French Cream Puffs

Crispy, delicious choux-pastry, filled with vanilla custard and optional whipped cream.

Full batch: $22.00 (full size: 12, party size: 24 pcs)
Half batch: $12.00

Cream puffs pastry (choux pastry) is said to have been invented in 1540 by Popelini, Catherine de' Medici's chef, but the pastry cook's art only truly began to develop in the 17th century and the greatest innovator at the beginning of the 19th century was indubitably Marie Antoine Carême.

Austrian Vanilla Crescents

Moon-shaped crescent cookies made of flaky pastry filled with jam (apricot or prune) or ground walnuts, dusted with vanilla sugar.

Full batch: $25.00 (full size: 36, party size: 40 pcs)
Half batch: $13.00

The legend is that Vanilla Crescents were first made by a Viennese baker, following the defeat of the Turks after the first siege of Vienna. They were formed in the shape of a crescent to commemorate the end of the siege, the crescent moon being a Turkish emblem. Marie Antoinette introduced the Austrian Kipferl (crescent) to the Court of Versailles; from there, it developed into the well-known French croissant.

Linzer Cookies

Two, lace-rimmed walnut cookies, attached to each other with raspberry jam, dusted with powdered sugar.

Full batch: $22.00 (full size: 24, party size: 50 pcs)
Half batch: $12.00

Linzertorte is one of Austria's most famous desserts. Believed to have originated in the City of Linz, written recipes began to appear in the early 1700s. Linzer Cookies use the same ingredients as the Linzertorte but present them in a different way; two cookies are sandwiched together with a layer of preserves or jam. When cut into a round shape with a round cutout they are known as Linzer Eyes (Linzer Augen).

Ischler

Made of two, 3 inch 28 walnut butter cookies sandwiched together with orange or raspberry jam filling. Covered with dark chocolate icing.

Full batch: $30.00 (12 pcs)
Half batch: $16.00

The love of Franz Joseph I and Sissi (Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria) will take you back to the 1850's in Bad Ischl. Nowadays, tourists visit this historical town in Austria searching for the true love in the footsteps of the Empress and the Emperor. As a symbol of their happiness we can taste these chocolate covered festive desserts, named after the town where their engagement took place.