Zumbo Mania

Mr FBC and I had every intention to go to the now infamous 'Adriano Zumbo' Patisserie in Balmain before he appeared on Masterchef with his Croquembouche, Tonka Bean Pannacotta with Passionfruit slick & Chocolate Mousse Cake Creations. But... alas... we didn't :(

So, by the time I got there on an recent Saturday morning there was a very,very long line of eager people keen to partake in 'Zumbo Mania'.

However, all our worries were gone when we got to the front of the line. We bought a couple of croissants, a few macaroons and a bright red little cake creatively entitled 'Escape from a Columbian Rainforest'.

Note to self re: macaroons. I highly recommend the salt and vinegar flavoured macaroons. Sounds odd... but tastes great!

Now for some photos of 'Escape from a Columbian Rainforest' - truly a work of (cake) art. I've taken to calling it 'Coke Can Cake with Gooey Bright Red Syrup'. I've noticed Mr Zumbo now has a new and improved version of the cake with a very life-like softdrink can lid (which is made of chocolate but painted silver). A Table for Two (an awesome foodblog with fantastic food photography) has photos of the earlier version of the cake.

Here are my photos

Ta Dah... I present the Coke Can Cake.

Aint it pretty! It's simply too good to eat.

But we must try a little. It's made of a chocolate sponge, chocolate mousse and inside there is also bright red gooey fiz wiz like syrup...yummo!

Oh no... it's all gone :( How did that happen?

Adriano Zumbo Patisserie
296 Darling St
Balmain NSW 2041
(02) 9810 7318
www.adrianozumbo.com‎