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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.

www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk

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Images courtesy of Patisserie Holdings