absolute favorite of Richard Marshall.
Pasteis de Nata
These seemingly simple Portuguese custard tarts are by far the best dessert in the entire country. It is by no surprise you can find them absolutely everywhere in the country.
Pavlova
Pavlovas are a traditional Christmas dessert in Australia at the height of summer. It consists of fresh fruit curd, berries, and whipped cream on a bed of marshmallowy meringue.
Pear and Goat Cheese Tart
I translated this Flemish recipe and entered it in the State Fair. It won best in show. Nobody had ever tasted anything like it. It has a touch of sweetness from the pears and honey with a counterbalance of time, nutmeg, and goat’s cheese. It is Stu’s absolutely favorite.
Pecan Chocolate Stout Tart
This tart combines the intense flavors of non-alcoholic creamy stout and dark chocolate. The toasted pecans make it that much more decadent.
Pittsburgh Burnt Almond Torte
This was always my birthday cake growing up. It is a buttermilk cake filled with fresh crème patisserie covered in Italian Buttercream and sugared almond slivers. It won a blue ribbon at the New Mexico State Fair.
Stu’s Birthday Cake #62
An obscene yellow lemon cake filled with fresh raspberry jam and covered with French lemon buttercream. It is then covered in luscious raspberry dust and fresh berries. A Blue Ribbon as well as a Gold Rosette at the New Mexico State Fair.
Rose Apple Tart
A classic apple tart with a great presentation. A great choice if you are looking for something not too sweet or heavy.
Stroopwafels
Homemade Dutch waffle cookies filled with a fresh buttery caramel.
Whoopie Pies
A New England classic sandwich cookie consisting of two pieces of cake and a rich filling. Pumpkin cake with honey-flavored cream cheese and chocolate cake with vanilla cream filling are two favorite choices but feel free to make a suggestion!
Chocolate Mousse
Decadent pots of rich homemade Belgian Chocolate Mousse.
