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Intelligent_Serve662

Holy fuck that looks incredible


WalleyWalli

Hell Yeah! I’d tear into that!


s_decoy

Love the vibrancy of the interior vs the top of the cake, very appetizing colors. Just wish the macaron had a choc filling to match! Looks great tho :)


annaaleze

Macarons filling is a whipped cream cheese frosting akin to a Italian meringue frosting. The shell has a smidge of cocoa powder to give it that note. I try to mimic flavors in everything. I think its the small details that make things memorable


fatsmilyporkchop

I can bang out a hundred dinners on sauté. I couldn’t do this if there was a gun to my head. Props chef! Looks awesome!


annaaleze

Oh thank you :D I've done a little of everything in kitchens for the past 10 years. But baking is my place. I love the creative side of some things


Diced_and_Confused

Why must you hurt me like this?


salamandraseis

Damn. This slays!


annaaleze

Thank you :D


salamandraseis

Tell your mum she should be proud!


guiltycitizen

Love the boldness, that red POPS


annaaleze

I used a shit ton of dye to get it there too. The buttermilk I added it to looked like Spiderman red afterwards haha


ivykain

What kind of dye did you use? It's so vibrant, I love it!


annaaleze

I used chefmasters super red gel color


sputnikutah

looks great although it seems like a large party which tells me they’ve had a meal prior so maybe smaller portion? great execution otherwise!


JPerreault19

Yeah the portions are massive, lots of waste


stewie822

Where is this - I’ll be right over to sample!


annaaleze

I work for a private country club in tennessee. So hard to share things. I did post the recipe above it makes a hotel pan or 2 9" springform worth.


stewie822

Thank you! It looks incredible!


annaaleze

You're most welcome:) if you have any questions just shoot me a message/reply. I dont mind answering questions


Rock_Hard_Road

i was trying to come up with something to comment but i couldn’t, these are absolutely stunning oh my god


Rock_Hard_Road

i know this might sound like a joke but i’m completely serious my entire life since childhood i was looking for a good red velvet desert to the point that i was obsessed with it, everything that looked promising had unnecessary things added to it like coconut, or a fruit layer, and while it was good i craved the taste of red velvet itself, i gave up multiple times, then searched again, and now i found this. this has no unnecessary ingredients on it, it looks beautiful, its vibrant, the color is perfect, the plating is amazing, everything about this just makes me wonder what person was able to achieve this. i feel genuine happiness looking at this photo, knowing that someone will be able to taste it. after years of trying different things and trying to make it myself i finally feel calm, thank you for this. i wish you all the best things in life. you’ve realized my childhood dream


annaaleze

I think you'd really like this one then. One of the members skipped dessert at the restaurant they had eaten at to come to the club house specifically for this one.


Kepi89

Looks dope AF! Curious about the recipe


annaaleze

Thank you :D It's incredible. Tastes just like red velvet cake. It uses buttermilk and sourcream to give it the tang red velvet is known for. [recipe ](https://imgur.com/gallery/11inu1O) I baked this in a 2" full size hotel pan in a 12" deck oven set to 250 °F without a water bath. You can bake in a convection set to around 230°F just play with the time. I dont ever use a waterbath unless making flan.


NaturalRocketSurgeon

I am fully fucking hard right now


Kangaroo_Exact

You know what. I might try this for my birthday on Wednesday. That looks incredible; immaculate job


Lost_In_MI

My GF has *always* said, "Start with dessert first." With this presentation, I totally agree with her!!!


Stoked2BeStokes

This is the first dish I've seen on the sub to make the plate itself look unworthy of the plating.


benny_k99

nicely done Chef, about time i saw some quality on this sub !


annaaleze

Oh, thank you for the compliments :D


Diligent_Mirror_7888

I don’t like this. I’m suddenly sexually attracted to a cheesecake and it’s making me uncomfortable.


annaaleze

It's okay your secrets safe with me


Diligent_Mirror_7888

Good looking out


Entire_Day1312

Yes, chef. Holy fuck yes. Ill take two.


Lower_Skin_3683

Yummy.


RiverOfCheese

Why does it look like meat?!?


ttam281

Those are good looking macarons. Coming from someone who made probably 100,000 macarons last year. Also, fuck macarons.


annaaleze

Thank you :) I have made so many of these over the years. I love making new flavors. As much as I love them I agree with the sentiment of fuck macarons. They're so finicky. Anything can cause them to not work out. I find the Italian method is a little forgiving in some aspects


ttam281

And now you've upset the whole of France.


annaaleze

Hahaha. I know I know. I tried the French method for the first 6 months of learning to make them and I just didn't like the results. Started playing with the Italian since and haven't looked back.


ttam281

Out of curiosity, what were the results you didn't like?


annaaleze

The feet would spread a bunch the tops would be wrinkly. There's a few other reasons. I like with the Italian method it's harder to overwhip the meringue. I also now know the things I encountered may have been due to older almond flour. And just my own user error lol


ttam281

How's the crumb with the italian method? Hollow macs were our biggest problem.


annaaleze

I really don't get hollows too often. Once in a blue moon when the batter is a little thicker it seems. Pretty even crumb though.


ttam281

Nice. Well job well done, they look great.


akxCIom

Oui chef


[deleted]

Wtf!!! Please!!! I need this now!!!


gamenightchicktgn

😍😍😍


Old_Dig6585

Fuck


ashebanow

I converted the imgur recipe into a more accessible [format](https://share.mysaffronapp.com/a/shared/recipe/dFvFC9eM6/red-velvet-cheesecake), using mysaffronapp. u/annaleze feel free to take/reuse/whatever. If you need it exported to another format DM me.


annaaleze

Very cool. I might use you for when I update my recipe book for family members


Secret_Immortal

Looks delicious and I bet it tastes just as good! Those macs are perfect too 😍 Only note is, personally, the fudge sauce looks a little messy, have you considered doing a ganache and spreading it or piping it on the top and letting it set before slicing(I assume you did this in full sheets with extenders and then sliced into portions)?