The Cultural Dish

Good morning everyone! I just wanted to share a couple of recent bridal shower cakes that I made. I hope you enjoy!

This was a two-tiered bridal shower cake with vanilla and chocolate cake in a checkerboard pattern. Unfortunately I could not get any photos of the checkerboard pattern since I had to drop off the cake. The bottom tier was filled with chocolate ganache and the top tier was filled with buttercream. The whole cake was covered and decorated in fondant.

I also made Lemon Drop Cookies and Raspberry Ribbons for the event.

Bridal Shower Cake #2

This was a vanilla cake with raspberry sauce and chocolate ganache. To make a simple chocolate ganache, just boil one cup of heavy cream and pour over 12 ounces of chocolate chips. Add one tablespoon of butter and stir until the chocolate chips have melted and the ingredients are completely combined.

If you want to check out more cake photos, you can become a fan of my page on Facebook. Thank you and enjoy!

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First off, I want to apologize because I know it has been quite some time since I have posted anything new. I promise I will be catching up on all of my commenting and messages from other sites. I also want to take a moment to thank Manu from Manu's Menu for awarding me with the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award. Thank you so much Manu! Manu has a beautiful blog with delicious, mouth-watering recipes, so be sure to check her out! Furthermore, to see who I have passed the award along on to, please click here.

Now, like I said before, I know that I have been away for a little bit, but I promise I have several recipes that I have been working on that will be coming up this month! To start things off, I have decided to share this tasty, yet very easy to make, broiled salmon with roasted asparagus and lemon risotto.

Broiled Salmon with Asparagus and Lemon Risotto

Ingredients:

-1 to 1 1/2 pounds salmon, skinned

-1 tablespoon coriander

-1 teaspoon ground cumin

-2 teaspoons onion powder

-1 teaspoon garlic powder

-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

-2 lemons (1 juiced and 1 sliced)

-Salt and pepper to taste

-Lemon Risotto recipe

-Roasted Asparagus recipe

Directions:

Preheat your broiler on high and position your oven rack to the middle/lower half of the oven.

Combine all of the spices in one bowl. Add the juice of one lemon and stir together until all of the spices start to clump together. Keep adding as much or as little lemon juice as you wish to the spices. Using a pastry brush or your hands, rub the spice mixture all over the salmon. Sprinkle the salmon with salt and pepper to taste. Finally, slice the other lemon into several round pieces and lay them over the salmon.

Once ready, take a baking dish and line it with tin foil. Place the salmon on the tin foil and cook in the broiler for about 15 to 20 minutes. My broiler takes a little longer so just be sure to keep an eye on your salmon.

When done, leaving the lemon slices on, remove the salmon from the oven and serve over a bed of lemon risotto and roasted asparagus.