Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes decided to step out of his "safety zone" of constructing and decorating cakes and decided to make a fruit dessert this year at the International Home and Housewares Show held at the McCormick Center Place, Chicago, Il.
Duff was given 45 minutes to cook a dessert at the Cooking Theater in front of a live audience. My sons and I were fortuitous enough to be in the audience. The dessert Duff choose to create was poached pears in a star anise, cinnamon red wine sauce, stuffed with a crunchy chocolate mousse, poised on a puff pastry cookie with a raspberry cream sauce, topped with a cookie. OMG! I would never attempt to create this delicious sounding dessert.
Gotta give Duff credit, during the 45 minute time frame, he whipped, rolled out, baked, poached, folded, crunched, assembled, drizzled, joked and topped off 3 Bosch Pears! Delectable!
After his presentation, Duff signed autographs and took pics with attendees. I got my pic with Duff for the 2nd year in a row and we had a short conversation about pecan pie crusts, his new TV show on Food Network: Duff til Dawn and the proper way to eat a cupcake.
Duff is completely charming with an infectious laugh.Next year I would love to bake my Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownie Cake with Duff!
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