From the brioche apartment buildings to the doughnut lighthouse to the cracked egg waterfall forming the town river, Pastry-Ville is a sweet lovers’ paradise. The Garden District’s asparagus houses and carrot row houses are made of fondant, while the upside down ice-cream cones turn waffle cones into cozy homes.
With its charming candy cane bridge, jellybean pathways and classic gingerbread house, transporting the 4-foot structure was the morning’s entertainment for passersby in Soho, as chefs and students navigated the long block at a snail’s pace. Says Chef Chan, “Taking a large, complex and detailed sugar showpiece through the streets of Soho on a cart to Bloomingdale’s was risky and a little insane.”
Watch the behind the scenes video by Food & Wine:
Elements:
- Éclair Log Cabin (Pate a Choux)
- Egg Water Tower: it is cracked and is the source for the river and lake (Pastillage)
- Egg River, Waterfall & Lake (Sugar)
- Birthday Cake Bakery Store (Fondant)
- Candy Cane Bridge (Candy Canes)
- Eggplant Diner (Fondant)
- Asparagus Trees (Fondant)
- Carrot Row Houses (Fondant)
- Cupcake Cottages (White Cake & Frosting)
- Cheese Wedge Office Building (Fondant)
- Upside-down Ice Cream Cone Homes (Fondant & Sugar Waffle Cones)
- Brioche Apartments (Brioche)
- Doughnut Lighthouse (Pastillage)
- “Ginger” Statue (Pastillage & Gingerbread)
- Classic Gingerbread house (Gingerbread & Pasta)
- Christmas Tree (Gingerbread & Pasta)
- Palmier Fence (Palmier)
- Marshmallow Wall (Marshmallow)
- Ice Sugar Wall (Sugar)
- Pathways (Jellybeans)
- Trees (Gingerbread & Pasta)
- Snowflake Gingerbread (Gingerbread)
This blog post was originally published by the International Culinary Center (ICC), founded as The French Culinary Institute (FCI). In 2020, ICE and ICC came together on one strong and dynamic national platform at ICE's campuses in New York City and Los Angeles. Explore your pastry education where the legacy lives on.
