8. externship update: dinner desserts.

three nights a week, we have an upscale dinner service at urban.  the dishes include fun & interesting items such as rabbit three ways, grilled venison, & potato and chive pierogi.  to accompany the delicious menu items, i got to come up with three dinner desserts!

first up, a moist 4-layer chocolate cake with a creamy chocolate pecan frosting.

{note: i am not actually working during dinner service, so i don't have any pictures of these desserts plated up.  this is from us tasting the cake :)}

next is a key lime pie semifreddo.  {semifreddo = semi-frozen. so it's like ice cream but frozen by putting it in a freezer.}  this is actually an old picture.  we now have a chocolate ganache crust with a graham cracker crumble topping.  it is by far the best seller.  i got to take a few home for our easter dinner last month.  our friends enjoyed them!

lastly is the apple bread pudding served with a vanilla sauce.  all of you who know me are thinking "kendall - bread pudding?  no way."  i know, i know.  i hate bread pudding.  & all mushy, creamy, custardy things.  but sometimes you have to do what the people want.  & southerners want their bread pudding.

it actually isn't bad.  that might have something to do with the disproportionate amount of custard to apples & bread.  maybe :)

oh, & i decided the lemon cupcakes are an official urban standard {haha...an Urban Standard standard} now.  so i made them a hand-drawn sign to match the others.

happy friday, friends!  it is a birthday-filled weekend for us!  & you know i love that.  happy birthday to asher, amy, & julie byrd!! 

love love,
kjp.