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I was going through some old photos from 2-3 weeks ago, and I totally forgot to share this :
What do you think this is?
YES! it's a veggie short-cake! The sponge is green from Komatsuna ( I looked it up online, and since it's a Japanese vegetable, theres no English name for it) and instead of straw berries, it has tomatoes inside!
This is a zucchini mousse cake, and the second photo is a avocado rare cheese cake & carrot tart.
It was very different from what I expected. I was very please by how they hardly use any sugar so it wont cancel out the distinctive flavor of each vegetable but it's still weak. You must have a delicate and sensitive tongue to enjoy the zucchini cake, but I really like the idea.
To tell you the truth, I hated this store because I thought the producer Aya Kakisawa
"stole my idea" hahaha
I have always had many ideas for cakes and even made cupcakes using vegetables on valentines day myself. When I first saw Aya Kakisawa on TV I was angry because they were making a big deal out of what I have been doing since 3 years back with my friend. She even said it wasn't her idea, but a customer asked her to make an unusual cake.
The neat thing was that she was going to visit the high school I graduated from to talk about her career. I skipped class and went to my high school to find out I came on the wrong day. I had to skip class again and finally got to see her.
I then completely changed my opinion on her. She has been studying macrobiotic cooking for a long time so she has the knowledge and skills on how to deal with different types of vegetables while keeping it healthy; something I was completely foreign to. She even visits numerous farms and picks out the best organic vegetables in the country. It just happened so that she had a customer who wanted her to bake a unique cake and she just had komatsuna leaves lying around in the kitchen. I saw her in a new light and had much more respect for her after her presentation.
After that I got to meet her. It was funny how someone told her that I came on the wrong date. She was very happy when I told her I went to her store.
