are delivered fresh to the shops daily. For
those preparing for their wedding day,
you’ll be pleased to know that Patisserie
Valerie has been creating sumptuous
chocolate wedding cakes for years and
with a delicious collection of designs
including the impressive and statuesque
Croque en bouche, you’ll be spoiled for
choice.
Choosing one of Patisserie Valerie’s s
delicious and eye-saucer cakes and gateau
is a hard enough task. Special occasion
cakes such as Angelica Gateau with thin
chocolate roulade sponge layers, chocolate
cream, fresh cream and strawberries; Black
Forest Gateau with chocolate sponge
layered with fresh cream and sweet black
cherries, and laced with kirsch liqueur;
Exotic Fruit Gateau with vanilla sponge
layers filled with fresh cream and fresh
fruits, and finished with charlotte sponge;
or even White Cigarette Celebration
Cake with layers of chocolate sponge
and Belgian chocolate cream finished with
white chocolates ‘cigarettes’ will have you
in scrumptious dessert heaven. For that
special day, their selection of creative
wedding cakes include Carrot Cake,
made with ‘Irish Cream’ flour,
fresh carrots, walnuts, nutmeg,
cinnamon
and
cloves,
iced with rich cream
cheese coating and
finally decorated
with hand piped
swirls of cream
cheese frosting;
Marshmallow
M e r i n g u e
Obsession,
a light fluffy
marshmallow meringue covering a dark,
rich chocolate obsession cake, made
with bittersweet dark chocolate, almonds
and a tea spoon of cognac; Profiteroles
Valerie Style, a creative alternative to a
traditional tiered wedding cake, where
the profiteroles can be filled with either
Chantilly (sweetened fresh cream), St.
Honoré, Dark Chocolate or Sabayon
flavoured cream.The profiteroles are then
enrobed in a rich dark Belgian chocolate
cream and finally decorated with swirls
of white chocolate, dark chocolate or a
combination of the two; or even White
Chocolate Box, a ‘Gift Box’ style cake that
can be made in a wide choice of fillings
such as dark chocolate roulade sponge
layers filled with dark Belgian chocolate
cream, or vanilla genoise sponge layers
laced with a cherry maraschino liqueur
and filled with Crème St. Honoré and
fresh strawberries.
Patisserie Valerie has an extensive
breakfast, lunch and dinner selection,
with the menu varying slightly from café
to café. On a typical menu, you’ll find
Continental Breakfast delights such as
Brioche and Butter, Pain au Chocolat
and Organic Porridge; All Day Breakfast
and Brunch like Eggs Benedict Royal, two
poached eggs on toasted brioche with
smoked salmon and hollandaise sauce or
Scrambled Eggs with bacon on granary
toast; Speciality Sandwiches such asValerie
Club with grilled chicken breast, gammon
ham, tomato and mayonnaise on toasted
granary bread or Mozzarella Cheese with
avocado, tomato with fresh basil and pesto
dressing on toasted ciabatta;Grilled Snacks
such as Croque Italienne; grilled granary
bread sandwich filled with prosciutto
ham, mozzarella and topped with sundried
tomato, black olives and gruyere béchamel
or Grilled Croissant with cheddar
cheese and tomato; and Lunch through
to Evening meals like Traditional Lasagne
with minced beef, basil and tomato sauce
and mozzarella cheese, served with garlic
bread or Greek Salad with marinated
feta cheese, hummus, cherry tomatoes,
black olives on mixed leaf lettuce and
warm pitta bread.There are also real fruit
smoothies, scrumptious patisserie, hot and
cold drinks, and ice cream milkshakes to
complement your meal.
Patisserie Valerie currently have over
110 shops across the UK including
station cafes, brasseries, concessions
within Next and Selfridges alongside their
traditional café offerings and the business
is growing exponentially with new stores
opening all the time.
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