Deepika | Food Photography

STILLS FROM MY POP-UPS AT ASANO.

For my first pop-ups at Asano, I curated a selection of Japanese inspired desserts that showcased some of my most popular and well loved favorites!

👆TRIPLE LAYER BLACK SESAME BLONDIES

These blondies have a super nutty chewy black, sesame blondie base and are topped with an extremely black sesame forward buttercream and finished with a black sesame white chocolate ganache. The black sesame and the sweetness of the dessert balance each other out in all the perfect ways! I just love the texture of these and I think the color is just so striking !

#nycbakery #nycpopup #blondies #black sesame #japaneseinspiration

👆CREME BRULEE MATCHA COOKIES

I’m a big fan of crème brûlée cookies so I knew I had to make a matcha version. These crème brûlée cookies lean on the sweeter side, but with the addition of matcha , they become more balanced from the earthy grassy notes that matcha brings.

#matcha #cremebrulee #chewycookies

👆UBE S’MORES COOKIES

Can I pick a favorite? These might be it! These are inspired by my ube velvet cookies and my s’mores cookies, they combine the best of both cookies! The cookie base is an ube brown butter dough, swirled with graham cracker butter and swirls of marshmallow fluff! They’re so chewy so thick and I can’t wait to make them again.

#ube #smores #cookiescookiescookies

👆YUZU SOUR CHERRY LOAF CAKE

This was definitely a crowd favorite it literally was the first thing to sell out. I love how striking the sour cherry glaze is against that super soft plush yuzu sour cherry dotted loaf cake. It’s perfectly moist and has that perfect balance of sweet and tart thanks to the yuzu sour cherry!

#yuzu #sourcherry #loafcake

👆MATCHA + PASSIONFRUIT PRINCESS TARTA SLAB CAKE.

Layers of soft light matcha chiffon cake stacked between a light as air matcha mascarpone whip and a homemade vanilla passionfruit curd. The cake is then finished with a creamy matcha SMBC and matcha marzipan top dotted with edible flowers.

#matcha #princesstårta #passionfruit #layeredcake #marzipancake

👆TRIPLE LAYER UBE BLONDIES

Last but not least are these triple layer ube blondies. Chewy ube blondies get topped with an ube